Jason Davis

Bio 1987 Alto Saxophone solo for Dallas Native and NBA legend Spud Webb 1992 Trammel Crow Scholarship @ Arts Jazz Festival/ Daniel Chappie James Elementary ground breaking parade 1993 Loyola Jazz Festival All Star Band/ Bobby Jones Gospel Television Appearances/ attends Weatherford College/African American Museum ground breaking 1994 Lead alto sax in the Texas All-State Jr. College Band/ Woodwind Specialist O.W. Holmes Classical Academy/ Private Teacher @Lincoln High School/ Musician @ Peoples Baptist Church 1995 Attended Texas College in Tyler Texas (student teacher)/ Performances with East Texas Allstars and Prof. James Williams Sr. 1996 / Joins Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.1997 Performed on Cruise Ships in the Eastern and Western Caribbean / Who's Who on American College Campuses 1998 Performs live on the Soultrain Music Awards with Kirk Franklin/ Works as Teachers Assistant at Pearl C. Anderson in Music Department (choir/ piano/ band & strings) 1999 Teaches Woodwind at Town View Magnet Summer Camp/ Performs for Dick Gregory Speech in Tyler, TX. 2000 performs with Jeannette Brantley New-years on top of the Adams Mark 2001 Records at the South Dallas Cultural Center/ Created Husic as a discipline and practice/ Plays Artfest with Trumpet Great Roy Hargrove 2002 Performs with Erykah Badu, Common and Talib Kweli at Bronco Bowl! 2003 Opens for David "fathead" Newman/ Taste of Dallas 2004 Becomes First Jazz musician in residence at the South Side on Lamar Lofts/ Performs at Bass Hall/ opens for Roy Ayers/ Democratic Presidential Debate/Records with Pieces of a Dream 2005 / meets Maceo Parker/ Completes 800 page Symphonic Work for full Orchestra/ Records with Sounds of Philly Drummer Charles Collins/releases his rst Instrumental music workbook/ Opens the Main Street Arts Festival in Ft. Worth with his own quintet 2006 Launches an independent Record Label called Flip Flop Records 2007 Produces, Records and Releases the children Literacy based project called Read with Keith Price for Earning by Learning/ Performs, records and broadcast live at the New Orleans Jazz Festival with legendary guitarist Lucky Peterson/ Commissioned to arrange music for the Historically Black College Football video game BCFX / Appears with Cas Haley on the NFL Dallas Cowboys Half time Show on Opening Day/ Potter's House FLO Conference with TD Jakes 2008 performs with Edwin Holt and the East Texas Symphony/ Co-Produces the Jam Box CD with Mahogany and Opens for Jazz in Pink (all female Jazz Group) in San Diego/ Complete a rough draft of his rst "short lm-musical. Performs with Raul Valdez for "The Women of Color Awards" Hilton Anatole 2009 Washington-Lincoln Alumni National Convention, Deep Ellum Art's Festival, Featured as soloist with Edwin Holt and the East Texas Symphony Orchestra. New Years Eve with Saxophonist Marion Meadows featured with Mahogany. ! 2010 Performances with Saxophone Great Mike Phillips, Sax Clinician @ Yvonne Ewell Townview Magnet Summer Jazz Camp, Jazz Master Class with Trumpet Great and Jazz Legend Roy Hargrove for D.I.S.D. students, Opening Performance for Saxophone Master Kirk Whalum in Ft. Worth, Music Director for The Motown-Vegas Night Show in Dallas, Performs @ The Dallas Museum of Art with Mahogany & The Jam Box Band, Performs at University of Texas at Dallas with Vocalist Carmen Rogers, Promoter for the All-Star Saxophone Summit with over 25 local performers involved, Performs with his new Jazz Trio, Co-Creates The "Up To Par Jazz" Concert with Mahogany @ Cedar Crest Golf Course which featured Roy Hargrove, Victor Cager, Bobby Tompkins and many more, Love Field Airport Black History Luncheon with The Tuskegee Airmen, Plays a Tribute to Theolonius Monk.

