Deborah Davis
No Ways Tired
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May 13 - June 1, 2008
The Living Room
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
Bangkok, Thailand
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Cafe Winberie
30 Oak Street
Ridgewood, NJ
8:00 - 12:00
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
No Cover Charge
Great Family Restaurant good food, even better vibes!
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Monday, January 7, 2008
Deborah Davis & A Few Goood Men
(James Weidman - piano , Essiet Essiet- Bass, Drums - TBA )
11th Annual Jazz Benefit Concert for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Blue Note Jazz Club
131 West 3rd @ 6th Avenue
New York City
8:00 & 10:30 shows
Reservations STRONGLY suggested: 2123-475-8592
$25 Cover goes to the Charity
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w/ George Gee Big Band
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Swing 46
46th Street (Between 8th & 9th)
New York City
6:00 - 10:00
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Saturday, December 1, 2007 @ 8:00 pm
Jazz Night Out @
The Hebrew Educational Soceity
9502 Seaview Avenue @ E.95th St.
Brooklyn, Ny 11236
Tickets 718-241-3000 X 31
Deborah Davis & A Few Good Men
Carlton Holmes - Piano
Tasilli Bond - Bass
Clarence Penn - Drums
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Wednesday, HALLOWEEN !
10/31/2007
Baraonda Italian Restaurant
1439 2nd Ave @ 75th Street
New York, NY 10021
10:00 pm - 1:30 (no cover)
Deborah Davis & The Band of Truth
Ron Thompson - Piano, Cliff Schmitt - bass,
Mike Delcioppo - guitar/ vox, Todd Isler - drums
R&B party band!
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Friday
10/19/2007
Baraonda Italian Restaurant
1439 2nd Ave @ 75th Street
New York, NY 10021
10:00 pm - 1:30 (no cover)
Deborah Davis & The Band of Truth
Ron Thompson - Piano, Cliff Schmitt - bass,
Mike Delcioppo - guitar/ vox, Todd Isler - drums
R&B party band!
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
@ The Car Show
New Paltz, NY
with / Alive N Kicking Band
10:00 am - 2:00
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Thursday
10/4/2007 6:00
South Street Seaport Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Light the Night Walk
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October 3, 2007
Smalls
http://www.smallsjazzclub.com
183 West 10th Street @ 7th Avenue
New York City
9:00 & 10:30 Shows
Gerald Clayton Piano, Essiet Essiet Bass , Drums TBA
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September 7, 2007
Cafe Winberie
30 Oak Street
Ridgewood, NJ
8:00 - 12:00
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
No Cover Charge
Great Family Restaurant good food, even better vibes!
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Friday, August 24, 2007
The Cupping Room
349 West Broadway @ Broom
New York
9:00 - 1:00
No Cober Charge
Trio w/ Lafayette Harris piano & Mal Stein drums
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Friday, August 17, 2007
8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
No Cover Charge
Great Family Restaurant good food, even better vibes!
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
The Cupping Room
359 W. Broadway @ Broom
New York City 10013
212-925-2898
Tony Regusis (keyboard) , Mal Stein (drums)
Cool Place!
No Cover Charge!
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Friday, July 13, 2007
8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Aaron Swinnersen
No Cover Charge
Great Family Restaurant good food, even better vibes!
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Friday, June 22, 2007
8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
No Cover Charge
Great Family Restaurant good food, even better vibes!
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Thrusday, June 21, 2007
8:00 - 1:00
Deborah Davis Sings The Blues
Lucille's @ B.B.Kings Blues Club
237 West 42nd Stree
Times Square
New York, NY '212-997-4144
No Cover Charge
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Monday, June 11, 2007
6:00 - 10: 00
Rockefeller Plaza, New York City
City Meals on Wheels Fundraiser
Deborah Davis & The Band Of Truth
$600 DONATION gets you in!
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Friday, April 27 2007
8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
No Cover Charge
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Saturday, April 7th & 21st , 2007
Garden City Hotel
Rein Bar & Restaurant
45 Seventh Street
Garden City, Long Island
No Cover Charge
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Saturday, March 3, 2007
8:00 - 12:00
Hilton Hotel
New York City
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Friday,February 23, 2007
8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
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Wednesday - Saturday
January 10th - 13th, 2007
IAJE
NEW YORK CITY
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Friday, January 5, 2007
8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
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JANUARY NEWS "EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT...................
