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Davis also toured and recorded with the post-bop ensemble leading Roots which he formed in 1991.ĭavis has also composed various pieces, including a 2004 opera entitled “Just Above My Head”. One of Davis’ best known musical associations was heading the Paris Reunion Band (1985-1989), which at different times included Nat Adderley, Kenny Drew, Johnny Griffin, Slide Hampton, Joe Henderson, Idris Muhammad, Dizzy Reece, Woody Shaw, and Jimmy Woode. Davis also served as the editor of the International Jazz Archives Journal. Davis, who retired in 2013 as director of the Jazz Studies Program at Pitt, now has Professor Emeritus status at the university. He also helped to found the university’s William Robinson Recording Studio as well as establish the International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame located in the school’s William Pitt Union and the University of Pittsburgh-Sonny Rollins International Jazz Archives. He is also founder and director of the University of Pittsburgh Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, the first academic jazz event of its kind in the country. He holds a Ph.D in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University and has been a professor of music and director of jazz studies at the University of Pittsburgh since 1969, an academic program that he helped to initiate. Nathan traveled extensively around Europe after the war and moved to Paris in 1962. Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Davis is probably best known for his work with Eric Dolphy, Kenny Clarke, Ray Charles, Slide Hampton and Art Blakey. PERFORMER 'Count Basie And His Orchestra'įILE '03 - Count Basie And His Orchestra - How Long Blues.wav' WAVEįILE '04 - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Driftin' Blues.Nathan Davis (born February 15, 1937) is an American hard bop jazz multi-instrumentalist who plays the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet and flute. Various Artists / Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - Piano Blues'įILE '01 - Jimmy Yancey - How Long Blues.wav' WAVEįILE '02 - The Boogie Woogie Boys - Boogie Woogie Prayer, Pt.1.wav' WAVE November 2010ĮAC extraction logfile from 7. John, Pete Jolly & Henry Gray / How Long Blues Įxact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15.

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