Dragon Father, by Jeff Davis

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Jeff Davis - Dragon Father. Recorded Live by Joseph Branciforte at the Cornelia Street Cafe on March 29th, 2013 over two sets. The band was just on fire. It was a bit of a risk, only playing two sets and making a Live album, but the result was totally worth it. I had total faith in these incredible improvisers. Kirk, Oscar, Russ and Eivind all sound so fantastic.

Featuring: Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Oscar Noriega (alto saxophone/clarinet), Russ Lossing (piano), Eivind Opsvik (upright bass), Jeff Davis (drums/compositions)

All compositions by Jeff Davis

Recorded 'live' by Joseph Branciforte at the Cornelia Street Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, on March 29, 2013.
Mixed & mastered by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground, Brooklyn, New York.

Photography & design: Bryan Murray

Produced by Jeff Davis

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1.	Dirt Farmer 06:49	buy track
2.	Spicy Water 08:56	buy track
3.	May 16th 07:44	buy track
4.	Pavilion of Temporary Happiness 12:10	buy track
5.	Eli's Progress Pt 1 06:52	buy track
6.	Eli's Progress Pt 2 04:30	buy track
7.	Dragon Father 09:47	buy track

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Jeff Davis - Dragon Father. Recorded Live by Joseph Branciforte at the Cornelia Street Cafe on March 29th, 2013 over two sets. The band was just on fire. It was a bit of a risk, only playing two sets and making a Live album, but the result was totally worth it. I had total faith in these incredible improvisers. Kirk, Oscar, Russ and Eivind all sound so fantastic.

Featuring: Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Oscar Noriega (alto saxophone/clarinet), Russ Lossing (piano), Eivind Opsvik (upright bass), Jeff Davis (drums/compositions)

Review:

New York City Jazz Record:
by Ken Micallef
Davis’ Dragon Father, is similar in spirit (to Boom Crane) but
expanded to a quintet with Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Oscar
Noriega (alto sax/clarinet), Russ Lossing (piano) and
Eivind Opsvik (bass). The music again teeters between
abstract journeys and in-the-pocket pulses. No matter
how far out this quintet explores, swing is their common
currency, whether it’s nearly trad or as out as Albert
Ayler. Recorded at Cornelia Street Café in New York
City in March 2013, the music is beautifully rendered.
After much jockeying and soloing the quintet
arrives at a swing pulse punctuated by unusual accents
in opener “Dirt Farmer”. “Spicy Water” recalls water
dripping from a faucet, shimmers of subtle group
melody played in unison with brushed drums. The
quintet slowly shakes up the song’s through-composed
melody, a rubato breakdown of growling cornet and
stuttering alto leading to a delicate piano solo. At one
point in the tune, Davis and Opsvik play an amazing
rhythm that sounds like two small animals wrestling
for dominance. Dragon Father continues with the
zigzagging eighth-note pulse of “May 16th”, horror
soundtrack experimentation leading to a kind of Latin
overdrive in “Pavilion of Temporary Happiness” and
closes with the lovely title ballad, which wouldn’t be
out of place on a Paul Motian album, played straight
and open, allowing the simple melody to shine and
flourish. This closes a heaving, to-and-fro album on a
grand note, the calm after the storm.
www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201411.pdf

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released June 24, 2014

Featuring: Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Oscar Noriega (alto saxophone/clarinet), Russ Lossing (piano), Eivind Opsvik (upright bass), Jeff Davis (drums/compositions)

All compositions by Jeff Davis

Recorded 'live' by Joseph Branciforte at the Cornelia Street Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, on March 29, 2013.
Mixed & mastered by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground, Brooklyn, New York.

Photography & design: Bryan Murray

Produced by Jeff Davis

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Experimental jazz drummer, Jeff Davis, brings this tight knit group of New York improvisers together to explore and develop his music, resulting in a sound both minimalist in construction and intensely complex in approach.

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