HERE'S HOW TO START A NEW YEAR ! Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, for all your support. I completely "SOLD OUT", BOTH SETS @ the Blue Note , New Years Day, January 1st, 2007, at my annual jazz benefit for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society raising a whopping $10, 275. My goal was $10K! In the words of Barry Manalow " Looks Like We Made It". I also added another $100 from CD's and Post Card Sales. The crowd was hyped so I even honered James Brown with my rendition of SEX MACHINE for the encore! It was a night to remember! Check back for Light The Night Walk info later this Spring.
I've lost count of the grand total to date but here's an idea of how good things are. We closed 2006 raising $9020 for the Concert and the Leukemia Society's Light the Night Walk, which was held in October. $9K for the 9th Year, $10K for the 10th Year. I think there's a pattern here!
If you missed the concert and the walk but still want to help!
I'm Still accepting donations at my Light The Night Home Page until January 31st!
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Why do I walk? I walk in memory of my father Douglas E. Davis, Sr. who lost his battle with Leukemia 26 years ago at the early age of 57. I walk in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers.
Every five minutes, someone in this country is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every nine minutes, someone dies.
Leukemia is the leading cause of disease-related death among children under age 15.
Lymphomas are the most common blood cancers.
The myeloma survival rate is only 30 percent.
Please consider helping in any way that you can. By doing so, we’ll both be helping save lives. I hope you'll visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!
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Monday, January 1, 2007
8:00 & 10:30
Blue Note Jazz Club
131 West 3rd Street @ 6th Avenue
New York, N.Y.
www.BlueNote.net
Deborah Davis & A Few Good Men
10th Annual Jazz Benefit Concert for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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Thursday, December 7, 2006
11:00 - 3:00 pm
Astra
979 3rd Ave @ 59th
New York, NY 10022
(212) 644-9394
Caldwell Wingate Holiday Luncheon
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Monday, December 4, 2006
Guastivino's
409 W. 59th Street
New York, N.Y.
Ernst & Young Holiday Party
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Friday, October 6, 2006 / 8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberrie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
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Thursday, October 5, 2006
5:30 Registration
7:00 Walk
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society "Light The Night Walk"
Across The Brooklyn Bridge
Starting @ South Street Seaport, Pier 16
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Friday, August 25, 2006 / 8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberrie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Tim Regusis
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July 22, 2006
Rays of Light, Ray Charles Review
Pierre Hotel
www.themarkhotel.com
2 E 61st St
New York, NY 10021
(212) 838-8000
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Friday, June 23, 2006 / 8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberrie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
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Monday, June 12, 2006, 7:00 - 11:00
City Meals Event
Rockefeller Center Concourse
50th@ Rockefeller Plaza
New York, N.Y.
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Friday, June 9, 2006
Safari East
St Marks Church
10th Street @ 2nd Ave.
New York, NY
10am
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Tuesday, May 30,2006
Hospital Audience
2:00pm
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Saturday, May 20, 2006, 7:30 - 11:30
Tavern On The Green
New York City, NY
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Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:30 - 8:30 HAPPY HOUR !
Savoy Grill
60 Park Place
Newark, NJ 07102
973-286-1700
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Friday, May 12, 2006, 8:00 - 12:00
Cafe Winberrie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood, NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Debo & Ken Levinsky Duo
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SHANGHAI, CHINA
February 9 - April 30, 2006
Mon - Thursday 9:00 - 12:30
Friday - Saturday 9:00 - 1:15
CJW / Bund Center Office Tower
50th Floor
222 Yan An Road East
Shanghai, China 200002
tel: 8621-6335-1883
For More info: www.cjwchina.com
Take Shanghai Taxi to Westin Hotel
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GOOD NEWS!
The Annual Jazz Benefit Concert for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Monday , January 2, 2006) was a BIG SUCCESS! We raised $6425 for the cause! I'll be adding an additional $200 from my CD sales over the Holidays! $1 of all Sales goes to the Charity!
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STEAL OF A DEAL !!!!!
Pick up "Only Part Of Me" in the $5 Special Sales Bin /All CD's for $5 each (if you buy at least 3) One for $14 or 3 for $15.
Go ahead, stock up for CHRISTMAS, Birthdays, or Random Acts of Kindness right now!
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THANKS to those who purchased in the month of August. 2005
I won another spot on the 2005 Top Sellers CD Compilation!
