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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesse Davis</span></h1>
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<p><b>Jesse Davis</b> (* <a href="9._November" title="9. November">9. November</a> <a href="1965" title="1965">1965</a>) ist ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a>-<a href="Altsaxophon" title="Altsaxophon">Altsaxophonist</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Jesse Davis wuchs in <a href="New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> auf und begann seine Musikerkarriere als Student in <a href="Ellis_Marsalis" title="Ellis Marsalis">Ellis Marsalis</a>’ New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Er studierte dann ab 1982 an der <a href="Northeastern_Illinois_University" title="Northeastern Illinois University">Northeastern Illinois University</a>; daneben spielte er mit <a href="Von_Freeman" title="Von Freeman">Von Freeman</a> und <a href="Redd_Holt" title="Redd Holt">Redd Holt</a>. Nach Fortsetzung seines Studiums am William Patterson College (u. a. bei <a href="Rufus_Reid" title="Rufus Reid">Rufus Reid</a>) und der Graduierung arbeitete er als Berufsmusiker und spielte in den Bands von <a href="Illinois_Jacquet" title="Illinois Jacquet">Illinois Jacquet</a>, <a href="Ray_Brown" title="Ray Brown">Ray Brown</a>, <a href="Roy_Hargrove" title="Roy Hargrove">Roy Hargrove</a> (<i>Family</i>, 1995), <a href="Milt_Jackson" title="Milt Jackson">Milt Jackson</a> (<i>Burning in the Woodhouse</i>, 1994), <a href="Nicholas_Payton" title="Nicholas Payton">Nicholas Payton</a>, <a href="Akira_Tana" title="Akira Tana">Akira Tana</a>, <a href="Cedar_Walton" title="Cedar Walton">Cedar Walton</a> (<i>Firm Roots</i>).<br>
Davis nahm seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre unter eigenem Namen eine Reihe von Alben für das Label <a href="Concord_Records" title="Concord Records">Concord Jazz</a> auf mit Musikern wie <a href="Jacky_Terrasson" title="Jacky Terrasson">Jacky Terrasson</a>, <a href="Mulgrew_Miller" title="Mulgrew Miller">Mulgrew Miller</a>, <a href="Rufus_Reid" title="Rufus Reid">Rufus Reid</a>, <a href="Lewis_Nash" title="Lewis Nash">Lewis Nash</a>, <a href="Ron_Carter" title="Ron Carter">Ron Carter</a>, <a href="Jimmy_Cobb" title="Jimmy Cobb">Jimmy Cobb</a> und <a href="Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a>. Anfang der 2000er Jahre spielte Davis außerdem in den Bands von <a href="Terell_Stafford" title="Terell Stafford">Terell Stafford</a> und <a href="Jim_Rotondi" title="Jim Rotondi">Jim Rotondi</a> (<i>The Pleasure Dome</i>). Er arbeitete außerdem mit <a href="Jack_McDuff" title="Jack McDuff">Jack McDuff</a>, <a href="Illinois_Jacquet" title="Illinois Jacquet">Illinois Jacquet</a> und <a href="John_Marshall_(Trompeter)" title="John Marshall (Trompeter)">John Marshall</a>, 2019 mit <a href="Charles_Tolliver" title="Charles Tolliver">Charles Tolliver</a> (<i><a href="Connect_(Album)" title="Connect (Album)">Connect</a></i>). Nach Ansicht von <a href="Richard_Cook" title="Richard Cook">Richard Cook</a> und <a href="Brian_Morton" title="Brian Morton">Brian Morton</a> ist Davis’ <a href="Hardbop" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardbop">Hardbop</a>-Stil stark von <a href="Cannonball_Adderley" title="Cannonball Adderley">Cannonball Adderley</a> und <a href="Phil_Woods" title="Phil Woods">Phil Woods</a> beeinflusst.
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<p>1989 wurde Davis mit dem „Most Outstanding Musician Award“ durch das Magazin <i><a href="Down_Beat" title="Down Beat">Down Beat</a></i> ausgezeichnet.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographische_Hinweise">Diskographische Hinweise</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Horn of Pasion</i> (Concord, 1991) mit Mulgrew Miller</li>
<li><i>As We Speak</i> (Concord, 1992) mit Jacky Terrasson, <a href="Robert_Trowers" title="Robert Trowers">Robert Trowers</a></li>
<li><i>High Standards</i> (Concord, 1994) mit Nicholas Payton, <a href="Dado_Moroni" title="Dado Moroni">Dado Moroni</a>, <a href="Peter_Washington" title="Peter Washington">Peter Washington</a></li>
<li><i>From Within</i> (Concord, 1996) mit N. Payton, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Lewis Nash</li>
<li><i>The Set-Up</i> (All Tribe, 2002) mit <a href="Peter_Bernstein" title="Peter Bernstein">Peter Bernstein</a>, <a href="Ray_Drummond" title="Ray Drummond">Ray Drummond</a></li>
<li><i>Live at Smalls Jazz Club</i> (Cellar Music, 2023), mit <a href="Spike_Wilner" title="Spike Wilner">Spike Wilner</a>, Peter Washington, <a href="Joe_Farnsworth" title="Joe Farnsworth">Joe Farnsworth</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Richard_Cook" title="Richard Cook">Richard Cook</a>, <a href="Brian_Morton" title="Brian Morton">Brian Morton</a>: <i><a href="The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz" title="The Penguin Guide to Jazz">The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings</a>.</i> 8. Auflage. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9.</li>
<li><a href="Gary_Giddins" title="Gary Giddins">Gary Giddins</a>: <i>Weather Bird: Jazz on the Dawn of its Second Century.</i> Oxford University Press, Oxford usw. 2004, ISBN 0-19-530449-7.</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Jesse+Davis">Jesse Davis</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><span class="cite">Sheila Anderson: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wbgo.org/music/2023-02-06/jesse-davis-theres-more-to-music-than-just-notes"><i>Jesse Davis: ‘There's more to music than just notes’ (Interview).</i></a> <a href="WBGO" title="WBGO">WBGO</a>, 6. Januar 2023,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 7. Februar 2023</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AJesse+Davis&rft.title=Jesse+Davis%3A+%E2%80%98There%27s+more+to+music+than+just+notes%E2%80%99+%28Interview%29&rft.description=Jesse+Davis%3A+%E2%80%98There%27s+more+to+music+than+just+notes%E2%80%99+%28Interview%29&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wbgo.org%2Fmusic%2F2023-02-06%2Fjesse-davis-theres-more-to-music-than-just-notes&rft.creator=Sheila+Anderson&rft.publisher=%5B%5BWBGO%5D%5D&rft.date=2023-01-06&rft.language=en"> </span></li></ul>
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