Jamale Davis.

Jamale Davis is an autodidactic worker of the double bass.

His informal instruction is solely inspired by the bassists of the New York jazz scene that forged their personally unique sound that focus on the core elements to what Jamale considers the standard ideal of the sound of the double bass- bassists that focused on the warm tones of gut string, limited amplification, and the rather acquired love of jazz arco (bowing) soloing as a means to a swinging end.

Bassists that shaped Jamale’s world are: Neal Caine, Ben Wolfe, Ari Roland, Neal Miner, with legends such as Jimmy Garrison, Charlie Haden and Wilbur Ware as the true lighthouse staples of recognizable personalities on their instruments.

An independent nature by necessity and staunch preference, Jamale has self-funded/ self-released all but one of his projects, recording in the classic fashion that promotes a human, but not too ‘clean’- aesthetic that promotes the celebration of the human spirit that exist in performing Black American Music: never aiming for an over-produced document of perfection, but rather a pretty honest journaling of one’s place in the world in real time.