Ocie Davis/Steve Watson-Spartanburg Jazz Festival at Spartanburg Jazz Festival at Evans Auditorium

Steve Watson and Ocie Davis Quartet play the 2nd Annual Spartanburg Jazz Festival 7pm on Friday November 3rd at Evans Auditorium(Spartanburg Community College Downtown Campus). There is a "Suggested Donation" of $10 for this event.

Evans Auditorium, Spartanburg Community College Downtown Campus
7pm-930pm, SUGGESTED DONATION OF $10

STEVE WATSON www.stevewatsonguitar.com
Steve Watson graduated from Newberry College with a BA in 1974 and The University of Miami (Coral Gables) with a MM in 1977. Steve has performed all over the world. He was a member of The University of Miami Concert Jazz Band that toured Switzerland, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia. From 1978 through 1984, Steve was a member of The Bruce Hornsby Band. After moving to Los Angeles, he became a studio guitarist for television, movies and records. His credits include Hill Street Blues, Magnum PI, The A-Team, Hunter, Hardcastle and McCormick, Riptide, Murder She Wrote, LA Law, Big Business, Simon and Simon, Quantum Leap, The Young Riders, Sonny Spoon, The Greatest American Hero, Young Guns, Trains, Planes and Autos, Sixteen Candles, Rhinestone, Dragnet, Dr. Detroit, River Rats, Into the Night and The Dolly Parton variety television show. He has also recorded commercials for Coors, Budweiser, 7-11, Acura, Honda and Toyota. Steve was an adjunct professor at The University of Southern California from 1981-1990 and lecturer at The University of Miami from 1977-1978....

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Steve Watson and Ocie Davis Quartet play the 2nd Annual Spartanburg Jazz Festival 7pm on Friday November 3rd at Evans Auditorium(Spartanburg Community College Downtown Campus). There is a "Suggested Donation" of $10 for this event.

Evans Auditorium, Spartanburg Community College Downtown Campus
7pm-930pm, SUGGESTED DONATION OF $10

STEVE WATSON www.stevewatsonguitar.com
Steve Watson graduated from Newberry College with a BA in 1974 and The University of Miami (Coral Gables) with a MM in 1977. Steve has performed all over the world. He was a member of The University of Miami Concert Jazz Band that toured Switzerland, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia. From 1978 through 1984, Steve was a member of The Bruce Hornsby Band. After moving to Los Angeles, he became a studio guitarist for television, movies and records. His credits include Hill Street Blues, Magnum PI, The A-Team, Hunter, Hardcastle and McCormick, Riptide, Murder She Wrote, LA Law, Big Business, Simon and Simon, Quantum Leap, The Young Riders, Sonny Spoon, The Greatest American Hero, Young Guns, Trains, Planes and Autos, Sixteen Candles, Rhinestone, Dragnet, Dr. Detroit, River Rats, Into the Night and The Dolly Parton variety television show. He has also recorded commercials for Coors, Budweiser, 7-11, Acura, Honda and Toyota. Steve was an adjunct professor at The University of Southern California from 1981-1990 and lecturer at The University of Miami from 1977-1978.
Steve is President of WatsonWood Music, Inc., Director of Jazz Studies at The Fine Arts Center, an art magnet high school in Greenville, and is an adjunct professor at Furman University.
Steve released his new CD "Playtime" with the first single "Playtime" featuring Chuck Loeb on May 2nd 2016. Chuck produced this track. Jeff Lorber produced and contributed the track "Stones Throw" on the CD. The other tracks were produced by Steve with production help on "Pear Bear" from Greg Alewine and Hazen Bannister.It reached #18 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart on July 11th.
As of 2-7-2017 "Pear Bear" was # 6 on the smoothjazz.com Top 50 Chart and #29 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart

OCIE DAVIS www.thejazzarts.org
Ocie is an internationally recognized musician, educator, and composer who has performed with some of the most influential figures in jazz including Ellis Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Christian Scott, Nicolas Payton, and Donald Harrison.
Harrison has called Ocie "one of the premiere drummers in jazz." Ocie has also had the distinction of being recognized as a Jazz All-Star by New Orleans Magazine and BEST JAZZ TRIO in Charlotte Magazine (2011). Ocie studied music at the University of New Orleans under the direction of Ellis Marsalis. Ocie is also the artistic director for a non-profit jazz organization in Charlotte, NC called Jazz Arts Initiative.

Spartanburg Jazz Festival 2017 sponsored by:
USC Upstate
Greenville Jazz Collective

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