Jesse Davis Quartett

Jesse Davis (saxophone), Oliver Kent (piano), Mario Gonzi (drums), Martin Zenker (bass)

The Jesse Davis Quartet has been busy over the last few years with tours and engagements receiving rave reviews around Europe (including a week in Switzerland

last year) as well as an extended residency in South Korea including workshops and concerts. They recently recorded an album 'Live at EBS' on Korean TV which is due for release this year. The quartet has shown itself to be at the forefront of mainstream and post-bop jazz, with a propulsive swinging energy rarely found anywhere in the world.

Jesse Davis (born 1965) is a former student of Ellis Marsalis at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and one of the most respected musicians from New Orleans. In

addition to leading his own group, Davis has performed with such stellar jazz musicians as Jack McDuf, Major Holley, Cecil Payne, Illinois Jacquet, Chico Hamilton, Junior Mance, Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, Nicholas Payton, and Roy Hargrove. He toured in 1996 along with Phil Woods, Charles McPherson, and Gary Bartz in the group Sax Machine.