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Jay Davidson - Tenor, Alto, Soprano, and Baritone Saxes, all Flutes and Clarinets Steve Jankowski - Trumpet, Fluglehorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Valve Trombone REAL LIVE HORNS are a professional horn section with proven experience live and in the studio as performers and arrangers in a wide variety of musical styles. Why use that synthetic sound when you can have REAL LIVE HORNS?! REAL
LIVE HORNS, Jay
Davidson and Steve
Jankowski, began playing together
in 1989 when they were brought together as co-endorsers of LA
Saxes/Horns. Jay and Steve immediately recognized a blend of
styles, impeccable intonation, and a similarity of phrasing,
which sparked the desire to form a committed cohesive horn section.
Since then, REAL LIVE HORNS has enjoyed Jay is currently the most sought after rock and roll sax player on the Philly recording scene. He attained that distinction after recording for such acts as Cinderella ("Heartbreak Station" - Platinum Record Award), Aerosmith, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Stephanie Mills, Gladys Knight and more. Jay is also highly regarded on the touring scene, and is currently touring with the Funk Brothers, who recently won a grammy and a lifetime achievement award for the movie "Standing in the Shadows of Motown". In 1988 he played saxophone and keyboards on Whitney Houston's sold out "Moment of Truth" world tour and in 1990-91 he played saxophone and keyboards on Cinderella's "Heartbreak Station" tour. Other highlights in Jay's career include a performance at Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration in Wembley Stadium to over 100,000 people, an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, numerous music videos, writing, recording and producing the VH-1 "Flix" theme song, and performances with Chubby Checker, The Four Tops, The O'Jays, The Temptations, Sister Sledge, and Tommy Conwell. Jay spends time writing, producing & arranging out of his studio "J'z Joynt" and at other locales in and around the Philadelphia Area, where he's a member of the Philadelphia 76ers HouseBand. More information on Jay can be found at:www.jzjoynt.com.
Steve is an accomplished performer, composer and arranger.
Steve just returned from Las vegas where he performed
Nile Rodgers and Chic for the MGM Grand's New Year's eve party
2003/2004. Steve's most recent touring was with the Funk
Brothers in the U.S. and in Europe. The tour featured guest
artists Steve Winwood and Billy Preston. Prior to that Steve
was a part of Don Henley's "Inside Job" tour in 2000,
and prior to that with K.C. & the Sunshine Band on their
world tour. Another highlight in his career was being asked
by the legendary horn band "Chicago" to complete the
east coast leg of their 25th Anniversary tour including a televised
4th of July appearance at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami. Steve
can also be seen in"Dice Rules", a comedy film featuring
Andrew Dice Clay, filmed at Madison Square Garden on the last
stop of Dice's North American Arena Tour. Steve arranged
the horn parts and played trumpet on Dice's single "Brooklyn
Bad Boy", and appeared in the music video of the same title,
which is the opening scene of the movie. Some of Steve's
other accomplishments include performances with Shakira, The
Funk Brothers (from "Standing in the Shadows of Motown"),
Donna Summer, Billy Idol, The Temptations, Martha Reeves, Duke
Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies" (solo and lead
trumpet), and recordings with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Jay
Z., MaddCrop, and numerous jingles. Steve has also performed
for royalty at the King of Morocco's New Years Eve party 2001/2002.
Steve engineers and produces at Jankland Recording, a 48
track fully automated digital studio which he owns. For more
information on Steve go to:www.SteveJankowski.com. REAL LIVE HORNS can record at your location or as a convenience, REAL LIVE HORNS has it's own studio. Just ship us a rough mix on any format ~ CD-R, ADAT or DAT preferred, and using our ADAT OR DAW multitrack rooms, we'll cut horn parts and fed-ex you a CD-R. Upon your approval, we'll finalize the tracks and ship them back to you to fly in to your master. Check out our studio facilities at www.SteveJankowski.com and www.jzjoynt.com. REAL LIVE HORNS sound great as a two-piece section like the Memphis Horns. Or they can play multiple parts in the studio to sound like a three- piece section like Chicago, a five piece section like Tower of Power, or a full ten horn big band. For live dates, REAL LIVE HORNS are expandable to accommodate any size section.
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE ! ! ! Steve
- Steve@SteveJankowsi.com |
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