Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today’s leading improvisers on the trombone. His lyrical, hard-swinging style first gained him broad recognition during the 1990’s while working with the bands of jazz legends Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea’s Origin and the cooperative sextet, One For All, featuring David Hazeltine and Eric Alexander.
Steve has appeared in Downbeat Magazine’s Reader’s and Critic’s Polls numerous times, winning the TDWR (Rising Star) Trombone Category in 1998. Steve has also been recently nominated by The JJA four years in a row 2010-13 as Trombonist of the Year. In 2018 his original composition “Optimism” was included in Christian McBride’s Grammy Award winning album “Bringin’ it”

Altin Sencalar, trombone
Tyler Henderson, piano
Graham Kozak, bass
Mike Camacho, drums
Greg Wall, saxes

Hailed by Stereophile Magazine for “sound[ing] like 21st-century grandchildren of JJ Johnson and Kai Winding” (with his co-bandleader Chris Glassman) and praised by the International Trombone Associations Journal for his “virtuosity [and] melodic and harmonic mastery,” Altin Sencalar is in high demand across the country as a performer, educator, and composer.

 As an active performer, Altin has shared the stage, toured, and/or recorded with DeeDee Bridgewater, Rodney Whitaker, Christian McBride, David Sanborn, Dafnis Prieto, Ulysses Owens Jr., John Lee, The Dizzy All Star Alumni Big Band, Michael Bublé, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, Ne-Yo, Big Sean, and many others.

Altin is on the music faculties at Iona University in New Rochelle, NY and is Visiting Professor of Jazz Trombone at the Roots, Jazz, and American Music program at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is also serving as an Artist in Residence at Missouri State University for the 2024/2025 school year.