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Thrusday , January 26, 2006 8:00 - 12:00
Deborah Davis & Just A Couple of Good Men
Doug Wamble - Guitar/Vocal
(check out dougwamble.com you will love this guy)
Essiet Essiet - Bass
Mobay Restaurant
17 W. 125th St.
Harlem, NY
212-876-9300
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Friday / Saturday January 6-7, 2006
8:30 - 12:30
Deborah Davis & A Few Good Men
James Weidman - Pno
Essiet Essiet -Bass
Greg Hutchinson - Drums
Lenox Lounge
288 Lenox Avenue
Harlem, New York
212-427-0253
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Monday, January 2, 2006
Deborah Davis & A Few Good Men
James Weidman - piano, Essiet Essiet - bass, Greg Hutchinson - drums
9th Annual Jazz Benefit for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Blue Note Jazz Club
131 West 3rd Street @ 6th Avenue
New York, N.Y.
Reservations Suggested: 212-475-8592
www.BlueNote.net
Cover Charge goes to the charity!
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Wed - Sat
Dec. 21 - New Years Eve.
Istanbul Jazz Center
http://www.istanbuljazz.com
212-327-5050
Radisson SAA Bosphorus Hotel
CIRAGAN CAD 46, ORTAKOY
ISTANBUL, 34349 TURKEY
+902122605757
Happy Holidays
Deborah Davis & Kerem Gorsev Trio
Kerem Gorsev - Piano
Tasili Bond - Bass
Cem Sengor - Drums
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Sunday, December 18, 2005
Deborah Davis & A Few Good Men
James Weidman - piano,
Essiet Essiet - bass,
Winard Harper - drums
Jazz Vespers Service
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church
195 Claremont Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07305-4309
201-435-9807
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Friday - Saturday, December 9 & 10, 2005
Deborah Davis & A Few Good Men
Carlton Holmes- piano
Essiet Essiet - bass
Winard Harper - drums
Cecils Jazz Club & Restaurant
www.cecilsjazzclub.com
364 Valley Road
West Orange, NJ
973-736-4800
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Friday, October 7, 2005
12:00 - whenever
Blue Note (LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES)
131 West 3rd St. @ 6th Ave.
New York, N.Y.
Deborah Davis Sings Stevie Wonder
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Thursday, October 6, 2005
5:30 Registration
7:00 Walk
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society "Light The Night Walk"
Across The Brooklyn Bridge
Starting @ South Street Seaport, Pier 16
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Friday, September 9, 2005 / 7:00 - 11:00
Cafe Winberrie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood , NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Kenny Levinsky
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Friday, August 26, 2005 / 7:00 - 11:00
Cafe Winberrie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood, NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
Duo w/ pianist Ilya Maslov
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July 19, 2005 (Tuesday Night Singer Series )
8:00 & 10:00
Sweet Rhythm
88 Seventh Ave. So. (Between Grove & Bleecker)
1 or 2 Train to Christopher St./Sheridan Sq.
New York, N.Y.
$15 Cover Cover & $10 Food & Drink Minimum
James Weidman - piano, Kengo Nakamura - bass,
Quincy Davis - drums
Check out their CD's here at CDbaby.com
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May 27, 2005 / 7:00 - 11:00
Cafe Winberrie
30 Oak St.
Ridgewood, NJ
www.njdiningguide.com/cafewinberrie
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April, 11, 2005 / The Jazz Standard / Monday Night Singer Series
116 East 27th St.
New York, N.Y. 10016
Reservations Suggested: 212-576-2232
One Show Only: 9:30pm
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March 17-19, 2005 / Nardis (jazz club) Istanbul, Turkey
Kuledibi Sokak, No.14
Galata-Istanbul
Tlf. 90-212-2446327
Fax. 90-212-2446328
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Monday, January 3, 2005
Deborah's Annual Benefit Concerty for Leukemia!
Blue Note (www.bluenote.net)
131 W. 3rd @ 6th Ave (NYC) Reservations: 212-475-8592
Deborah Davis & A Few Good Men
Jason Lindner - piano , Essiet Essiet - bass , Greg Hutchinson - drums
$15 Cover Charge
All the Profits will Benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!
JOIN US ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY 2006! SURE TO BE A BLAST!
THIS YEAR WE EARNED $4350.00 THANKS TO ALL WHO WERE THERE!
