OPTION: Vincent Davis and Percussion Plus

Description

Master percussionist Vincent Davis brings his Percussion Plus band to the OPTION stage, featuring Edward Wilkerson on sax, Jim Baker on piano, Micah Collier on bass, and Vincent Davis on drums and percussion.

This performance and interview are presented in the ESS garden, and will premiere online on ESS’s YouTube. This event is free and open to the public. Walk-ins welcome; reservations recommended.

The OPTION series is curated by Andrew Clinkman, Lily Finnegan, and Dorothy Carlos.

About Vincent Davis

Born in Chicago, Vincent Davis 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 further bloomed and flourished. It was here that Davis met his mentor Manty Ellis. Davis trained and studied with Ellis, primarily focusing on Jazz trap drumming.

https://www.instagram.com/vincentdavisdrums

About OPTION

OPTION is an ongoing music salon curated by Chicago musicians Andrew Clinkman, Lily Finnegan, and Dorothy Carlos and presented by Experimental Sound Studio. Its programming explores contemporary perspectives on improvisation and composition in a ‘salon’ format, enabling local, national, and international artists to publicly discuss their practice and ideas as well as perform.