Vincent Davis - drums, percussion
Junius Paul - bass, percussion
Elio Wijaya - keyboards, percussion
From Chicago, Vincent Davis (percussionist) and Junius Paul (bassist) present their duo performance at Cafe CODA for a special Saturday evening.
Vincent Davis, Chicago native, is an internationally acclaimed jazz percussionist, composer, and teacher. The seed of music was planted in Davis early, growing up in a home filled with the influences of rock, jazz and gospel. In 1979 Davis left Chicago to attend the Milwaukee Conservatory of Music, where his love of jazz and skill at drumming flourished. It was here that Davis met his mentor Manty Ellis....
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Vincent Davis - drums, percussion
Junius Paul - bass, percussion
Elio Wijaya - keyboards, percussion
From Chicago, Vincent Davis (percussionist) and Junius Paul (bassist) present their duo performance at Cafe CODA for a special Saturday evening.
Vincent Davis, Chicago native, is an internationally acclaimed jazz percussionist, composer, and teacher. The seed of music was planted in Davis early, growing up in a home filled with the influences of rock, jazz and gospel. In 1979 Davis left Chicago to attend the Milwaukee Conservatory of Music, where his love of jazz and skill at drumming flourished. It was here that Davis met his mentor Manty Ellis.
Since 1985, he has belonged to groups of Roscoe Mitchell as his Note Factory and its trio with Harrison Bankhead and Jaribu Shahid, with whom he also toured several times in Europe and Asia and performed at international festivals such as the North Sea Jazz Festival . He is on Mitchell’s albums Songs in the Wind (1991), This Dance Is For Steve McCall (1993), and Come And See What There Is To See (2019) as well as sound recordings of Jodie Christian and Scott Fields. He founded the ensembles Laws of Motion and Percussion Plus. He has also collaborated with Matthew Shipp, Arthur Blythe, David Murray, Joseph Jarman, Marilyn Crispell, Von Freeman, Hamid Drake, Ed Wilkerson and many other musicians. In the field of jazz, Davis has participated in over forty recording sessions since 1988. He has also mentored an entire generation of upcoming Chicago artists including Corey Wilkes, Junius Paul, Isaiah Collier, Jeremiah Hunt, Emma Dayhuff, and Micah Collier.
Junius Paul, composer, bandleader & acoustic and electric bassist, born in Chicago and raised in the Chicago area, is a graduate of St. Xavier University (Chicago). An internationally established bassist, some of Junius' performance and/or recording credits include The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, numerous configurations of ensembles led by Roscoe Mitchell, Famoudou Don Moye Sun Percussion Summit, AACM Small Ensemble & Big Band, Kahil El’Zabar, Makaya McCraven, The Fred Anderson Trio, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Vincent Davis & Percussion Plus, Dee Alexander, The Curtis Fuller Quintet, Oliver Lake, Willie Pickens, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marquis Hill, KRS-One and Donald Byrd among others. In 2013-14, Junius served as music department faculty for Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, IL). In 2017, Junius was the featured artist and honoree for his alma mater, St. Xavier University’s Jazz Weekend. Junius' debut album, “Ism”, was released in November 2019 via International Anthem Recording Company to 4-Star acclaim in Downbeat Magazine.
Two shows. 7 & 9 PM
Tickets: $20/show
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