Trumpeter, composer Orbert Davis is co-founder, conductor and artistic director of CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC, a 55+ piece jazz-symphonic orchestra dedicated to multi-genre projects. Orbert is also ...

Music and life is a matter of study. It never ends. Orbert Davis is one of the most active trumpet players on the music scene, heard in tons and tons of contexts and not just by jazz fans. He's ...

Jazz long has been at the forefront of social change in America. So perhaps it should have come as no surprise that when Chicago trumpeter Orbert Davis learned of President Donald Trump’s executive ...

Though every jazz trumpeter must come to terms with the vast musical legacy of Miles Davis, one Chicagoan has been particularly rigorous in doing so. In the 1990s, Chicagoan Orbert Davis (no relation) ...

Orbert Davis is no stranger to taking on big projects. The trumpeter and composer’s Chicago Jazz Philharmonic—a 50+ member ensemble exploring the “third stream” intersection of classical and jazz ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Award-winning Chicago musician Orbert Davis is best known as a world class jazz trumpet virtuoso, but he's also an educator who wants to keep music in schools. Davis, the founder of ...

Orbert Davis's Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (CJP) returns to the Auditorium Theatre on Friday, November 11, with a diverse program that celebrates the rich cultural fabric of the United States. Chicago ...

For 11 years, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic has been the only professional symphonic jazz organization in the country. Ahead of the premiere of a new set celebrating three jazz greats on April 29, ...

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This was a productive year for fiercely individualistic recordings. Among the highlights: Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9: “Viper’s Drag” (Impulse). Butler, one of today’s most leonine ...