Mark Davis

Mark Davis is an accomplished pianist and an influential educator who has performed with jazz luminaries Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Brian Lynch, Charles McPherson, Frank Morgan, and Phil Woods, among others. Since 1992, Mark has taught at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, where he serves as Chair of the Jazz Institute. He is also on the music faculty of Alverno College and Wisconsin Lutheran College. Many of Mark’s former students have gone on to successful careers in music, most notably Dan Nimmer, pianist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Mark is the author of the Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method which was released in September 2015. Previous work for the Hal Leonard Corporation includes transcriptions for Miles Davis: Kind of Blue for their Transcribed Score series and numerous recordings for their Real Book Play-Along series.