Quincy Davis (born August 27, 1977 in

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) is a jazz drummer who has recorded with

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, Benny Green, Hank Jones,

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, Russell Malone, Frank Wess, Eric Lewis, Junko Onishi,

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, and

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Biography

Davis grew up in a musical family in

. His brother is pianist

Xavier Davis Xavier Davis (born 1971 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and music educator who leads the Xavier Davis Trio. In addition to performing with the Christian McBride Big Band and other groups as a si ...

. He often played with his brother in their home. In grade school, he also picked up the trumpet and tuba. Near the end of his high school career, he attended the

Interlochen Arts Academy Interlochen Center for the Arts is a non-profit corporation which operates arts education institutions and performance venues in northwest Michigan. It is situated on a campus in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly southwest of Traverse City. ...

in northern Michigan. There he played jazz in a group setting and studied classical percussion and trap-set drumming.

Discography

As a leader

* 2013 ''Songs in the Key of Q''

As sideman

With

* 2002 ''Live at the Village Vanguard'' * 2003 ''Wise Children'' With

* 2006 ''Elbow Room'' * 2007 ''The Good Book Chapter 1'' * 2008 ''Vin-Slidin' '' With

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* 2011 ''Live at Live at the Players'' * 2015 ''Space Time Continuum'' With

Sachal Vasandani Sachal Vasandani, known professionally as Sachal, is an American jazz singer. Vasandani released ''Slow Motion Miracles'' on the Okeh label in 2015. He previously released three albums on Mack Avenue Records, ''Eyes Wide Open'' in 2007, ''We Move ...

* 2007 ''Eyes Wide Open'' * 2009 ''We Move'' With Peter Zak * 2008 ''Seed of Sin'' * 2009 ''Blues on the Corner'' With

* 2003 ''Enjoy the Moment'' * 2006 ''Between Friends'' * 2011 ''The Jukebox Crowd'' With David Gibson * 2006 ''G-Rays * 2009 ''A Little Somethin * 2010 ''End of the Tunnel With

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* 2010 ''All Wrapped Up'' * 2011 ''Golden Child With James Danderfer * 2004 ''Run with It'' * 2015 ''Time and Tide'' * 2020 ''All the Flowers With Young Joo Song * 2006 ''Falling Free'' * 2008 ''Journey With Greg Glassman * 2002 ''Onward and Upward'' * 2007 ''Into the Wild With others * 2006 ''Lost in New York'', Matt Ray * 2006 ''Ballade Pour Adeline'', Adam Birnbaum * 2007 ''And So Am I'', Darmon Meador * 2008 ''From the Heart'',

Bobby Watson Robert Michael Watson Jr. (born August 23, 1953), known professionally as Bobby Watson, is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator. Music career Watson was born in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. He ...

* 2008 ''Purple Butterfly'', Daniela Schaechter * 2008 ''Ballads - All Night,

Marcus Printup Marcus Edward Printup (born January 24, 1967) is an American jazz trumpeter who attended the University of North Florida Jazz Studies program and went on to work with Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and Tim ...

* 2008 ''Lite Blue, Takuji Yamada * 2009 ''Impromptu'',

Ted Rosenthal Ted Rosenthal (born 1959) is an American jazz pianist. He was featured on David Sanborn's series '' Night Music'', and has performed worldwide, both as a leader and as a sideman with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil ...

* 2009 ''My Foolish Heart'', Maya Hatch * 2009 ''Introducing Takao Iwaki'', Takao Iwaki * 2010 ''Out of the World'',

* 2010 ''Keystone'',

Dave Stryker Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American jazz guitarist. He has recorded over twenty-five albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany. Career Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebr ...

* 2010 ''See the Pyramid'',

Walt Weiskopf Walt Weiskopf (born July 30, 1959 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, author and educator. He has released sixteen albums as a leader, and performed on countless other albums as a sideman. He has ...

* 2010 ''Little Echo, Ken Fowser * 2013 ''Some Other Time'', Ayako Shirasaki * 2014 ''Leslie Odom Jr.'',

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* 2015 ''Debut: Noriko Ueda Trio'', Noriko Ueda * 2015 ''Alto Gusto: Live at the Yardbird Suite'', P.J. Perry * 2017 ''Halcyon', Will Bonness * 2017 ''Jazz Standards'', Jon Gordon * 2019 ''Elegant Traveler'', Jocelyn Gould * 2020 ''Rise Up Detroit'',

References

External links

''Winnipeg Free Press'' article
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