John Daversa’s Artful Joy Official Release Party is this weekend!

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Arts, BFM Jazz, Composer, Culture, John Daversa, trumpeter

Saturday and Sunday October 13th & 14th
at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles

John Daversa’s Artful Joy Official Release Party

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BFM Jazz Presents John Daversa’s “Artful Joy”

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Bob Mintzer, Brandon Coleman, Gene Coye, Gretchen Parlato, Jerry Watts, John Daversa, Robby Marshall, Tommy King, Zane Carney

Trumpeter John Daversa Returns with Crackling Small Group Outing
“Artful Joy“(BFM Jazz) a Potent Follow up to
Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album
With special guests Bob Mintzer and Gretchen Parlato

John Daversa, ARTFUL JOY

On the heels of 2011’s high-energy, take-no-prisoners, boundary-stretching Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album, acclaimed L.A.-based trumpeter-composer-arranger John Daversa scales things back for his upbeat follow up, Artful Joy. “It was difficult trying to find the right album name for this one,” says Daversa, who has been leading a big band and small group concurrently for the past six years. “I didn’t realize how much in the spirit of deep happiness and joy that it was until it was done. It’s been a very fertile, wonderful year and I think this album is a reflection of that.”

John Daversa -][- Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album [BFM Jazz, 2011]

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Jazz, John Daversa, Trumpet

John Daversa, JUNK WAGON - The Big Band Album

John Daversa -][- Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album (MP3) [BFM Jazz, 2011]

[Biography] – John Daversa “gets sounds to come out of his little red trumpet like you never heard. The [John Daversa Progressive Big] Band itself ditto,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Daversa’s compositions and improvisations reflect a musical philosophy that aims to stretch boundaries, while maintaining a reverence for the jazz tradition.

Daversa is a versatile and respected performer, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, and educator. He took an immediate interest in music at an early age, first through piano and voice, and later with trumpet and EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument).