Dave Kline (Violinist) w/ Steve Davis
(Grammy-winning Trombonist)
(Performed with Chick Corea over a 22 year period!!!)
A collaboration of jazz, blues, funk, world and original compositions.
The recording and performance resume of Grammy-winning trombonist Steve Davis is monumental - Art Blakey, Jackie McClean, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Horace Silver, Roy Hargrove, to name a few! Special venues include the Jimmy Fallon show (with Stevie Wonder), and the White House for a tribute to Ray Charles. Nearly 200 recordings as a band leader, including 4 weeks at #1 on the JazzWeek radio charts and several months in the top 10 for Bluesthetic (2022). Steve and his wife, vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis, appeared together with iconic vocalist Natalie Merchant on her acclaimed 2023 release Keep Your Courage (Nonesuch) and on ABC's GMA (June '23). www.stevedavismusic.com
Steve Davis joined Chick Corea's Origin in 1997 and continued to work alongside the legendary Multi-Grammy winning pianist / composer in several settings for the next twenty-two years, including Spain (1999) with the London Philharmonic and The Continents (2012) featuring quintet and chamber orchestra. During 2019, Steve appeared on Chick's Spanish Heart Band album Antidote which won a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. Chick & SpHB toured Europe that summer.
Steve is also a long term educator and a Professor of Trombone at Berklee College of Music.
Dave Kline has performed with Chick Corea, Grammy-winning gypsy jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel, Grammy-winning saxophonist David Murray (co-founder World Saxophone Quartet), Grammy-winning composer D.D. Jackson, Grammy-winning violinist Zach Brock (Snarky Puppy). Dave’s shows are known for their high intensity and exhilaration, and his unusual, stunning compositions combining beauty and power. His most recent CD "Shifting Borders" charted #1 on the Roots Music Jazz Chart. https://daveklineband.com/
For this show, Dave’s international band includes Grammy-winning pianist Jon Carroll (Starland Vocal Band with the #1 pop hit Afternoon Delight, and long time keyboards for Mary Chapin Carpenter), Lynn Veronneau vocals, Ken Avis guitar and vocals, Buddy Speir lead guitar, TJ Turqman bass, Olaolu Ajibade drums.
“Steve is one of the greatest Trombone Players in the world. He expresses things on the trombone that people don’t usually play on that instrument.”— Freddie Hubbard (2007)
“Steve can create the effect of a string section or brass section, playing some of the most melodic improvisations ever heard in jazz.”— Chick Corea (2001)
“Steve Davis is one of my favorite trombone players of all time. I like his sound, I like the way he writes. He is a very special musician.”–Jackie McLean (1998)
Chick Corea on Dave Kline: "I love your musical universe...it's so fresh and creative." "Man, you've created an amazing amount of fresh new music - for one CD! I was interested and entertained the whole way through. Wonderful, man!”
“If Down Beat was doing a piece on Dave Kline they would probably consider him in the ‘beyond’ part of their ‘jazz, blues and beyond’ mantra.” Michael J. West, Washington City Paper
“Shifting Borders leads with a clear message that Kline is all about prodigious music, strong melodies, and infectious rhythms.”— All About Jazz