Tim Davis hails from Kansas City, Missouri, where he was one of the more active drummers on the music scene. He is now active in Chicago since 1992.
Music Educator
1980 – 1983 Mission Music Kansas City, MO
1984 – 1988 University of Missouri – Kansas City Kansas City, MO
1988 – 1992 Charlie Parker Foundation Kansas City, MO
1990 – 1991 Kansas City Magnet Schools Kansas City, MO
1993 – Present Concordia University River Forest, IL
2001 – Birch Creek Percussion Camp Michigan
Conducted workshops, master classes, and performance clinics. Adjunct faculty at University of Missouri and Concordia University. Consultant to the Kansas City Magnet Schools music education program. Taught privately in addition to group instruction.
Performer
1984 – Montreux Jazz Festival
1987, 1988, 1989 – Kansas City Jazz Festival
1993 – Chicago Jazz Festival
1991, 1994, 2002 – other performance venues in Germany, France, Spain (World’s Fair 1991), and Singapore
Performed with: Nat Adderly Quintet, Mose Allison, Randy Brecker, Nick Brignola, Steve Cardenas, Rodney Dangerfield, Kurt Elling, John Fedchock, Von Freeman, Eddie Harris, Carmell Jones, Barney Kessel, Sheila Jordan, Dave Liebman, Kitty Margolis, Mike Metheny, James Moody, Carol Sloane, Tiny Tim, Bill Watrous, Claude “Fiddler” Williams, Larry Willis, Dave Onderdonk, Kelly Brand and Nextet, Marlene Rosenberg, Steve Million, Dennis Luxion, and other resident Chicago artists.
Recorded with: Curtis Fuller Quintet, Eric Alexander, Randy Johnston, Steve Million, Joe Cartwright, John McLean, among many others.