Jesse Davis

For the guitarist, see Jesse Ed Davis.

Jesse Davis (born November 9, 1965) is an American jazz saxophonist. Davis began as a student in Ellis Marsalis's New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.^[1] After graduating, Jesse Davis embarked on a productive jazz career, recording 8 albums on the Concord Jazz label, alongside collaborations with such artists as Jack McDuff and Illinois Jacquet. Davis has studied music at Northeastern Illinois University,^[1] and in 1989 he received a "Most Outstanding Musician award" from Down Beat magazine.^[2]

Discography

• Horn of Pasion (Concord, 1991) with Mulgrew Miller
• As We Speak (Concord, 1992) with Jacky Terrasson, Robert Trowers
• High Standards (Concord, 1994) with Nicholas Payton, Dado Moroni, Peter Washington
• From Within (Concord, 1996) with Nicholas Payton, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Lewis Nash
• The Set-Up (All Tribe, 2002) with Peter Bernstein, Ray Drummond

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Harris, Craig. "Jesse Davis Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6374/biography. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 
2. ^ "Jesse Davis at All About Jazz". http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=6134. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 

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