email:sdavis05@qub.ac.uk

Stephen Davis is a drummer mainly but  also composes music.  Over the years he has had the opportunity to play music professionally with - EVAN PARKER,JOE MORRIS,MATTHEW BOURNE,DAVE KANE,DJANGO BATES,BRIAN IRVINE,REGGIE WASHINGTON,TOM ARTHURS,JULIAN SEIGAL,PAUL DUNMALL,MIKE WALKER,NORMA WINSTON,RUFUS REID,MARK RIBOT.....and the list goes on.  He has toured all over Europe, America, Russia and many other countries with different ensembles.

He has music published on EDITION RECORDS with 'Bourne/Davis/Kane', on CREATIVE SOURCES RECORDINGS with 'Faint,'  and on SLAM RECORDS with 'Paul Dunmall'.

As a composer he has written music for various projects including film,dance and theatre as well as his own various ensembles.  In October 2009 Stephen was commission to write an original work for the Belfast Festival for a large group.

PRESS: 

'A VERY EMPATHETIC PERFORMER WITH A STRONG PERCUSSIVE VOICE.'  Jazzwise. 

His Phd research is concentrating on creating terminology and new notation for extended techniques on drum kit.