In 2012, we started a regular Wednesday night performance series at the venerable Caffe Vivaldi in New York City's Greenwich Village. This intimate venue was a place where our recording artists could present new material, revisit old material and interact with each other in different musical combinations. The timeless cafe has now become our informal home and what has transpired has been extraordinary. In 2013 we started to record these performances. Here are Soundbrush Records’ artists, anchored by pianist, composer, and Soundbrush founder Roger Davidson, captured in the immediacy of live music making.

 

 

THE ROGER DAVIDSON TRIO

Roger Davidson, piano
David Finck, bass (except tracks 10, 11,12)
Pablo Aslan, bass (tracks 10,11,12)
Adriano Santos, drums

Produced by Alexandra Aron
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Luis Bacque
Photography by Nan Melville
Graphic Design by Marie Coons

Recorded live at Caffe Vivaldi, NYC 2013-2014

Live at Caffe Vivaldi Volume 2

Nicole - Raizes

Roger Davidson, piano
Pablo Aslan, bass
Adriano Santos, drums
Recorded Live at Caffe Vivaldi, NYC 5/6/15
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Roger Davidson Trio LIVE at Caffe Vivaldi May 6 2015

Universal Sacred Music for Chorus - Roger Davidson

Roger Davidson - Missa Universalis 1-6

Missa Universalis means “Universal Mass” in the Latin language. The three masses on this recording, for mixed chorus a capella, were written between 1984 and 1992. They are masses because they derive from Catholic liturgy, and are universal because of the message that there is but one God–”Credo in unum Deum.” All references to strictly Christian dogma have been removed, resulting in a mass for all human beings regardless of religious background.

Coro Polifonico Castelbarco di Avio
Luigi Azzolini, Conductor
Monica Secchi, soprano soloist
Antonio Juvarra, baritone soloist
Aebeus Brass Quintet

Roger Davidson Missa Universalis 1-3

Roger Davidson - Musica Universalis Publishing

Caffe Vivaldi- January 8,2014

Caffe Vivaldi - Roger Davidson Trio Jan 15, 2014

Original compositions by Roger Davidson and standards. Performed LIVE at Soundbrush Record's series of concerts at NYC's Caffe Vivaldi, May 7 2014

Roger Davidson Pablo Aslan LIVE at Caffe Vivaldi May 7 2014

“This recording represents the core spirituality of my life. Since the early 1980’s, I have been writing choral music about spiritual unity – the unity that comes from knowing three basic things: 1) that there is one God for us all, 2) that the love of God is eternal and unconditional, and 3) that we are all Brothers and Sisters, eternal children of God and always loved unconditionally regardless of our actions in a given lifetime on Earth. Communicating this message, and related messages, became my main mission, and I proceeded to seek out or write texts that I thought would best communicate this message to my audiences, and set these texts to music. This recording contains several of my best compositions in this vein, including three of the six “universal masses” to date (the other three masses appear on Missa Universalis, Soundbrush 1002).” ROGER DAVIDSON

All compositions by Roger Davidson – Musica Universalis Publishing (BMI)

The New York Virtuoso Singers
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor

MISSA UNIVERSALIS IV

05 Missa Universalis I - For Mixed Chorus, A Capella - Kyrie

04 Missa Universalis I - For Mixed Chorus, A Capella - Sanctus

03 Missa Universalis I - For Mixed Chorus, A Capella - Credo

02 Missa Universalis I - For Mixed Chorus, A Capella - Gloria

01 Missa Universalis I - For Mixed Chorus, A Capella - Kyrie

11 Missa Universalis III - For Mixed Chorus, A Capella - Kyrie

09 Missa Universalis II - For Mixed Chorus, A Capella - Sanctus

Composed by Roger Davidson - Musica Universalis Publishing (BMI)
c & p Soundbrush Records
from "Pensando en Ti" SR 1008

Pensando En Ti

Pensando En Ti (ballad)

Composed by Roger Davidson - Musica Universalis Publishing (BMI)
c & p Soundbrush Records
from "On The Road of Life" SR 1010

Moscow Dream (waltz)

Composed by Roger Davidson - Musica Universalis Publishing (BMI)
c & p Soundbrush Records
from Brazilian Love Song" SR 1018

Brazilian Love Song

Saudade De Um Amor (bossa nova)

Composed by Roger Davidson - Musica Universalis Publishing (BMI)
c & p Soundbrush Records
from "Pasion por la Vida" SR 1015

Pasion por la vida

O Te Quiero (tango ballad)

Composed by Roger Davidson - Musica Universalis Publishing (BMI)
c & p Soundbrush Records
From "Journey to Rio" SR 1026

Journey To Rio

Journey To Rio (samba)

Composed by Roger Davidson - Musica Universalis Publishing (BMI)
c & p Soundbrush Records
from "On The Road to Life" SR 1020

On The Road Of Life

Freedom Dance (eastern european dance)

Composed by Roger Davidson Musica Universalis Publishing (BMI)
c & p Soundbrush Records
From "Amor Por El Tango" Soundbrush Records SR 1003

Amor por el Tango

Alicia (tango)

Public Domain
c & p Soundbrush Records
from "BINGO, Songs for Children with Brazilian and Caribbean Rhythms" SR 1006

B - I - N - G-O

Pianist and composer Roger Davidson featured on the Brazilian National Radio program "JAZZ BRASIL" November 2017

Radio show Brasil

Roger Davidson featured on Radio Nacional do Brasil

A one hour radio show hosted by Arnaldo Salabert featuring the music of composer pianist Roger Davidson. Original Brazilian style compositions from his CDs on Soundbrush Records "Bom DIa", "Brazilian Love Song", "Journey to Rio" and "Live at Caffe Vivaldi Vol. 2"
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