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Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today's leading improvisors on the trombone. His lyrical, hard-swinging style first gained him broad recognition during the 1990's while working with the bands of jazz legends Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea's acclaimed sextet Origin and the renowned cooperative sextet, One For All. Born in Worcester, MA in 1967, Steve was raised in Binghamton, NY and graduated in 1989 from The Hartt School's Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz (University of Hartford). It was Mc Lean's guidence and recommendation that helped Davis land his first major gig with Art Blakey in NYC in Dec 1989
Decidedly so
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: D.J.; Decidedly So; Good Health; 10th Anniversary; This Nearly Was Mine; When I Grow Too
Old To Dream; When I Fall In Love; Jimmy's Blues.
Joe Magnarelli: Decidedly so
by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter Joe Magnarelli has been a bright light on the New York-area jazz scene for four decades, since arriving in the city in 1986 from his native Syracuse, NY. On Decidedly So, his eighteenth recording and third for Cellar Music, Magnarelli ushers a top-drawer quintet through its paces in a pleasing session that encompasses a trio ...
Joe Magnarelli: Decidedly so
by Pierre Giroux
Joe Magnarelli's Decidedly So strongly reaffirms the enduring virtues of straight-ahead jazz, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, where these qualities have long been valued. Brought to life in March 2025 before a small but attentive audience, the session benefits from a rare blend of relaxed confidence and deliberate swing that can ...
It's About Time
Label: Hollistic MusicWorks
Released: 2025
Track listing: Fourth Rights; Simple Samba; The Professor; It’s Got to Be Sweetness; Probandome; Home;
Outer Limits; Sentimental; Sanctity.
Sweet William
Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Growl; The Worm Burner; Sweet William; Do the Right Thing; The Git Down!; Before They
Hear You; Something Borrowed, Something Blue; The Merlion.
If Not Now
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Ponderosa; My Brightest Lights; Nightlife; Tumbledown; Oh Brother; If Not Now; I Like You;
Garden of Weeds; Tempest of the Times.
Jason Forsythe: It's About Time
by Pierre Giroux
Trombonist and composer Jason Forsythe's debut recording as a composer, It's About Time, acts as both a declaration and a reflection: a declaration that his extensive apprenticeship with New York's jazz and Latin bands has cultivated a distinctive compositional voice, and a reflection of the various stylistic influences that have shaped his artistry. The nine-track album, ...
James Danderfer: If Not Now
by Pierre Giroux
Clarinetist James Danderfer's If Not Now showcases warmth and craftsmanship. It is the kind of album that affirms jazz's enduring ability to blend tradition with personal expression. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's legendary Englewood Cliffs studio on November 4, 2024, the album features a select group including Steve Davis on trombone, Cory Weeds on tenor saxophone, ...
Jason Forsythe: It's About Time
by Jack Bowers
It's About Time likely refers to the fact that although Jason Forsythe has been a jazz composer of note for decades, this is the first-ever recording he has released as leader of his own ensemble, in this case a world-class sextet whose heavyweight front line is manned by trumpeter Brian Lynch, tenor saxophonist Walt Weiskopf and ...
