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ART DAVIS
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One of Chicago's leading jazz trumpet artists, Art Davis has been a
busy performer and teacher in that city since the early 1980s. As a
performer, Davis has had a varied career. He has toured with Ray
Charles, Frank Sinatra, and Rosemary Clooney. As a charter member
of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra (formerly Jazz Members' Big Band), he
has appeared with Joe Williams, Kurt Elling, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark
Terry, Nancy Wilson, and Jimmy Heath, among others. He has also
performed with such notables as Maynard Ferguson, the Woody
Herman Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Diane Shur, Bill Cosby, Sammy
Davis, jr., Tony Bennett, and Michael Feinstein. Art Davis appears on
many recordings, including those with Frank Mantooth, Janice Borla,
Jackie Allen, Rob Parton, Tommy Meullner, Kelly Brand, and the
Chicago Jazz Orchestra.
Art Davis has degrees in Music Education (B.M., University of Illinois)
and Musicology (M.M., University of Illinois). As a graduate student, he
specialized in ethnomusicology with an emphasis in African music.
For over fifteen years, he has been mentored by such master
drummers as Gideon Foli Alorwoyle and Abubakari Luna.
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One of Chicago's leading jazz trumpet artists, Art Davis has been a
busy performer and teacher in that city since the early 1980s. As a
performer, Davis has had a varied career. He has toured with Ray
Charles, Frank Sinatra, and Rosemary Clooney. As a charter member
of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra (formerly Jazz Members' Big Band), he
has appeared with Joe Williams, Kurt Elling, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark
Terry, Nancy Wilson, and Jimmy Heath, among others. He has also
performed with such notables as Maynard Ferguson, the Woody
Herman Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Diane Shur, Bill Cosby, Sammy
Davis, jr., Tony Bennett, and Michael Feinstein. Art Davis appears on
many recordings, including those with Frank Mantooth, Janice Borla,
Jackie Allen, Rob Parton, Tommy Meullner, Kelly Brand, and the
Chicago Jazz Orchestra.
Art Davis has degrees in Music Education (B.M., University of Illinois)
and Musicology (M.M., University of Illinois). As a graduate student, he
specialized in ethnomusicology with an emphasis in African music.
For over fifteen years, he has been mentored by such master
drummers as Gideon Foli Alorwoyle and Abubakari Luna.
