Dowell
Davis - D to his fellow players, has graced national and
international stages
with his drumming since 1983. Having professionally played a variety
of musical
styles from Zydeco to Jazz, Funk to Blues, and Rock to R & B,
D has an innate
understanding of grooving. He is a clinician at the Conservatory of
Recording Arts &
Sciences in Tempe and Gilbert, AZ, and also lays drum tracks for the
Line 6 Amp
Company. He has toured with George Benson, Jimmy Smith, Buckwheat
Zydeco,
Mark Whitfield, Terrance Simien, and Wayne Toups. He has performed
with
Francine Reed, Poppa John DeFrancesco, Joey DeFrancesco, Nick Manson,
Jack McDuff,
Stevie Wonder, Marion Meadows, Joanie Sledge (of Sister Sledge), Wessell
Andersen,
Wynton Marsalis, Jermaine Stewart, David Torkanowski, Carl Lewis,
Skip Scarbourough,
Lonnie Youngblood, Khani Cole, George Young, Artie Shroek, Patti Austin,
David
Garfield, Michael O'Neill, and Randy Waldman. Dowell has also worked
with
some heavy bassists: Reginald Veal, Jimmy Woody, George Porter, Mel
Brown,
John Clayton, Stanley Banks, Bobby Vega, Ed Frieland, and Chuck Rainey.
Live performances
of Dowell can be seen on YouTube.