Michael Davis (trombonist)
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Michael Davis is a jazz trombonist from San Jose, California
.
He studied at the Eastman School of Music
in Rochester, New York.
Davis has worked with famous singers and bands, for example The Rolling Stones
, Bob Dylan
and Michael Jackson
. Nowadays he gives music clinics all over the world and writes music etude
books for brass instrument
s. He is also a music entrepreneur.
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
.
He studied at the Eastman School of Music
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
in Rochester, New York.
Davis has worked with famous singers and bands, for example The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
and Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
. Nowadays he gives music clinics all over the world and writes music etude
Étude
An étude , is an instrumental musical composition, most commonly of considerable difficulty, usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill. The tradition of writing études emerged in the early 19th century with the rapidly growing popularity of the piano...
books for brass instrument
Brass instrument
A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips...
s. He is also a music entrepreneur.
Discography
- Look into the EyeballLook Into the EyeballLook into the Eyeball is an album by musician David Byrne, released on May 8, 2001. The radio edit of the hit of the CD, "Like Humans Do", is a sample track of Windows XP Home Edition , that can be played on Windows Media Player...
by David ByrneDavid ByrneDavid Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
(2001) - "Like Humans DoLike Humans Do"Like Humans Do" is the fourth track from David Byrne's 2001 album Look into the Eyeball and was also released as a single that year. The radio edit version of the song was selected by Microsoft as the sample music for Windows XP to demonstrate the new Windows Media Player...
" single - Sidewalk Cafe (1989)
- Heroes (1991)
- Midnight Crossing (1994)
- Absolute Trombone (1997)
- Bonetown (1999)
- New Brass
- Brass Nation (2000)
- Trumpets Eleven (2003)
- Absolute Trombone II (2007)