Kenny Davis (born September 4, 1961) is an American jazz bassist.
Davis released two albums as leader for
Soul Note
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History
Black S ...
.
He was also member of the
Blue Note Records
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group
Out of the Blue and has appeared on albums by
Gary Bartz
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Biography
Bartz studied at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Works ...
,
Art Farmer
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,
Don Byron
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Biography
His mother w ...
,
Eric Person
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,
Michele Rosewoman
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Onaje Allan Gumbs
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and others.
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Kenny is currently professor of Jazz Bass and Jazz History at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at ]Rutgers University
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in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Discography
As sideman
With Geri Allen
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*'' Geri Allen & Timeline Live'' (Motema, 2010)
With Cecil Brooks III
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A native of the Homewood neig ...
*''Hangin' with Smooth
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Reception
''The Star-Ledger'' praised the "mix of hard-bopped standards, smooth ballads and smart, catchy originals." The ''Boston ...
'' (Muse, 1990)
With Uri Caine
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Biography
Early years
The son of Burton Caine, a professor at Temple Law School, and poet Shulamith Wechter Caine, Caine began p ...
*''Sphere Music
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With James Carter
*'' Caribbean Rhapsody'' (EmArcy, 2011)
With Steve Coleman
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Early life
Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing al ...
*''The Tao of Mad Phat
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*''Mental Images
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'' (JMT, 1994)
With Art Farmer
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*''The Company I Keep
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'' (Arabesque, 1994) with Tom Harrell
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*''The Meaning of Art
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'' (Arabesque, 1997)
With Cassandra Wilson
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*''Blue Light 'til Dawn
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'' (Blue Note, 1993)
*Earl MacDonald
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, "Re:Visions - works for jazz orchestra", Death Defying Records, 2010
*Carla Cook
Carla Cook is a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist.
Biography
Cook was drawn to a life of music at an early age. As a student at Cass Technical High School she played string bass in the school orchestra, studied piano and voice on weekends, and s ...
, ''Simply Natural'', Maxjazz 2002
*Regina Carter
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Early life
Carter was born in Detroit and was one of three children in her family.
She began piano lessons at the age of t ...
, ''Something for Grace'', Atlantic, 1997
*Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Early life
Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing al ...
& Five Elements, ''The TAO of Mad Phat Fringed Zones'', Novus
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* Nov ...
, 1993
*Out of the Blue, ''O.T.B Live at Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival'', O.T.B/Blue Note, 1986
References
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1961 births
Living people
American jazz double-bassists
Male double-bassists
Black Saint/Soul Note artists
Musicians from Chicago
Jazz musicians from Illinois
21st-century double-bassists
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
The Tonight Show Band members
Hasidic New Wave members
Out of the Blue (American band) members