Belfast-based drummer Stephen (DAKIZ) Davis mainly plays jazz and improvised music. He is the drummer in Anthony Braxton's group The New Standard, and is active in the UK and European improvised and creative music scenes.
As well as Braxton, he has worked with Mark Ribot, Evan Parker, Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis, Alexander Hawkins, John Taylor, Rufus Reid, Paul Dunmall, Django Bates, Van Morrison, Matthew Bourne, and many others. He is a composer and has his own projects published on Babel Label London as well as Intakt Records Switzerland. Steve is an assistant lecturer at Queen's University Belfast.
For the best part of a decade, Davis has been one third of the heavyweight UK free-jazz trio Bourne Davis Kane, alongside pianist Matthew Bourne and double-bassist Dave Kane, releasing several highly regarded CDs including collaborations with veteran British saxophonist Paul Dunmall.
He also leads the quartet Human, featuring Alexander Hawkins, Alex Bonney, and Dylan Bates, which released a debut album, Being Human, on Babel in 2013.