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MP3 Orbert Davis - Priority
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JAZZ: Bebop, JAZZ: Jazz Vocals
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One of Chicago''s busiest and most sought after musicians, jazz trumpeter Orbert Davis has recorded over 2500 television and radio commercials and many record projects for such notable artists as Ramsey Lewis, Charles Earland, Kurt Elling, Bob Mamet and William Russo''s Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Winner of the 1995 Cognac Hennessy National Jazz Search, Orbert was chosen as one of Chicago Tribune''s "1995 Arts People of the Year" and Chicago Magazine named him "Y2k Best Trumpeter in Chicago".
He performs regularly with various groups under his own name, including his critcally acclaimed ensemble "Orbert Davis with Strings Attached". He was featured soloist at the 1996 Chicago Jazz Festival, performing Miles Davis and Gil Evans'' "Sketches of Spain". Orbert''s composition, "Concerto for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra" received rave reviews after he premiered it with The Chicago Sinfonietta Orchestra in November 1998 at Symphony Center Chicago. In October 1999, along with Jon Faddis and Lester Bowie, Orbert was a featured performer for the Jazz Institute of Chicago''s "Tribute to Louis Armstrong: Legacy for the Millennium". He peformed compositions from Armstrong''s Hot 5 and Hot 7 recordings. Orbert has performed with Wynton Marsalis, TS Monk, Stevie Wonder, Dr. John, Kurt Elling, Ernie Watts, Ramsey Lewis, Grover Washington Jr. and The Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Orchestra.
Mr. Davis has a bachelors degree in trumpet performance from DePaul University and a masters degree in Jazz Pedagogy from Northwestern University. He is currently co-founder and Executive Director of MusicAlive!, a comprehensive music curriculum for at-risk youth.
Along with his partner/manager Mark Ingram, Orbert owns and operates ORBARK PRODUCTIONS. They''re credits include projects for Atlantic, Capitol, CBS, Epic, MCA and the Warner Brothers record labels. Other projects include arrangements and on-camera performances for feature films such as "A League of Their Own" starring Tom Hanks, Madonna and Rosie O''Donnell for Columbia Pictures and "The Babe", starring John Goodman. Orbert was Jazz Consultant to director Sam Mendez for the upcoming DreamWorks Pictures feature film release "Road to Perdition" starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, where he arranged music for and performed on-camera in a prominent scene.
His latest CD entitled "Priority", released on the 3Sixteen Records label, is getting national attention in the both radio and print media.
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