Keith Davis

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Review:

This is the eleventh in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.

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Keith Davis has been a top-notch jazz pianist for 40 years. He attended Berklee, studied with many major jazz artists (including trumpeter Kenny Wheeler), and worked along the way with both the Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw orchestras, David “Fathead” Newman, Donald Byrd, Pat LaBarbera, Jamie Baum, Wallace Roney and Javon Jackson among others.

Based in Greenville, South Carolina where he teaches, Davis works regularly with his trio and has three CDs out as a leader including the recent But Were We.

On this performance from Mar. 16, 2020, Keith Davis shows that he is also a fine solo pianist; he plays his original “Freewheeler” which is dedicated to the late Kenny Wheeler, developing the piece as it evolves and providing not only an enjoyable listening experience but making the case for his placement as a major modern mainstream jazz pianist.

– Scott Yanow