Harold Davis

Steve Davis is one of the breed of young boppers whom have mastered the idiom. Here, the trombonist leads a group mostly culled from One for All, a conglomeration of extraordinary musicians who perform regularly together in the Big Apple. Veteran pianist Harold Mabern joins them, adding experience and depth. Davis plays a mean 'bone, strongly indebted to Curtis Fuller. Like Fuller, he sticks to the middle range of the horn, boasts a somewhat nasal tone, and plays smoothly at almost any tempo. He is also a good, if cautious, composer. Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander continues to grow both in stature and skill, and contributes solidly with strong solos. While there is nothing revolutionary or new in the group's playing, there is a strong sense of camaraderie and precision that lifts this performance to a higher level.

David Sauzay started playing music at the age of seven at the music school in Villefranche Sur Saone saxophone class with Roger Frederic Michel. In 1988, during an exchange with the School of Music Doncaster (England) led by Jhn Ellis, he decided to devote himself to jazz.il then enrolled at the Conservatory of Lyon, Villeurbanne in MNEs with Gilbert Doja and AIMRA with Jacques Helmus. He had the opportunity to work with Mulgrew Miller, Head Montoliu, John Abercrombie, Tim Ries, the bands of Albert Mangelsdorf bigs and Carla Bley.