Cornelia Street Cafe Hosts CD Release Party for Jeff Davis Band, 4/20

 

Today, Tuesday, April 20th at 8:30 pm, Cornelia Street Cafe will host a CD Release for the Jeff Davis Band. The band's debut album is entitled, "We Sleep Outside on Loyal Label". The Jeff Davis Band features: Jeff Davis, drums, cymbals, compositions; Tony Barba, tenor and soprano saxophone; Kirk Knuffke, trumpet; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Jon Goldberger, guitar; Eivind Opsvik, bass. 

Percussionist/composer Jeff Davis has established himself in New York as a vital contributor to the local and international creative music scenes. Jeff is widely sought out for his unique, textural approach to the drum set, as well as for his power and intensity. As a featured member of a number of creative ensembles in New York, Davis has recorded for such labels as Clean Feed, Fresh Sound/New Talent, Green Leaf, Loyal Label, Jazzaway, and innova records. Davis has also performed with such artists as Tony Malaby, Chris Speed, Gebhard Ullmann, Brad Shepik, Bill McHenry, and Ron Horton. www.jeffdavisdrums.com.

On the album, "We Sleep Outside", drummer/composer Jeff Davis showcases his command of a deeply focused and distinctly improvisational stylE. Davis, who “has a steady profile in left-of-center New York jazz circles,” according to Nate Chinen of The New York Times, is a confident performer who guides his band just to The Edge of chaos while at the same time exercising focus and restraint. Davis’ band has been working together since 2006, and features some of New York’s great improvisers, including Tony Barba, Kirk Knuffke, Ben Gerstein, Jon Goldberger, and Eivind Opsvik. Together, the group blurs the line between composition and improvisation, with equal focus on collective improvisation and the individual soloist. It is just this approach that results in a sound both minimalist in construction and intensely complex in approach.

The cover for the event is $10. Cornelia Cafe is located at 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York. For more information, call 212-989-9319 or visit www.corneliastreetcafe.com 

 

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