# CD review: Jeff Davis – The Fastness 2019: Video, CD covers

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2019/12/13/cd-review-jeff-davis-the-fastness-2019-video-cd-covers/
- Published: 2019-12-13T22:47:54+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Drummer/composer Jeff Davis is known as the “propulsive force behind a host New
York mainstays” (Matthew Miller – All About Jazz), including Kirk Knuffke, Robin
Verheyen, Anna Webber, Jesse Stacken, and Michael Bates.  **

A mainstay and in-demand drummer on the creative NYC music scene for nearly two 
decades, Jeff Davis is a passionate poet at the drum set.  A powerful improviser
and compelling composer, Davis has contributed as a sideman to a great number of
important music projects, in addition to successfully leading his own bandsOn his
most recent trio album, _Leaf House_, Jeff Davis showcases his command of a deeply
focused and distinctly improvisational style.  Troy Collins (All About Jazz) says
that “like many of his generation, his writing encompasses a number of genres, yet
Davis understands the importance of creating a context for such diversity. Sequencing
individual tunes into a suite-like program, the set unfolds episodically, seamlessly
blending divergent moods.”  And Bruce Lee Gallanter, of the Downtown Music Gallery,
described Jeff Davis’ first disc as a leader as “a powerful debut from one of Downtown’s
best drummers.” Davis has performed with such artists as Tony Malaby, Chris Speed,
Ralph Alessi, Ben Monder, Marc Ducret, Mark Helias, and Cameron Brown.  Jeff Davis
has performed at several prominent jazz festivals, including the North Sea Jazz 
Festival, Oslo Jazz Festival, the Gent Jazz Festival, the Vancouver Jazz Festival,
and the Ear Shot Jazz Festival.  Jeff leads several ensembles, including the Jeff
Davis Trio (featuring Russ Lossing and Eivind Opsvik), Tone Collector (Tony Malaby
and Eivind Opsvik), and the Jeff Davis Band (featuring Jason Rigby, Jon Goldberger,
Russ Lossing and Eivind Opsvik). Davis also recently released a Live Album on Fresh
Sound New Talent Records, _Dragon Father_, featuring Kirk Knuffke, Oscar Noriega,
Russ Lossing and Eivind Opsvik.

01. Prelude
 02. Go Away Glasses 03. Obvious Nemesis 04. Leah’s One 05. Wednesday
Shirt 06. Bird Monkey 07. Two Ones 08. Lothlorien 09. New Good Brother 10. Mountains,
Mountains, Water 11. The Fastness

**Jeff Davis (drums, vibes), Tony Malaby (tenor & soprano sax), Russ Lossing (piano,
Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3), Jonathan Goldberger (guitar), Eivind Opsvik (bass).**

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