No Kiddin' – Jon Davis

A subtle, subdued song built around common tones between chromatically moving chords. The first recording is Jon's duo version with bassist Daryl Johns, exclusively available on jazzleadsheets.com. Jon did two other recordings of this song, with slightly different arrangements.

Jon Davis

born on July 22, 1957

Jon Davis is a pianist and composer based in New York. He has performed with and contributed compositions to many of the top jazz musicians worldwide throughout his career, which has spanned over 35 years, and has recorded several albums as a leader. Jon took up piano and guitar as a young teenager; he was inspired to play jazz after hearing records of Red Garland and Miles Davis. He briefly studied with Lennie Tristano then attended New England Conservatory, where his teachers included Ran Blake, Jaki Byard, and Madam Chaloff. After six months, he left to begin gigging around Boston. Read more...

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