Curriculum Vitae

Rick Davies

62 Maryland Road

Plattsburgh, NY 12903

(518) 324-3232

email: rick.davies@plattsburgh.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., New York University, Music, 1999

M.A.T., Lehman College, City University of New York, 1984

B.A., University of New Mexico, Music Theory and Composition, 1972

Independent Study:  Per Brevig, Conrad Herwig, Carmine Caruso, Jim McNeely, Barry Harris, Curtis Fuller, David Baker, Pete Malinverni

TEACHING/ADMINISTRATION

Chair, Music Department, Plattsburgh State University, 2008.

Associate Professor, Chair, Music Department, Plattsburgh State University, 2000-present.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Music, New York University, 1999-2000.

Adjunct Lecturer, Medgar Evers College, 1993-1996.

Staff and Faculty Instructor, Medgar Evers College, Faculty Computing Center, 1992-1996.  .

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Articles

·         “The Latin Jazz Continuum..” International Association for Jazz Education, Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook.  2006.

·         “The Cuban Sonero:  Beny Moré and Miguelito Cuní..” International Association for Jazz Education, Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook.  2004.

·         2003 New York Brass Conference Journal. Interview of Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros and excerpt about Armenteros from book Trompeta: Chappottín, Chocolate, and the Afro-Cuban Trumpet Style.2004.

§         Trompeta: Chappottín, Chocolate, and the Afro-Cuban Trumpet Style. Lanham, MD. Scarecrow Press. (May 2003).

§         “Sexteto Habanero, Félix Chappottín, and Early Afro-Cuban Trumpet Playing.”  Africa and Latin America: Forging New Identities Through Film, Literature, and Music. Symposum Journal.  2002.  

§         “Alfredo ‘Chocolate’ Armenteros.”  Music from Cuba,. Gerard, Charley, ed.  Westport, CT:  Praeger Publications, 2001.

§         “The Conjunto Trumpet Style:  Chappottin, Florecita, and Chocolate.”  International Association of Jazz Educators, Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook.  1998.

§         “Americanizing the Eurocentric Music Curriculum:  A Critique and Proposal.”  Aesthetic Inquiry, Vol. II, Fall 1995.

§         “Palladium.”  A Gathering of the Tribes.  Spring 1995.

§         “Cuban Trumpet Playing: The Solo Performance Style of Alfredo ‘Chocolate’ Armenteros.”  Dissertation.  New York University, 1999.

Musical Recordings (partial listing from 1980-present)

2007 – Introducing Wayne Gorbea’s Salsa Picante; 2006 – Siempre Salsa, Rick Davies; Pradkatun - Wayne Gorbea and Salsa Picante;  2002 - Fiesta En El Bronx,; 2001 - Salsa Strut, Rick Davies and Jazzismo; 2000 - Saboreando, Wayne Gorbea and Salsa Picante; 1999 - CD’s by Mya, Wyclef Jean, Michael Jackson, Blondie; 1998 - Cogele el Gusto, Wayne Gorbea and Salsa Picante; 1996 - Compas Masters,  Bazouka; 1993 - Plézi Gayé, Bazouka; 1992 - Phantasies II, Jackie Byard and the Apollo Stompers; 1990 - Que Viva el Amor!, Hector Ramos; 1988 - El Condimento, Wayne Gorbea y Conjunto Sals; 1986 - Sigan Bailando, Wayne Gorbea y Conjunto Salsa; 1985 - Exodus Volume 2, Exodus; 1984 - Bambauche 84, Djet-X, Roger in Baptiste (Ti Yal), Mini All Stars; 1983 - The Hunter, Blondie.Change le Beat, Mini All Stars.La Mafia, Jean Michel Cabrimol; 1982 - Natacha, Gary Resil, Mini All Stars; 1981 - Maria, Skah Shah #1, Wanted and Co. in New York City, Wanted & Co.; 1980 - Doudou, Georges Loubert Chancy. 

PRESENTATIONS

• Lecture/workshop/rehearsal, University of West Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad. February 2007.

§         The Latin Jazz Continuum, International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) National Conference, January 13, 2006.

§         ”Miguelito Valdés:  The First Sonero Superstar,” College Music Society National Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2004.

§         Faculty Panel Discussion Series "Music & Diversity: Hip-Hop, Be-Bop, Hard Rock, & Bach," April 6^th, Krinovitz Recital Hall, sponsored by the Center for Diversity, Pluralism, and Diversity, 2004.

§         University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH).  Lecture on The History of Afro-Cuban Music and performance with the UAH Latin Jazz Ensemble.

• “Afro-Cuban Music.”  Women’s Forum, Plattsburgh State University, February 2004.

§         “Miguelito Cuní and Beny Moré.” Research presentation.  International Association for Jazz Education, January 2004.

• “The Cuban Sonero:  Beny Moré and Miguelito Cuní.” College Music Society International Conference, Costa Rica.  June 2003.
• “Sexteto Habanero, Félix Chappottín, and Early Afro-Cuban Trumpet Playing.”  Symposium on Africa and Latin America:, Plattsburgh State University.  October 2001.  
• “The Conjunto Trumpet Style:  Chappottin, Florecita, and Chocolate.”  International Conference of the IAJE.  New York, New York.  January 1998.
• Featured soloist and commentator, “The Latin Musicians Show.”  WNYE and WBAI FM Radio.  Al Angeloro, producer.  New York, New York.  1992-1995.

MUSIC

Trombonist: 

Artists:  Michael Jackson, Wyclef Jean and the Refugee All-Stars, Mya, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor, Bo Diddley, The Big Apple Circus, Jackie Byard & the Apollo Stompers, Jim McNeely Ensemble, Frank Foster, Billy Hart, Louis Bellson, Arrow, Raphael, Vince Giordano and the Night Hawks, Tony Bennett, salsa bands (Wayne Gorbea & Salsa Picante, Johnny Colon, Manny Oquendo’s Libre, Tito Puente, Marc Anthony, Mario Bauza, Santiago Cerron, Rey Reyes), Haitian bands (Skah Shah, Mini All Stars, Ti Manno and the Gemini All-Stars, Djet‑X, Tabou Combo, Bazouka), Paul Jeffreys Octet, Main Street People, Al “Hurricane” Sanchez, Zozobra, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, David Clayton-Thomas, etc.

Venues:  The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, SOBs, Birdland, Village Gate, West End Cafe, Lone Star Cafe, Tramps, Latin Quarter, Copacabana, Barry Harris’s Jazz Cultural Theater, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center in New York; Blues Alley in Washington, DC; the Academy of Music in Philadelphia; Jazz Café in London, England;  Sydney Festival at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia; Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland; etc.

Composer/Arranger:  For Wayne Gorbea and Salsa Picante:  El Vago, Coco, Rumba Norteña, Strut, Calle Loca, Guajira Inspiracíon, Fiesta En El Bronx, etc.  For Jazzismo:  Cena Para Seis, Santos, Insomnio, Caliente Time, Salsa Strut, Piedra, Lady K, Palladium, Suave, Minor Bird, Tuno, Rosa Primavera, Habana Nocturna, Vega Para Ti, Campamento de Rumba, El Hombre de Panama, etc.

AWARDS, AFFILIATIONS, AND CERTIFICATIONS

·         International Association of Jazz Educators

·         Jim McNeely Graduate Award, New York University, 1998

·         Pi Lambda Theta

·         Kappa Delta Pi

·         Marquis Who’s Who in Entertainment, 1990 and 1991

·         Benno Lee Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, Lehman College, 1984

·         American Federation of Musicians

·         Certificate in Computer Programming , Columbia University, 1990