Alvin Davis

About Alvin Davis

Alvin Davis, saxophonist/ multi instrumentalist/ vocalist and producer from the Uk, with his special blend of Soul jazz fusion.

As a session player and music teacher, Alvin has worked with the likes of Andy Hamilton, Edwin Starr, The Foundations, Neville Staples (Specials & Fun Boy Three), Alton Ellis, Macka B, Jackie Graham, Nigel Kennedy and David Hinds of Steel Pulse. Releasing his debut album 'Let It Blow' (Sony Tristar 1992), was for Alvin; "an opportunity to bare my soul in the studio and fulfil my ambitions." For the critics it was “an erotic mix of horn and sax with expressive sensuality.

'Let It Blow' took Alvin around the world, with the album reaching number 3 on the American R&R (New Adult Contemporary) National Airplay chart, winning him the first round of the critical acclaim that has become a hallmark of his career on both sides of the Atlantic. The album also broke into the Top 10 of the influential Gavin A2 Adult Alternative chart in America. In fact, such was the Stateside success of 'Let it Blow' that Alvin was even a topic of conversation on the top rated US TV programme 'The Arsenio Hall Show', which can count likes of Madonna among its guests, and was also given a mention, on British TV, as,'someone from the UK he has been listening to,' by none other than... Prince