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Welcome to Blackwater (Live)

by Simeon Davis Group

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Multiple award-winning composer Simeon Nathanael Davis (“Of Narratives & Nocturnes”) returns with “Welcome to Blackwater,” a hauntingly grooving, genre-bending single on a larger scale than ever before. Combining his band, the Simeon Davis Group, with a full symphony orchestra, Davis continues his signature programmatic writing style as he maps this musical overture onto the dark yet humorous stories of visual artist Sarah Navin, better known by her alias, Coinswallow.

Drawing influence from the classical tradition of storytelling with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre and the heightened melodrama of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and combining it with the long-form jazz arranging techniques of master composers Maria Schneider and Bob Brookmeyer, Davis creates an immersive sonic world that transforms as it follows the interconnected relationships of Navin’s characters. Whether describing the monstrous or capturing the cheeky wit of the protagonists, the interplay between Navin’s creations and Davis’s orchestrations shimmers with the ebullience that only occurs when two powerfully creative forces meet. To bind this collaboration together, the artwork for the single was created by Navin herself, and visually summarizes the drama contained within Davis’s piece and within her own artistic world. Conducted by Ben Hillard, recorded live at the University of North Texas’s Voertman Hall, and mastered by GRAMMY nominee Ryan Schwabe, “Welcome to Blackwater” captures all the spontaneous flair of jazz and the powerful orchestration of the classical in Davis’s most daring work yet.

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released October 7, 2022
Recorded live at the University of North Texas’s Voertman Hall on February 21st, 2022.
Composed and arranged by Simeon Nathanael Davis (ASCAP).
Conducted by Ben Hillard.
Mixed by Jake Chaffee in Denton, TX.
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe in Nashville, TN.
Featured soloists: Nick Mailes (trombone) and Simeon Nathanael Davis (soprano saxophone).

The Simeon Davis Group:
Simeon Nathanael Davis: soprano saxophone
Mario Wellman: electric guitar
August Knobbe: piano
Jake Chaffee: electric bass
Josh Parker: drum set

With Orchestra:
Daniel Fletcher: piccolo
Collin Stavinoha, Ian Weidmann: flutes
Meghan Dunn: oboe
Suji Chang: English horn
Kendra Sachs, Anthony Orr: Bb clarinet
Dominique Cox, Jack Lanhardt: bass clarinet
Robert Richter: bassoon
William Foss, Trenton Carr: French horn
Amanda Millen: tubular bells
Thomas Reilly: vibraphone
Noah Avelar: timpani
Yun-Chen Chou: glockenspiel
Luke Stilwell: lead trombone
Nick Mailes, Jackson Churchill: trombone
Ian Calhoun: bass trombone
Jacob Cortez: violin, concertmaster
Joseph Reding, Ciana Rosenblad, DeLane Marsh, Marijn Meijer, Chua Kai Tze, Jade Wesley: violin
Alex Moreno, Rachel Liu, Eleanor Williams: viola
Ben Katzen, Sarah Hart, Ethan Gaskin, Rachael Levine: cello
August Bish, Anthony Casolari: bass
Ruth Mertens: harp

Lead Audio Engineer and Live Broadcast Mixing: Austin Martinez.
Front of House Engineer: Ermir Bejo
Recording Technician: Jake Chaffee, Henry Jax
Camera Operator: Ambar Benetiz
Mixed by Jake Chaffee in Denton, TX.
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe in Nashville, TN.

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The Simeon Davis Group is a band of eclectic instrumentation and genre blends that is rooted in jazz elements. Led by saxophonist and composer Simeon Nathanael Davis, the band performs anything from vast through-composed original compositions to quirky arrangements of familiar tunes, drawing on aspects of jazz, neo-soul, western classical, and the bandleader's roots in South African music. ... more

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