Rick Davies

    Rick Davies is an assistant professor of music at Plattsburgh State University and a professional musician.  He has had an extensive career as a trombonist and arranger/composer and specializes in jazz and Afro-Caribbean music.  Davies is the leader of a Latin jazz ensemble called Jazzismo.  He is also musical director and lead trombonist with the internationally acclaimed Salsa Picante led by pianist Wayne Gorbea.  His academic research has focused primarily on Afro-Cuban and salsa brass playing.      

                          

Biography         Curriculum Vitae           Courses at PSU              

   Links:

	Rick Davies & Jazzismo
	Wayne Gorbea & Salsa Picante
	PSU Jazz Ensemble
	PSU Music Department Home Page

Check out my new book on Scarecrow Press: Trompeta: Chappottín, Chocolate, and  the Afro-Cuban Trumpet Style

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Rick Davies, Ph.D.

Asst. Professor of Music

Plattsburgh State University of New York

Music Department

Myers Fine Arts, #231

101 Broad Street

Plattsburgh, NY 12901

(518) 564-2471, (718) 638-3464

email: rick.davies@plattsburgh.edu

 This page was last updated on July 21, 2003