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November 26 - December 2 Deborah Does Athens
Half Note (www.halfnote.gr) Athens Greece
Essiet Essiet - bass, Sylvia Cuenca - drums
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Deborah Davis was nominated 2004, U.S. Jazz Ambassador and toured Latin America with her band Deborah Davis & A Few Good Men
James Weidman-piano, Ameen Saleem - bass, Alvin Atkinson - drums
Toured Suriname, Guyana, Paraguy, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil & Mexico
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PRESS:
"that heart feeling, that rhythm wave, courses throughout Deborah Davis' singing...from ballads to the up tempo swingers. Because that jazz time impels her improvising, she keeps surprising herself, as well as her listeners". - - Nat Hentoff
"Miss Davis has a strong voice that can be richly colored, particularly in the lower register." - -John S. Wilson, New York Times
"This self assured singer shows solid chops in all ranges, has a sparkling well articulated attack and a natural flowing charm." - - Stuart Troup, N.Y. Newsday
"Deborah Davis seduces her audiences". - - Maria Guell, Barcelona, Spain
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NO WAYS TIRED (LINER NOTES)
In all the arts, the writers, painters, composers who have lasted and kept on resonating in our lives have their own story to tell. A personal, and therefore, original story. Charlie Parker put it best: "Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man there's no boundary line to art."
Charlie Parker was speaking about jazz horn players, but his truth applies equally to jazz singers. What you hear in Deborah Davis is the sound - a signature sound - of her experiences, in and out of music. She is a long - distance runner who has riveted audiences throughout this country, Europe and Asia. And like Bird (Mr. Parker) said, she is not limited by any boundary or category of expression, being a poet, artist, actress, dancer, lyricist, as well as unmistakably a jazz singer.
To be recognized by other musicians, and by audiences, as an authentic jazz singer, you have to possess first of all your own sound. From her roots in gospel music, blues, and jazz, she tells her stories with a disciplined personal passion, immediacy, and a mosaic of textures that are so compelling, you can still hear her after the music stops.
To express yourself in jazz time, you have to move yourself and your listeners with a flowing pulse - a beat - that is the engine of jazz. As true original, clarinetist Pee Wee Russell put it: "jazz players and singers have a heart feeling and a rhythm in their systems that you can't budge. A rhythm you can't take away from them even if they were in a symphony organization." That heart feeling, that rhythm wave, courses throughout Deborah Davis' singing in this set - from the ballads to the up tempo swingers. And because that jazz time impels her improvising, she keeps surprising herself, as well as her listeners.
Deborah Davis knew what her calling in life would be when she was very young in her hometown of Dallas. At first, there being no record player in the house, and coming from a family with no musical background, she created her own style out of an irresistible desire to sing. She sang in church, in school shows, in party bands; and by the time she was in high school, the choir director, Robert Sanders, recognized her true vocation, and had her join his weekend jazz gigs.
Deborah earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree in vocal studies from North Texas State University - a testing ground for evolving jazz musicians that is known throughout the jazz world. Furthermore, being intent on learning all dimensions of her profession, she added an Associate Arts Degree in Recording Engineering at Cedar Valley College.
Since 1986, based in New York, she has performed with and impressive range of jazz masters, including Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Green, Christian McBride, Brian Blade, and Russell Malone; as well as appearing in such demanding clubs as the Blue Note, Birdland, The Village Vanguard, and Sweet Basil. Her annual tours of Europe and Asia have been received with admiring press notices. For example, in Japan's premier jazz publication, Swing Journal, she is listed among the best singers who have come to Japan, and is bracketed with Betty Carter and Chaka Kahn .
The title of this reverberating recording, No Ways Tired, is very much that of her own story, in sound and spirit. As she says," the title sums up my feelings about having been in this biz singing for 30+ years, booking myself all over the globe, hustling, paying my dues, not really becoming a major player in the game, and watching what this biz is becoming with the invention of the new jazz celebrities." Invention is the key word because many of these sudden celebrities are more craftily mechanical than fundamentally, irrepressibly individual. But Deborah is indeed in no ways tired, as you can hear so vividly and infectiously in this session. "Some might have given up at this point, she says. Many I know did. But when given a chance to record, even at out of pocket expenses, and all it took to save to do it, I'm still here, and still believing it was what I was put on the planet to do." Hearing the glory of that determination, and the powerful evidence of the truth of her very reason for being, assures that this recording will always be contemporary like the testaments of all the jazz storytellers who have lasted.
Accompanying her on this set, is a rhythm section - and front line - equal to her musicianship and spontaneity. Pianist James Weidman, like the other players, has a more impressive list of credits than I have space for here. They include five years with saxophonist Steve coleman and the Five Elements and the M-Base collective; nine years as accompanist for Abbey Lincoln, and two years with Cassandra Wilson. He's also pianist and musical director for Kevin mahogany.
Bassist Essiet, Essiet has performed with Abdulla Ibrahim Dollar Brand, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson, Sam Rivers, Kenny Barron, Ralph Peterson, and many other jazz originals - as he is too. He also leads his own group, IBO, a Nigerian jazz project.
