STEPHEN DAVIS

STEVE 'DAKIZ' DAVIS is a professional percussionist and composer and has been active in such fields in the UK and Europe. Steve was born in Belfast and is known as much for his jazz drumming as his free improvisational style of playing.  He started having a strange interest in hitting things to get a sound out of them around the age of 12, and he has continued this obsession ever since. STUDIES He gained a BA(hons) in contemporary music from Leeds University in 2000, and a Distinction,  in a Post-Graduate Diploma in Jazz from Trinity school of Music London 2003. After this Steve studied at the Skidmore Jazz Institute in New York, on a Arts Council funded Scholarship. PERFORMING In 2003 he toured with the European Jazz Orchestra, playing 25 dates throughout all the member states; Denmark,Switzerland,Italy,Germany and so on. Living in London for the last 3 years he has been playing read more...