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Her passion for music brings New Orleans jazz to Charlotte
| Posted on November 28, 2011 |
Born in Lansthul, Germany, Davis moved to New Orleans with her mother and older sister when she was 2.
"My father was in the military. He was killed in an accident on the German autobahn (highway), so we returned to the states," said Davis.
She grew up in the multicultural city known as the "birthplace of jazz." Davis' love for music came naturally. Her uncle is the great jazz trumpet player, Kid Sheik Cola, and her birth father was a guitarist. (Davis' mother remarried, and Davis also has a younger sister.)
"I began playing the violin at 8," Davis said, "but it wasn't long before I went to the flute.
"I have always had a passion and love for music."
Davis attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where she focused her studies on jazz. Well known graduates of NOCCA include brothers Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr. and Terence Blanchard. "The center had great teachers, and the other students were as focused on their love of the arts as I was," Davis said.
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