NATHAN DAVIS

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US jazz tenor and soprano saxophone player, head of the Jazz Studies Department at the University of Pittsburgh, and founder and director of the University of Pittsburgh's annual Jazz Seminar.

Born 15 February 1937 in Kansas City, Kansas, died 8 April 2018 in Palm Beach, Florida.

A multi-instrumentalist, Davis played all the reed instruments and had recently taken up flügelhorn. He was a prolific composer and arranger, and authored 'Writings In Jazz', an analysis of the history and development of the music. He had previously played with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.

Davis first took up saxophone in high school after starting out on trombone. After finishing US Army service in 1962 he decided to stay on in Europe and between 1963 and 1969 he lived on the Left Bank in Paris. He returned to the United States in 1969 to join the University of Pittsburgh as Professor of
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NATHAN DAVIS Happy Girl album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Happy Girl
Hard Bop 1965
NATHAN DAVIS Peace Treaty (aka The Nathan Davis Sextet) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Peace Treaty (aka The Nathan Davis Sextet)
Hard Bop 1965
NATHAN DAVIS The Hip Walk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Hip Walk
Hard Bop 1965
NATHAN DAVIS Rules of Freedom album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rules of Freedom
Hard Bop 1969
NATHAN DAVIS Makatuka album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Makatuka
Hard Bop 1970
NATHAN DAVIS 6th Sense In The 11th House album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
6th Sense In The 11th House
Hard Bop 1972
NATHAN DAVIS If album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
If
Hard Bop 1976
NATHAN DAVIS Suite For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Suite For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Progressive Big Band 1976
NATHAN DAVIS Faces Of Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Faces Of Love
Hard Bop 1982
NATHAN DAVIS London By Night album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
London By Night
Hard Bop 1987
NATHAN DAVIS I'm a Fool to Want You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I'm a Fool to Want You
Hard Bop 1995
NATHAN DAVIS Parisian Hoedown album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Parisian Hoedown
Hard Bop 2011

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NATHAN DAVIS Nathan Davis / Erling Kroner ‎: Such Pretty People album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nathan Davis / Erling Kroner ‎: Such Pretty People
Hard Bop 1984
NATHAN DAVIS Theme From Zoltan / Mister E album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Theme From Zoltan / Mister E
Hard Bop 2021
NATHAN DAVIS Carmell's Black Forest Waltz / B's Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carmell's Black Forest Waltz / B's Blues
Hard Bop 2021

NATHAN DAVIS live albums

NATHAN DAVIS Jazz Concert in a Benedictine Monastery album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Concert in a Benedictine Monastery
Hard Bop 1972
NATHAN DAVIS Live In Paris - The Ortf Recordings 1966/67 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Paris - The Ortf Recordings 1966/67
Hard Bop 2018

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NATHAN DAVIS Two Originals Happy Girl & The Hip Walk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Two Originals Happy Girl & The Hip Walk
Hard Bop 1998
NATHAN DAVIS The Best Of Nathan Davis '65-76 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best Of Nathan Davis '65-76
Hard Bop 2009

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