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Steve Davis: Meant to Be

Read "Meant to Be" reviewed by Andrew Rowan


On Meant to Be, trombonist Steve Davis features all original material, creating and sustaining a positive impression from the first track to the last. The band plays as a unit, the solos are more than mere scale runs, and each of the compositions has an individual character that distinguishes it from its surroundings. Take ...

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Blueslike

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2004
Track listing: Five Outs To Go; We'll Be Together Again; Till There Was You; In Between The Heartaches; Blueslike; Yasashiku; Naima; Giant Steps.

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Systems Blue

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Spirit Waltz; Systems Blue; A Nightingale Sang In Berleley Square; If I Love Again; Who Can I Turn To; Speak Low; 8. Namely You; Three and One; My Old Flame.

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Live at Smoke- Volume 1

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: The Second Milestone, Betcha By Golly Wow, Poem For J.J., Too Soon to Tell, Dedicated to You, The Lonely Ones, We All Love Eddie Harris.

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Steve Davis: Systems Blue

Read "Systems Blue" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Indicative of formative experiences in the bands of Art Blakey and Jackie McLean, as well as his current association with the cooperative sextet One For All, Steve Davis’ Systems Blue encompasses many of the characteristics of bop and hard bop without sounding stalled in a bygone era. On his fifth date for the Criss Cross label, ...

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Portrait In Sound

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Portrait in Sound; I

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Steve Davis: Portrait In Sound

Read "Portrait In Sound" reviewed by Jim Santella


Mainstream jazz has produced quite a few superior trombonists. From early tailgate counterpoint to swing era melody maker and hard bop leader, the artist has always been able to make use of his instrument's unique characteristics. Unlike piano and vibraphone, the trombone is able to bend pitches and slide from one pitch to the next. In ...

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Excursions

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2000
Track listing: Shortcake; Little B’s Poem; Excursions; What Is There To Say; Angel Eyes; Little Karin; Jim’s Waltz; Fried Pies.

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Portrait In Sound

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing:

Portrait In Sound, I'm Old Fashioned, Shadows, The Slowdown, Darn That Dream, Runway, Somber Song, A Bundle Of Joy, I Found You, Samba D

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Vibe Up!

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2000
Track listing: Vibe Up!, It's the Little Things That Count, Somewhere, Blue Domain, The Summary, Three-Way Street, Tournesol, Mode For Damo (63:11)


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