Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills. It’s time to discover, learn, and play jazz piano!
Today, I welcome to Jazz Piano Skills, jazz pianist, educator, and author Mark Davis. Mark has been a mainstay on the Milwaukee jazz scene for over 35 years and has shared the stage with many internationally known performers such as Phil Woods, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Charles McPherson, Slide Hampton, Frank Morgan, Jason Marsalis, Brian Lynch, Ted Nash, Jeff Hamilton, and John Clayton to name just a few and here’s what they say about Mark
"Mark Davis plays with the touch of Teddy Wilson and the lines of Bud Powell."
- Jazz legend Slide Hampton
"Mark Davis is a wonderful, swinging player with all the right stuff."
- Grammy award-winning trumpeter Brian Lynch
"Mark Davis is a true master of jazz piano tradition and one of the greatest educators of our time."
- Dan Nimmer, pianist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
And my favorite
“And though Mark Davis looks like mild-mannered reporter with the Daily Planet, Clark Kent, he's really Superman on the piano!”
- jazz legend Charles McPherson
In addition to being an accomplished jazz pianist and performer, Mark has a passion for jazz education. He founded the Milwaukee Jazz Insitute, which promotes jazz through education while seeking to expand and diversify the local jazz audience. In doing so, Mark and his team work tirelessly to create opportunities for professional and aspiring musicians.
Mark has done work for the Hal Leonard Corporation, including transcriptions for Miles Davis: Kind of Blue for their Transcribed Score series and numerous recordings for their Real Book Play-Along series and Real Book Multi-Tracks series. He authored the Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 1, released in September 2015, and the Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 2, released in June 2019. Available in English, Dutch, French, and German, the method books have sold over 27,000 copies worldwide.
Enough already - without further delay- enjoy my interview with Mr. Mark Davis.
Links to the websites:
www.markdavismusic.com
www.milwaukeejazzinstitute.org
Links to purchase books:
Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 1 - by Mark Davis
https://amzn.to/2CqmIvR
Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 2 - by Mark Davis
https://amzn.to/32VA3ax
Mark Davis social media channels:
https://www.facebook.com/markdavisjazz
https://www.instagram.com/markdavismusic/
https://www.youtube.com/@MarkDavisJazz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdavisjazz/
Milwaukee Jazz Institute social media channels:
https://www.facebook.com/MilwaukeeJazzInstitute/
https://www.instagram.com/milwaukeejazzinstitute/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/milwaukee-jazz-institute
https://www.youtube.com/@milwaukeejazzinstitute
