John Daversa trumpet USA GG JAZZ International jazz festival Краснодар Международный джаз фестиваль

John Daversa is Chair of Studio Music and Jazz at the FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC as well as an internationally respected performer, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, educator, and Schilke and BFM Jazz recording artist. 2019 Grammy Winner for: Best Large Jazz Ensemble (American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom) Best Instrumental Arrangement (on “Stars and Stripes Forever” in American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom) Best Improvised Jazz Solo (on “Don’t Fence Me In” in American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom). 2017 Grammy Nominations for: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella Best Arrangement, Instruments With Vocal Dr. Daversa’s celebrated career has included appearances on “The Today Show,” “Late Night with David Letterman,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” as well as such musical gatherings as Live 8 in Berlin, the Hamburg Music Festival, the Java Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Montreux Festival, and the Playboy Jazz Festival. He has recorded with such notable and distinguished artists as Herbie Hancock, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Dori Caymi, Andraé Crouch, Bob Mintzer Big Band, and The Yellowjackets. In 1996, Dr. Daversa founded the John Daversa Progressive Big Band, an influential jazz ensemble of considerable distinction. Their 2011 album Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album won Best in Show and Awards of Excellence in creativity, originality and production from The Global Music Awards. AllAboutJazz.com described it as “Daversa's fearless exploration...takes him off the beaten path, as he creates bold and ballsy big band music for the modern epoch.” Dr. Daversa’s latest big band release, 2016’s, Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatlesreverently puts a distinctive twist on the iconic Beatles songbook by combining a 40 piece orchestra with vocals by Renee Olstead and Katisse Buckingham. The album has been recognized with six Gold Medals from the 2016 Global Music Awards and is the recipient of 3 GRAMMY© nominations. "This is art,” said jazz legend Terence Blanchard. “This is what music should be. No recreation. No mimicking. Just honesty -- Fearless honesty." In addition to his other accolades, Dr. Daversa is a recipient of the Herb Alpert Award, the David Joel Miller Award, the National Trumpet Competition, the ITG Jazz Soloist Competition, and a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Dr. Daversa earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from The University of California, Los Angeles, a Master of Fine Arts degree in Jazz Studies at California Institute of the Arts, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California. He previously taught at both USC and California State University Northridge, California. He endorses Schilke Music Products.