# Orbert Davis > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Orbert_Davis > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Orbert_Davis.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbert_Davis > Source revision: 1282867492 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{BLP sources|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Orbert Davis | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | birth_date = 1960 | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | genre = [Jazz](/source/Jazz) | occupation = Musician | instrument = [Trumpet](/source/Trumpet) | website = {{URL|orbertdavis.com}} }} '''Orbert C. Davis''' (born 1960) is an American jazz [trumpet](/source/trumpet)er and [bandleader](/source/bandleader). == Biography == Davis was born in Chicago and raised in [Momence, Illinois](/source/Momence%2C_Illinois). He began playing trumpet around the age of ten, but was not formally instructed until Charles Danish, an elementary school teacher, found him a trumpet teacher and drove him to lessons.{{cite web |last1=Reich |first1=Howard |title=Davis: 'This band is about breaking down barriers' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-08-26-0708240321-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |accessdate=2 December 2018 |date=26 August 2007}} He graduated with a degree in trumpet performance from [DePaul University](/source/DePaul_University), then received a master's degree in jazz pedagogy from [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University). Davis is Associate Professor of music at the [University of Illinois at Chicago](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Chicago). Davis has recorded studio albums and over 3000 radio and television commercials. He is active in music education and co-founded and directs MusicAlive! (associated with the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, which he also founded and directs). He is the host of the jazz radio show ''The Real Deal with Orbert Davis'' on [WDCB](/source/WDCB).[http://www.therealdealjazz.com/ The Real Deal] He performs regularly with his group, Orbert Davis with Strings Attached, and is a member of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble.{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Kieran |title=Orbert Davis |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/orbert-davis-mn0000405079/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2 December 2018}} Davis is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. Founded in 2004, it is the only professional orchestra in the nation solely dedicated to performing [Third Stream](/source/Third_Stream) music. He was featured soloist at the 1996 Chicago Jazz Festival, performing Miles Davis and Gil Evans' "Sketches of Spain". With [Lester Bowie](/source/Lester_Bowie) and [Jon Faddis](/source/Jon_Faddis) in October 1999, Davis was a featured performer for the Jazz Institute of Chicago's "Tribute to Louis Armstrong: Legacy for the Millennium" where he performed compositions from Armstrong's Hot 5 and Hot 7 recordings. This performance was repeated in August 2001 at the Chicago Jazz Festival. He has performed with [Dr. John](/source/Dr._John), [Kurt Elling](/source/Kurt_Elling), [Ramsey Lewis](/source/Ramsey_Lewis), [Thelonious Monk](/source/Thelonious_Monk), [Wynton Marsalis](/source/Wynton_Marsalis), [Grover Washington Jr.](/source/Grover_Washington_Jr.), [Ernie Watts](/source/Ernie_Watts), [Stevie Wonder](/source/Stevie_Wonder), and the [Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra](/source/Smithsonian_Jazz_Masterworks_Orchestra). Davis and Mark Ingram own Orbark Productions. Their credits include projects for Atlantic, Capitol, CBS, Epic, MCA, and the Warner Bros. record labels. Other projects include arrangements and on-camera performances for films such as ''A League of Their Own'' and ''The Babe''. == Discography == * ''Unfinished Memories'' (1996) * ''Priority'' (2001) * ''Blue Notes'' (2004) * ''Collective Creativity'' (2008) * ''DuSable to Obama'' (2010) * ''Home & Away'' (2012) * ''Sketches of Spain'' (2012) * ''Havana Blue'' (2016) * ''Paradise Blue'' (2017){{cite web |title=Discography {{!}} Orbert Davis |url=http://orbertdavis.com/discography/ |website=orbertdavis.com |accessdate=2 December 2018}} *''The Chicago River'' (2019) ==References== ==External links== * [http://orbertdavis.com/ Official website] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Orbert}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Jazz musicians from Illinois Category:People from Momence, Illinois Category:21st-century American trumpeters Category:American jazz trumpeters Category:American male trumpeters Category:Bienen School of Music alumni Category:DePaul University alumni Category:University of Illinois Chicago faculty Category:21st-century American male musicians Category:American male jazz musicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Orbert Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbert_Davis) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbert_Davis?action=history)). 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