| Doug Davis, A summa cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi graduate of the University of Tennessee, Doug Davis went on to complete M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, where he studied with Earl Kim and Leon Kirchner. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious fellowships and awards including the Woodrow Wilson, National Endowment of the Humanities, and Paine Traveling Fellowship. Several of his compositions are recorded by jazz greats including Chick Corea, Bennie Wallace, Eddie Gomez and Larry Coryell. Davis is presently a professor of music at California State University, Bakersfield, where he teaches music theory and compositon and directs an award-winning jazz program. |