Art Davis

A Chicago trumpeter,legend for younger musicians in the jazz scene, and one of Chicago's leading jazz trumpet artists, Art Davis has toured with an array of stars, including Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooneyand appeared with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Joe Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Diane Shur, Bill Cosby, Tony Bennett, and Michael Feinstein. Art Davis appears also in many recordings, including those with Frank Mantooth, Janice Borla, Jackie Allen, Rob Parton, Tommy Meullner, Kelly Brand, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. Art Davis has degrees in Music Education (B.M., University of Illinois) and Musicology (M.M., University of Illinois).