MUSICIAN (SIDEMAN) with= R.C. Williams and the Grits, Sandra Kaye, Jeannette Brantley, Emily King, The East Texas All-stars, The Impressions (Curtis Mayeld's Band), Cuba Godding Sr., Dwele, Onzy Matthews Big Band, Laney Mc Donald, Paul Salos Big Band, Robert Sanders Big Band, Roger Boykin, George Florence, Lucky Peterson, Edwin Holt and The East Texas Symphony, Ben Adkins,! Big Jack Williams and the Conspiracy Band, W.A. Richardson and The Jazz Evolutionist, Shaun Martins Go-Go Band, Mike Phillips and Claude Johnson RECORDED with= Pieces of a Dream, God's Property, Charles Collins, Dallas Jazz Orchestra, Lucky Peterson, Kipper Jones, Madi (DK) Chinwah and N'Dambi CONCERT Apperances with= Roy Ayers, David "fat head" Newman, Roy Hargrove, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Soul Live, Kirk Whalum and Eric Benet TELEVISION & RADIO= Fox 4 Good Day Dallas, WFAA Good Morning Texas, WGN-TV Channel 9 (Chicago), Husic Radio on Blog Talk Radio, Bobby Jones Gospel Television,! 1998 Soul Train Music Awards, 2008 NFL Cowboys Halftime Show with Cas Haley, WWOZ Radio Live from the 2007 Jazz and Heritage Festival and DCTV, "The Set" on ION Network hosted by. Angelique Tege PRODUCER of (CD's)= The Jam Box CD with Mahogany, Read for Life with Epik 7, Page 43, Room Temperature, The Nappy Kitchen, Husic is Husic, Kwanzaa Original Music and Other Self produced works. MUSICAL DIRECTOR= Nayrok, Mahogany and the Jam Box, KIVA by Kenjah Nichols at the Womens Museum and Dallas Young Lions Concerts at The Dallas Museum of Art and N' Dambi at the Caravan of Dreams. MEMBERSHIPS/ AWARDS= ASCAP/ Marching Major Domos/ Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Multi- Platinum Sales Plaque and Grammy Awards with Kirk Franklin PROMOTER of (Shows & Concerts)= Women in Jazz, Music Past Present and Future, Project and Maxi Media Jam Sessions with Mahogany, All Star Sax Summit and The Twilight Jazz Jam VENUES/HALLS ECT. performed at! South Dallas Cultural Center, Bob Hope Theatre at SMU, Eisemann Center, Strictly Tabu, Bass Hall, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Shrine Auditorium, The Black Forrest, Premier Theme Parks, Opry Land, Nokia, Bronco Bowl, Caravan of Dreams, Texas Stadium, The Georgia Dome, Statue of Liberty Park, Black Cat (San Francisco & D.C.), Enrico's (San Francisco), University of North Dakota, The Black Academy for the Arts, College of William and Mary, Texas Southern University, Cozy's (Sherman Oaks), The Black Lilly, The Sammons Center, Abilene Center for Contemporary Art, The Red Cat (Houston), Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta), Caldwell Auditorium (Tyler), House of Blues (Chicago), Issac Hayes Blues Club (Chicago), SOB's (New York), Main Street Art Festival in Ft. Worth, Beaumont Jazz Festival, Deep Ellum Arts Festival and The Cotton Bowl.

Jason Davis Clients as a Leader and Freelance Artist Dallas Public Library, El Centro College, Mountain View College, Dallas Public Schools, Weatherford College, Peoples Baptist Church, Texas College, Dolphin Cruise Cruise Lines, Interscope Records, CBS Records, South Side on Lamar Lofts, Gilley's Dallas, Main Street Arts Festival, Earning By Learning, Nerjyzed Entertainment, Potters House Church, St. John Baptist, Edwin Holt and The East Texas Symphony, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Washington-Lincoln Alumni Association, Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, The Dunbar Association, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, African American Museum, National Association of Negro Musicians, The Dallas Museum of Art, Cedar Crest Golf Course, Love Field Airport, DFW Airport, South Dallas Cultural Center, Strictly Tabu, The Caravan of Dreams, Abeline Center for The Contemporary Arts, Deep Ellum Arts Festival, ! Sambucas, AT&T, Dallas Housing Authority, Fiesta Grocery Stores, Campisi's Pizza, Girl Scouts of America, Heads Up Records, Cheekyi Productions, Mahogany Music Productions, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, City of Dallas, Dallas Jazz Orchestra, Jeanette Brantley-Wango, Sandra Kaye, Cadino Newman, Paul Quinn College, State Fair of Texas, East Texas Fair

