Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today’s leading improvisors on the trombone. His lyrical, hard-swinging style first gained him broad recognition during the 1990’s while working with the bands of jazz legends Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea’s acclaimed sextet Origin and the renowned cooperative sextet, One For All. Ever in-demand as a sideman, Davis is featured on over seventy recordings and has worked in recent years with a broad range of jazz icons including Horace Silver, Cecil Payne, Larry Willis, Freddie Hubbard (w\/ New Jazz Composers Octet), The Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Big Band\/Sextet, Slide Hampton`s World of Trombones, Wynton Marsalis (w\/ Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) and Steve Turre’s One 4 J. Steve has also worked with a variety of his peers over the years including Claudia Acuna, Eric Alexander, Abraham Burton, Avishai Cohen, Mike DiRubbo, Dena DeRose, John Farnsworth, Jimmy Greene, Roy Hargrove, Stefon Harris, Nicholas Payton and Michael Weiss.
\nGuitarist and composer Sam Kirmayer plays with \u201cfearlessness and momentum\u201d \u2013 Katie Malloch (CBC Jazz Beat & Tonic). One of CBC Music\u2019s picks for the \u201c35 Best Canadian Jazz Musicians Under 35\u201d, his playing has been described as \u201csharp and clean melodic lines peppered with exquisite chording and comping\u2026 never overstated and always expressed with good taste\u201d\u2013 C. Michael Bailey (All About Jazz). He has released three recordings as a leader, Opening Statement (Chromatic Audio 2017), High and Low (Cellar Music, 2018) and In This Moment (Cellar Music, 2022).<\/p>\n
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\nSteve Davis (trombone)
\nSam Kirmayer (guitar)
\nJosh Rager (piano)
\nIra Coleman (bass)
\nAndr\u00e9 White (drums)<\/p>\n