Milwaukee, WI
Mark Davis is an accomplished pianist and an influential educator who has performed with jazz luminaries Eric Alexander, Benny Benack III, Peter Bernstein, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Tom Harrell, Jimmy Heath, Brian Lynch, Charles McPherson, Frank Morgan, and Phil Woods, among others.
Mark began piano studies at age eight and soon took to improvising and composing. His teachers included Adelaide Banaszynski and David Hazeltine. He later studied with jazz legend Barry Harris, who remains one of Mark’s primary inspirations as a player and educator.
Mark has taught for over 30 years, and many of his former students have gone on to successful careers in music, most notably Dan Nimmer, pianist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 2019, Mark founded the Milwaukee Jazz Institute (MJI), where he serves as artistic director and leads the resident ensemble, We Six, whose new album Vivid Dreams features three of his compositions. He also teaches privately and is on the music faculty of Alverno College.
He is the author of two top-selling books, the Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 1 and the Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 2. His other work for Hal Leonard includes numerous recordings for their Real Book Play-Along series and Real Book Multi-Tracks series.
For more information, visit www.markdavismusic.com.
Friday, January 6, 2023
6:00 PM – 6:50 PM US EST