Trumpeter, composer Orbert Davis is co-founder, conductor and artistic director of CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC, a 55+ piece jazz-symphonic orchestra dedicated to multi-genre projects. Orbert is also ...

Orbert Davis's Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (CJP) returns to the Auditorium Theatre on Friday, November 11, with a diverse program that celebrates the rich cultural fabric of the United States. Chicago ...

Jazz long has been at the forefront of social change in America. So perhaps it should have come as no surprise that when Chicago trumpeter Orbert Davis learned of President Donald Trump’s executive ...

Ingenuity welcomes David Gordon and Orbert Davis to its Board of Directors. Gordon is a partner with Sidley Austin LLP, a global law firm with 1,900 lawyers, where he serves as Deputy Group Head for ...

Chicago-based trumpeter Orbert Davis must have been happy to be without a record label on June 6, the night he was awarded $35,000 in prizes and the title Top Independent Act in the Midwest at Disc ...

Emmy Award-winning trumpeter Orbert Davis believes that “all the things that are pertinent to musical success” can be found right here in Chicago. Davis, the co-founder and artistic director of the ...

The halting, juddering opening of Mahler 9 is nicely characterised in this live reading. Low harp notes ring out like bells, the stuttering rhythm on cellos and horn sharply pointed. Michael ...

In celebration of the legendary jazz musician Miles Davis’ 85th birthday this year, The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University is presenting the Miles Davis Festival. It’s a showcase to honor the ...

Award-winning Chicago musician Orbert Davis is best known as a world class jazz trumpet virtuoso, but he is also an educator who wants to keep music in schools. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Award-winning Chicago ...

Trumpeter Orbert Davis may have let the cat out of the bag with Priority, an album that is almost sure to blow his cover as one of the Chicago area"s best-kept secrets. Davis, who has recorded before ...

Some of the biggest, warmest, clearest trumpet and flugelhorn tones these days seem to be coming from Chicago’s Orbert Davis. His second CD, Priority (3Sixteen), reveals just how confident a player he ...