On drums, Alvin Atkinson has toured through the United States and abroad with his own group, and has been featured in concert with a wide range of musicians - from Roy Hargrove to Barry Harris, Jimmy Heath, Branford Marsalis, and Wycliffe Gordon. He is noted for his ability to create harmony and melody through the drums, as in the music of Africa, Brazil, Cuba, and other countries where the rhythms of life and nature are an integral part of all music.
Soprano and tenor saxophonist Keith Loftis, (At The Mambo Inn, The Very Thought of You, and You Don't Know What Love Is), is a permanent member of the Frank Foster Loud Minority Big Band, tours with Ray Charles Orchestra, and has worked with Clark Terry, Joe Williams, and Benny Carter, and many other renowned musicians. He appears in a diversity of musical contexts throughout Europe and the Orient.
Trumpeter Kenyata Beasley, (At The Mambo Inn, Dearly Beloved) is an alumnus of the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative Artists (whose alumni also include Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and Terence Blanchard. He has won a galaxy of awards, among them: the International Association of Jazz Educators Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship. Among the diverse artists he has recorded and performed with are: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ellis Marsalis, Carlos Santana, Lauren Hill, and Frank Foster.
Percussionist Daniel Sadownick (At The Mambo Inn) earned a Master's in Music Education at New York University. He has performed with Lionel Hampton , Nat Adderly, Dianne Reeves, Dewey Redman, Lonnie Smith, Steve Wilson and others. Daniel never limits himself to one genre and is now busy with a number of different projects including Steely Dan, Nnenna Freelon and a Saturday Night Live appearance with Jennifer Lopez.
The combination of these enlivening, multiply skilled musicians with a singer who is also indeed a musician (not all singers are) make "No Ways Tired" a celebration of the resilience of the life force that is jazz.
-- Nat Hentoff
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A lot of jazz and a soulful voice.
author: David Cole, Editor: 'In The Basement' magazineBacked by a trio of James Weidman (piano), Essiet Essiet (bass) and Alvin Atkinson (drums) - augemented by other musicians on certain tracks - jazz songstress, Deborah Davis, offers up a nice selection of mainly standard fare, enchanting particularly on such as 'Dearly Beloved' and 'More Than You Know'. Where she really knocks you out though are on the two closing tracks: Percy Mayfield's oft-recorded 'Please Send Me Someone To Love' and the traditional gospel item, 'I Don't Feel No Ways Tired'. Both are at the deeper end of the market and really bring out the soul in her voice.
Makes Me Feel Alive
author: Texas JudyI'm not a jazz expert, but the music does lift my spirits when I'm tired. Deborah's poetry comes alive when she reads it and her choice of music after the poetry is just perfect. I recommend it to fellow teachers who need their spirits lifted!!
Simply awesome!
author: LisaI met Deborah in Argentina at a few jazz events and she was simply amazing! I finally got one of her CDs and must say that I am EXTREMELY pleased with the God given talent she exhibits. Simply awesome!
One Of The Best Recordings This Year
author: Sandra KayeNo Ways Tired is one of the best albums recorded this year. What I like the most about Deborah Davis is her very good taste, which she has delivered directly to this CD. The repertoire is excellent and each and every tune has a special brand of taste and clarity. (Gentlemen Friend) is one of those tunes seldom attempted by vocalist of today, Deborah, - NO PROB - she's classy that way. (You Don't Know What Love Is, Please Send Me Someone To Love) the list goes on to the end with great success. Needless to say I love this CD and so will you.
Fantastic CD..a must-have to any vocal jazz-lover's collection
author: Todd FormanThis is a great CD! Its a perfect combination of standards, spoken word and Latin-Afro style jazz. With her unique style, Deborah has joined the ranks of contemporary jazz artists such as Dianne Reeves and DeeDee Bridgewater. The legacies of Dinah Washington and Billie Holiday are in safe hands with Deborah.
- author: Chris Glover
Deborah’s second CD continues the trend set by her initial work on “Only Part of Me”. She continues to inject her unique style and creativity to the standards. Her repertoire includes such greats as “At The Mambo Inn”, “The Very Thought of You”, and “Dearly Beloved”. On this CD, Deborah introduces her talent as a poet on “The Kiss” and “Finally Loved”. Both of these works serve as excellent introductions to the standards that follow. For example, “Finally Loved” sets up the perfect prelude to “Secret Love”. Deborah Davis is very talented and is destined to be a mighty force on the Jazz scene. Deborah has a knack for selecting the perfect accompaniment. James Weidman (piano), Essiet Essiet (bass), and Alvin Atkinson (drums). “No Ways Tired” is a CD that I think you will thoroughly enjoy.