Mel Davis Quartet

This artist does not have a bio yet. Saxophonist Tommy Morimoto has appeared in concert with Dave Brubeck, Les Paul, Anita O’Day, Clint Eastwood, The Steve Miller Band, Frank Wess, Benny Powell, Larry Coryell, Santi Debriano, Bob Cranshaw, Reggie Workman, Charli Persip, Joe Wilder, Nat Adderley Jr., Eddie Bert, Lee Konitz, Billy Hart, Paul West, Bob Mover, Victor Lewis, Rufus Reid, Steve Nelson, Dave Liebman, Rodney Jones, Monte Croft, Richard Wyands, Earl May, Junior Mance, and Hank Jones. Mr. Morimoto has played in concert halls, festivals (Playboy, Monterey, JVC), and nightclubs (Minton’s Playhouse,Yoshi’s, Birdland, Iridium, The Zinc Bar, The Beacon, Catalina’s, The Rainbow Room, Ronnie Scott’s and the Blue Note NYC) and throughout the United States, France, Italy, Switzerland and The Kingdom Of Bahrain. He has been a featured sideman on several recordings, including one with Anita O’ Day. Mr. Morimoto studied with bassist Christian McBride, multi-instrumentalist Monte Croft, saxophonists James Moody, Lew Tabackin, Bob Mover, Dave Liebman, Mike Zilber, George Coleman Sr., pianists Barry Harris, and Hank Jones. This artist does not have a bio yet. As the nephew of Hammond B3 Legend Jimmy Smith, Tommy Campbell was born into a musical family and was "surrounded by music and drummers since (he) was two years old." He worked with Dizzy Gillespie over a span of almost two decades, and also the same with Sonny Rollins. Tommy recorded and toured extensively with John McLaughlin and came up though the musicianship ranks with lifelong friend and mentor Kevin Eubanks. Campbells "Vocal~Eyes" is a concept he developed while playing with the Manhattan Transfer and living in New York City. Tommy concentrated on blending the straight up groove of Jazz with vocal melodies and syncopated lyrics and arrangements that pull from BeBop through Ethnic Music, Hip-Hop, and other wide varieties of music. The "Vocal~Eyes" band is pushing new boundaries in vocal/instrumental blending that satisfies the hunger of traditional jazz aficionados, while paving the way for a new, young generation of jazz heads. My goal with this project is to reacquaint all vocalists with the reasons why they became vocalists. After all, the voice and the drum are the first instruments!"