John Paul Davis
My name is John Paul Davis. I write poetry, build things on the web with code, make music and visual art. I love making things. This website is mostly about the things I make and do.
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Playing solo piano renditions of songs from across his matchless career along with an Ellington cover, Ibrahim contemplates & celebrates his ancestors, literal & musical.
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Clearly Not Blue -
The pianist delivers a dynamic, sublime, virtuosic performance of the composer's first longform work for piano, paired with 40 speakers playing 1-bit electronics.
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Alright Now, Settle Down -
The singer/songwriter digs deep in unflinching but tender self-examination, against the warmth of acoustic instruments bosltered by analog synths & gentle, textural beats.
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Light Repurposed -
The band foreground groove & widen their palette, adding complexity to structures & subject matter that never overshadows their elastic interplay nor the winning melodies
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Key Change -
Exploring many different kinds of grief & its exhausting toll, the band finds redemption & new life in the music, playing to their strengths, a cathartic triumph.
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Three Stanzas -
Ladder to the Sky -
Minimalist slow builds from quiet tender jangle to epic, room-filling ardent pulse underscore the deep emotion in the plaintive singing of reaching for connection in an absurd & heartless world
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My Little Corner of the World -
The saxophonist assembles a pickup quintet to deliver this impressive, sublime set featuring energetic soloing, inventive interplay that sizzles & swings.
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Fifty Tales Of Flight -
The oud player & vocalist teams up with jazz & rock musicians to create an adventurous & gorgeous exploration of the possibilities in his instrument & his multi-octave voice.
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Just A Little Bit -
The singer/songwriter begins to discover the full power of & capabilities of both his expressive voice & his songcraft, resulting in the album that made him a household name.
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Ok, Alright, Yes Indeed -
Davis teams up with vibraphonist Jackson on this extroverted, vibrant set that finds Davis playing lyrically at the beginning of a period of stylistic transition.
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Held In The Palm Of The Hand Of The World -
The band lean into their strengths musically & lyrically, meditating on the joy that arrives on the other side of struggle & loss against the atmospheric, anthemic sound for which they are beloved.
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Find One Face In A Crowd -
Expanded to a quintet, the band luxuriates in new sonic possibilities, a fitting, cinematic backdrop for the sweet, melodies that belie the restlessness of the lyrics.
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The Living and the Dead