STAGE BAND SOUTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jazz Big Band-Classic-Soul-R&B-Gospel Jason Davis- Artistic Director Dallas, Texas "Dallas music fans if you get another opportunity to see, hear Jason's Big Band , do so. I got a chance to see them yesterday and they were great, so if you want to see a band that can Jam, Swing, Groove, then this is it." (Bruce Mendoza- Legendary Jazz Bassist) "You are doing an excellent job with the group. It's very uplifting to know that real music is still alive. Keep up the superior work!" (Errol Sims-Music Educator) The building and funding of the "DFW Jazz Hall of Fame" is the immediate goal and purpose of Stage Band South. This 16 piece Jazz Big Band has been formed to generate revenue to purchase the land and materials to build it. We have released a performance art based music single entitled "Brush Stroke". It is available on Amazon, iTunes and many other online stores. This CD is indeed a work considered experimental jazz but is being used for everything from yoga classes to music therapy sessions. Stage Band South's next CD recording will be a mixture of classic jazz and new warm grooves. Upcoming performances include a 2 hour show at The House of Blues in Dallas and a two night showcase in October 2011 at the Dallas Convention Center. The band has began to be sought out by national touring acts for recording and live performance work while in Dallas. These artist include (80 year old) legendary jazz singer - pianist Jo Thompson, Neo Soul singer Geno Young , Simone Simone and others. The highly anticipated Debut CD is scheduled for released in November 2011. Peripheral projects include a DFW Jazz documentary lm and a Texas Song Book for students and professionals. The 16 band members as well as alternates and substitutes are a fun lled set of individuals that love music. Most are Dallas natives but others come from Anchorage, Alaska ; Wurzburg Germany; Syracuse, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland. We are a majority of music educators and professional freelance musicians that come together for the love of the music. Collectively our members have performed, toured and recorded with many top named artist like Toby Keith, Kirk Franklin, The Temptations, Earth Wind and Fire, Erykah Badu, Roy Hargrove and Pieces of a Dream. We have members with experience across all genres of music. The band was founded on March 9, 2011 at The South Dallas Cultural Center. The idea to start a community jazz big band was the brainchild of Jason Davis. The challenges were how to get everyone in the same place at the same time, writing music for a large group, creating a band handbook of protocol and other business related factors. Our rst sight-reading exercise that day was an arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner. After those beautiful harmonies resonated around the studio we all knew that this idea was set into motion. Close friends and contacts throughout the world began to assist with the structure of Stage Band South and now it is a well oiled machine ready to perform. We are now embarking upon a residency at the South Dallas Cultural Center. This gives us an opportunity to perform, rehearse and tighten our skills. We plan on eventually becoming a staple in the budding Dallas Art's District by performing and promoting concerts of our original works. Within a few months a simple idea has gained national attention. Through hard work, diligence and collective work Stage Band South plans to be a key player in the development of the Dallas jazz sound. Our members work hard and are committed to musical precision and discipline.

Fee Schedule: PERFORMANCE !! The fee range will generally be between $1,500.00 and $3,500.00 for our8 through 16 piece !
Big Band (2 hour performance, within 100 miles from Dallas). Performance fees will vary depending on the time frame of the event, and the distance from Dallas,Texas. !Other fees will apply for!extra long playing times, or long travel distances. !!!! !!!!! A contract will need to be signed and returned with a $150.00 deposit toward any performance fees!determined in the contract. Deposits will be refunded providing that an event is cancelled prior to two weeks (14 calendar days) before the event. Any event cancelled closer than two weeks prior to the contract performance date, willNOT be refunded any deposit ! amount. Call us for specials rates for Non-Prot organizations and local charities. We believe in supporting and partnering with worthy causes. !

Horns Only for Recording and Live

We randomly get calls for just the horn section along with exsiting bands for recordings or live shows. Our rates will be resonable yet competitive. We are happy to enhance any project with our horn section. Please don't hesitate to contact us and let us know what you are looking for. Customized arranging and sheet music charting are no problem for us!

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