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Jesse Davis

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Alto saxophonist Jesse Davis is one of the new, young lions of jazz coming out of New Orleans, where he was born 1965. He follows in the tradition of the Marsalis family and other Jazz musicians from the Crescent City currently attracting so much attention. Not surprisingly, he studied with Ellis Marsalis at the New Orleans Centre for Creative Arts. Jesse showed signs of musical talent at an early age: when he was eleven, his brother Roger (an accomplished tuba player) bought Jesse a saxophone and taught him how to play it. He went on to study with Ellis Marsalis, whose teachings inspired him to become a music student at North-Eastern Illinois University on a full scholarship. Eventually, he transferred to William Patterson College in New Jersey and then to the New School in New York City, enrolling in their Jazz and Contemporary Music Program. There he was a student of noted Jazz historian Ira Gitler, who says that "...Jesse stood out in the crowd"

Album

Reflections

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Blue Autumn; Reflections; Choctaw Alley; Funk Sugo; It’s Just Farewell; Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans; Evidence.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Barry Greene, Blue Moods, Sharon Minemoto, Judith Owens and more

Read "Barry Greene, Blue Moods, Sharon Minemoto, Judith Owens and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Barry Greene, Jared Hall, Jesse Davis, Faye Carol, Abate Berihun & The Addis Ken Project, Ray Obiedo, Shunzo Ohno, The BLCK Madonna, Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Ben Markley Big Band, Blue Moods, Bobby Broom, Billy Childs, Catherine Russell, Erica Von Kleist, Mike Clement, Nat Reeves, Judith Owens, Taylor Roberts, Bobby ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ben Rosenblum, Tierney Sutton, and Jimmy Giuffre

Read "Ben Rosenblum, Tierney Sutton, and Jimmy Giuffre" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features new music from Ben Rosenblum and Tierney Sutton as well as older selections from Jimmy Giuffre and Johnny Smith.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Trombocalist Big Band “Sulk City" from The Vigil ...

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Article: Album Review

Jesse Davis Quartet: Reflections

Read "Reflections" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


<em>Reflections</em> by alto saxophonist Jesse Davis, joined by pianist Spike Wilner, bassist John Webber, and featured guest drummer Lewis Nash, was recorded at GB’s Juke Joint in Long Island City in March 2025 and is the kind of album that doesn’t announce itself loudly. It just feels lived in. Unhurried, assured, yet steeped in memory and ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Blue Moods, Bobby Broom, Billy Childs, Catherine Russell and more

Read "Blue Moods, Bobby Broom, Billy Childs, Catherine Russell and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Blue Moods, Bobby Broom, Billy Childs, Catherine Russell, Erica Von Kleist, Mike Clement, Nat Reeves, Judith Owens, Taylor Roberts, Bobby Matos Heritage Ensemble, Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet, Juan Carlos Quintero, Rebecca Rafla, Joe Gransden, Chick Corea, Audrey Ochoa, Andrea Miller, Steve Wilson, Ben Markley ...

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Article: Album Review

Jesse Davis Quartet: Reflections

Read "Reflections" reviewed by Jack Bowers


New Orleans-bred Jesse Davis delves into the soulful side of the alto saxophone on Reflections, his tenth album as leader and one that was recorded on New York's Long Island, far from Davis' home base of Verona, Italy, where he has lived for more than 20 years with his wife and daughter. One of ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Barry Greene, Jared Hall, Jesse Davis, Ray Obiedo and more

Read "Barry Greene, Jared Hall, Jesse Davis, Ray Obiedo and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Barry Greene, Jared Hall, Jesse Davis, Faye Carol, Abate Berihun & The Addis Ken Project, Ray Obiedo, Shunzo Ohno, The BLCK Madonna, Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Ben Markley Big Band, Brian Dickinson & Penderecki String Quartet, John Sweenie, Peter Erskine, April Varner, Sam Yahel, Hendrik Meurkens, Walter Smith lll, Tierney ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Genre jambalaya this week, exploratory jazz, third stream, straight ahead and the blues

Read "Genre jambalaya this week, exploratory jazz, third stream, straight ahead and the blues" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


Dave Adewumi, Yelena Eckimoff, Tomas Janzon, Jesse Davis and Dida Pelled. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Dave Adewumi" Is" from The Flame Beneath the Silence (Giant Step Arts) 0:11 Erica von Kleist “Picc a Peck" from Picc Pocket (Self-Produced) 05:25 Tomas Janzon “ Did I Say" from Jazz Diary (Changes) 11:02 Host Speaks 16:01 Alicia ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jesse Davis, Jazzlab Orchestra, Xavi Rekja, New Jazz Underground

Read "Jesse Davis, Jazzlab Orchestra, Xavi Rekja, New Jazz Underground" reviewed by Cheryl K.


During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--vocalist Rebecca Rafla; saxophonist Jesse Davis; saxophonist/composer Oded Tzur; the Jazzlab Orchestra; saxophonist Tia Fuller and pianist Shamie Fuller-Royston; Neves E Silva; trumpeter Adam O'Farrill's Elephant; the David Smith Quintet; and Jazz Sabbath. Playlist Cal Tjader/Mary Stalling “I Didn't Know About You" from Cal Tjader ...


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