New CD: “Resal” by Gansch & Roses

I’m pleased to announce that the new CD from Thomas Gansch (from Mnozil Brass) and his ‘other’ group, Gansch & Roses, has just been released. It’s entitled “Resal” and is on Schagerl Records, a subsidiary of Schagerl Instruments in Austria. It is currently available from Schagerl’s Online Store (all in German, sorry…) or here.

Once Amazon/iTunes links appear, I’ll update this post.

The music is an eclectic mix of jazz styles and includes Thomas’ “Der Rock des Trompeters – A Tribute to Bill Chase” which has become a YouTube favourite. That and a couple of other tracks comprise what we affectionately dubbed “The Trumpet Porn Suite”

The line up is:
Trumpets: Thomas Gansch, Bryan Davis, Adam Rapa
Trombone: Johannes Herrlich
Saxes: Florian Trübsbach, Klaus Dickbauer
Fender Rhodes: Oliver Kent
Bass: Uli Langthaler
Drums: Mario Gonzi

Enjoy!

New England, here I come…

Following a call yesterday, I’ll be heading out on the road again this week! I’ll be playing with California Transit Authority on their dates in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and upstate New York. You can find the dates on my Schedule.

This should be a fun week! The band is built around Danny Seraphine – the original drummer from Chicago – and also features Marc Bonilla; guitarist with Emerson, Lake and Palmer! Always fun to play with the guys from the records!

I’ll try and remember to blog from the road. I’m certainly interested to see how New England compares to the original!

Hitting The Road Again!

I’m pleased to say I’ll be heading out on the road again in a couple of weeks. I received a call from my good friend Greg Wing yesterday and, as a result, I’m heading down to Louisville, Kentucky; to play “Legally Blonde” at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts from June 8-13.

Should be fun to get back to a week’s theatre work again, after so long. I haven’t played this particular show before but I hear good things about it. It’ll be fun finding out!

Joining JazzCorner!

Exciting news! This weekend I’m joining the Artist roster at JazzCorner.com! In the first instance, I’ll be switching this site over to their webhosting; my apologies if you experience some problems visiting it over the next couple of days. Later on, once I have my information together, I’ll be added to the roster listing on their site. Very cool!

I’m also going to take this opportunity to have a bit of spruce up around here. More about that soon…

Big thanks to JazzCorner supremo Lois Gilbert for accepting me to her Jazz family!

Austria Trip – August 2010

Bryan Davis will be back in Austria in August, to play the only (confirmed) concert with the Lower Austria Concert Jazz Orchestra (LACJO) for this year. The concert is on Thursday 5th August at Schloss Haindorf, just outside Langenlois; an hour or so West of Vienna. We will post further details of this event as they become available.

In addition to this concert, Bryan is planning to stay in Austria for a few days and will be available to teach trumpet lessons. The schedule is not yet clear but it is likely that he will be staying in the Krems/Langenlois area for a day or two around the LACJO concert date and then in Vienna for a few days. If you are interested in a lesson, please contact Bryan directly to set it up.

In addition to one-on-one tuition, Bryan Davis is also available to present Masterclasses/Workshops. We are currently making some enquiries about setting one or more of these up while he is in Austria. If that is of interest to you, please contact Bryan as well.

Of course, Bryan is also always available for performance opportunities of any kind! Please get in touch as well if you would like to avail yourself of his services!