Performance · Engineering
Xavier Davis
Xavier Davis is credited on 65 releases across 25 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1993–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
65
Pressings credited
25
Albums
4
Decades active
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In collections
Biography
Xavier Davis (born 1971 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and music educator who leads the Xavier Davis Trio. In addition to performing with the Christian McBride Big Band and other groups as a side man. In 2014 he was appointed Associate Professor of Jazz Piano at Michigan State University. He previously taught at the Juilliard Jazz program at the Juilliard School for six years. He performed on two Grammy-winning albums The Good Feeling, and Bringin' It with the Christian McBride Big Band. Davis was the Musical Director for the Boys Choir of Harlem for the 1999-2000 season. He appeared on the television series Cosby as a pianist.
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Credited work
65 releases · 25 albums · active 1993–2025
- Performance · 81
- Engineering · 2
- Other credits · 1
- Production · 1
Studios: Avatar Studios · Systems Two · Valvetone Studios · HC&F Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Tom Harrell
- Christian McBride Big Band
- Regina Carter
- Freddie Hubbard
- Stefon Harris
- Big Apples
- Betty Carter
- Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra
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