Jeremy Davenport (born 1970 in
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
) is an American
jazz
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trumpeter and singer based in
.
Jeremy Davenport was born in St. Louis, Missouri into a family of musicians. His mother has been a music educator for nearly 50 years and his father worked for 40 years for the
St. Louis Symphony
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1880 by Joseph Otten as the St. Louis Choral Society, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) is the second-oldest professional symphony or ...
. From a young age Davenport studied and played with members and guests of the St. Louis Symphony, which included an early introduction to
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...
.
[NPR's JazzSet: Jeremy Davenport]
2006, NPR
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, accessed 15 December 2006
Following high school, Davenport attended the
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in mu ...
, under the direction of Raymond Mase. During this time, Wynton Marsallis introduced Davenport to
Harry Connick, Jr
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host. He has sold over 28million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling male artists in the Uni ...
. They persuaded Davenport to move to New Orleans. Davenport enrolled at
University of New Orleans
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and then studied under
Ellis Marsalis, Wynton's father, music educator, and jazz pianist.
After his tutelage from Wynton and Ellis Marsallis, Davenport toured internationally with Harry Connick Jr.'s Big Band for six years and then returned to New Orleans to play at
Snug Harbor, a local jazz venue. He made a connection with chef
Emeril Lagasse
Emeril John Lagassé III ( ; born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and National Best Recipe award winner for his "Turkey and Hot Sausage Chili" recipe in 2003. He is a regio ...
, leading to television appearances on a
sit-com
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and Lagasse's cooking show. His media appearances also include ''
Cosmopolitan
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Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
'', ''
GQ'', ''
Travel + Leisure
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'', ''
People
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'', ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The fourth incarnation of the ...
'', and ''
The David Letterman Show
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Backg ...
''. Davenport plays a mix of American jazz standards and his own songs.
Jeremy Davenport: The Sounds of New Orleans
January 2004, JazzReview.com, by Cheryl Hughey, accessed 27 December 2006
Discography
* ''Puttin' on the Ritz'', Erich Kunzel
Erich Kunzel, Jr. (March 21, 1935 – September 1, 2009) was an American orchestra conductor. Called the "Prince of Pops" by the ''Chicago Tribune'', he performed with a number of leading pops and symphony orchestras, especially the Cincinnati ...
, Cincinnati Pops, (1995)
* ''Maybe in a Dream'' (Telarc
Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the label has had a long associ ...
, 1997)
* ''Christmas Gumbo'' (2004)
* ''Jeremy Davenport'' (Telarc, 1996, 2005)
* ''Live at the Bistro'' (2005)
* ''We'll Dance 'Til Dawn'' (Basin Street Basin Street or Rue Bassin in French, is a street in New Orleans, Louisiana. It parallels Rampart Street one block lakeside, or inland, from the boundary of the French Quarter, running from Canal Street down 5 blocks past Saint Louis Cemetery. It c ...
, 2009)
References
External links
Official site
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Mainstream jazz trumpeters
Musicians from St. Louis
American jazz trumpeters
American male trumpeters
Manhattan School of Music alumni
Jazz musicians from New Orleans
Living people
Telarc Records artists
1970 births
21st-century trumpeters
Jazz musicians from Missouri
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians