Suzanne Davis
Position
Professor
Affiliated Departments
Telephone
617-747-8258
Personal Websites
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Career Highlights
- Pianist for the Four Seasons Hotel, Boston (1985–2004) and the Taj Hotel, Boston
- Performances in New York and Boston with the Suzanne Davis Quartet, featuring Phil Grenadier on trumpet
- Performances in Paris, France and the Mortefontaine Jazz Festival
- Recordings include Hymn to Freedom, The Suzanne Davis Quartet: First Set, and A High Tolerance for the Truth
- Film scores include The Asian Task Force Video; Origami Alive, an award-winning animated short film by Joe Davis; and In Between, an independent film by Deborah Twiss
- Performances with Joe Hunt, Ted Kotick, John Neves, Herb Pomeroy, Greg Hopkins, George Garzone, Phil Granadier, Grover Washington, Jr., and the Ron Levy Blues Band
- Recordings with Radon Projects, a New York–based independent rock band
- Teaching methods concentrate on the development of improvisation techniques, peripheral listening, sight-reading, and comping skills
- Author of Jazz Piano Comping
- Private lessons with Phyllis Moss, Charlie Banacos, and Hal Crook
Awards
- Composition "Transition Waltz" featured in short animated film and received Print magazine’s 1999 Digital 6 Award
- Received the Hubert Weldon Lamb Prize for Musical Composition from Wellesley College
Education
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School NameWellesley CollegeState or ProvinceMassachusettsDegreeBachelor of Arts (BA)Field of StudyFrenchDate Degree Received
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