Genres Jazz Labels BFM Jazz Genre Jazz | Instruments Trumpet Website www.johndaversa.com Record label BFM Jazz | |
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Born October 2, 1972Canoga Park, California, U.S. ( 1972-10-02 ) Occupation(s) Musician, composer, arranger, band leader Albums Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatles, Junk Wagon - The Big Band Album, Artful Joy Similar Renee Olstead, Bob Mintzer, Zane Carney, Natalie Cadet, Gretchen Parlato | ||
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John Daversa (born Canoga Park, California, October 2, 1972) is an American jazz trumpeter, electronic valve instrument (EVI) player, composer, arranger, big band leader, and educator.
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Daversa is Chair of Studio Music and Jazz at University of Miami, Frost School of Music and directs the Frost Concert Jazz Band. He regularly performs with the John Daversa Progressive Big Band, John Daversa Small Band, and is a guest conductor and soloist all over the world.
Daversa has worked with Fiona Apple, Burt Bacharach, Joe Cocker, Andraé Crouch, Gin, Herbie Hancock, Holiday on Ice, Bob Mintzer Big Band, Renee Olstead, Regina Spektor, Andy Williams, and The Yellowjackets. His playing has been featured on film and television, including The Five-Year Engagement, Key and Peele, The King of Queens, and Promised Land.
His album Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatles (BFM Jazz, 2015) received Grammy Award nominations for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella and Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals.
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Discography
Songs
Junk WagonJunk Wagon - The Big Band Album · 2011
Hara AngelinaArtful Joy · 2012
C'mon Robby Marshall!Artful Joy · 2012