Jordyn Davis
Biography
Jordyn Davis (b. 1995) is an award winning bassist, composer, songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist from Detroit, MI. In May 2019, Davis became the first African-American woman to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition from Michigan State University as well as the first Michigan State student to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition and Jazz Studies concurrently. She has also performed and worked with artists such Micheal Dease, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Wycliffe Gordon & The Black Excellence Trombone Choir, Ingrid Jensen, Etienne Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Craig Harris, Maria Schneider, Jerome Jennings & William Delisfort. Additionally, she is the proud leader of her own band “Jordyn Davis & Composetheway”. Since recently completing a Masters’s Degree in Jazz Studies at Michigan State University, she has moved to Brooklyn, NY is,one of two inaugural Jazz Leader Fellowship recipients from the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music as well as a teaching artist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Professional Experience
- Broadway
- Off Broadway
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
- TV/Film
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- Chicago/Midwest
Interested in touring?
- Yes
Hireable as
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Music Director/Conductor (Not Pianist)
- Music Assistant
- Songwriter
- Singer/Songwriter
- Orchestrator
- Dance Arranger
- Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
- Music Copyist
- Music Transcriber
- Pit Musician (Other)
- Sound Designer/Composer
- Music Producer/Record Producer
- Actor-Musician
My Primary Instrument
- Double Bass
My Instruments
- Bass - electric
- Bass - upright
- Guitar - acoustic
- Guitar - electric
- Piano
- Voice
Software
- Dorico
- Finale
- Logic
Affiliations
- ASCAP
Pronouns
- She/Her