[182] Jazz Trombonist Headlines 1st Concert In MTSU's Annual Jazz Artist Series

JAZZ TROMBONIST HEADLINES 1ST CONCERT IN MTSU’S ANNUAL JAZZ ARTIST SERIES
Music Maestro Davis to Perform Nov. 11 with MTSU Jazz Faculty, Jazz Ensemble I

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 1, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493

(MURFREESBORO)—Jazz trombonist Steve Davis will perform on Thursday, Nov. 11, with members of the MTSU Jazz Faculty and the MTSU Jazz Ensemble I in the first of three concerts in the 12th annual MTSU Jazz Artist Series.
The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. in Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus. Admission to the concert is $15 at the door for the general public; MTSU students and staff with valid ID will be admitted free.
"Steve Davis is currently at the forefront of jazz trombone," said Don Aliquo, MTSU professor of saxophone and jazz coordinator for the MTSU School of Music. "His respect for the tradition while being among the most consistently creative soloists has made him recognizably among the best in the world.”
Tunes featured on the upcoming concert include “Say When,” “Lament” and “Kenya” by J.J Johnson, “Silver and Cedar” and “Spirit Waltz” by Steve Davis, “Yardbird Suite” by Charlie Parker and “Day Dream” by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington.
Davis is widely regarded as one of today's leading improvisers on the trombone. Davis has worked with the bands of jazz legends such as Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea's Origin and the cooperative sextet One For All. He has appeared in Downbeat Magazine's Readers’ and Critics’ Polls numerous times, winning the TDWR (Rising Star) Trombone Category in 1998.
In recent years, Davis has been leading his own bands, including an all-star quartet featuring renowned pianist and frequent collaborator Larry Willis (“Alone Together,” Mapleshade, 2006) and the exciting new Outlook Quintet featuring rising stars Mike DiRubbo on alto sax, David Bryant on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass and Eric McPherson on drums.
MTSU jazz faculty performing with Davis will include Aliquo, Pat Coil on piano and Derrek Phillips on drums, along with special guest Jonathan Wires on bass.
Directed by Aliquo, the MTSU Jazz Ensemble I is the top performing large ensemble in the jazz studies program. It features the most experienced student players and concentrates on cutting-edge literature and master works from the big-band repertoire.
For more information on this and other concerts at the MTSU School of Music, please call 615-898-2493 or visit the “Concert Calendar” link at www.mtsumusic.com.

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IN BRIEF: Jazz trombonist Steve Davis will perform on Thursday, Nov. 11, with members of the MTSU Jazz Faculty and the MTSU Jazz Ensemble I in the first of three concerts in the 12th annual MTSU Jazz Artist Series. The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. in Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus. Admission to the concert is $15 at the door for the general public; MTSU students and staff with valid ID will be admitted free. For more information on this and other concerts at the MTSU School of Music, please call 615-898-2493 or visit the “Concert Calendar” link at www.mtsumusic.com.

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