Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis (born
February 20,
1951 in
Paterson, New Jersey) is an
African-American composer and
jazz musician. He is influenced by
Indonesian music, composed an
opera,
X, about
Malcolm X, and has taught at
Yale. He has played with
Anthony Braxton and
Leo Smith. In 1981 he formed an octet called
Episteme. He wrote the incidental music for the Broadway version of
Tony Kushner's
Angels in America.
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