For other people named Francis Davis, see Francis Davis (disambiguation).
Francis Davis
Born
(1946-08-30) August 30, 1946 (age 77)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation(s)
Journalist, author
Spouse
Terry Gross
(m. 1994)
Francis Davis (born August 30, 1946) is an American author and journalist. He is best known as the jazz critic for The Village Voice, and a contributing editor for The Atlantic Monthly. He has also worked in radio and film, and taught courses on Jazz and Blues at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a 1994 recipient of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts.
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that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward." FrancisDavis of The Atlantic noted that Davis's career can be seen as "an ongoing...
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1946 for Charles Davis, Lord Mayor of London from 1945 to 1946. Sir John FrancisDavis, 1st Baronet (1795–1890) Sir Francis Boileau Davis, 2nd Baronet (1871–1896)...
Thomas FrancisDavis (March 8, 1853 – December 10, 1935) was a United States Army officer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was among the...
Schoolhouse Door" in 1963. A few weeks after her release from jail, Davis met with Pope Francis in Washington, D.C. She was defeated by Democratic challenger...
Jimmie Davis (1899–2000), Governor of Louisiana John E. Davis (North Dakota politician) (1913–1990), Governor of North Dakota John FrancisDavis (1795–1890)...
steward or one of the bellboys. As for the lapdogs, the American painter FrancisDavis Millet wrote disapprovingly in a letter sent from the Titanic's last...
Thomas FrancisDavis (1853–1935), U.S. Army brigadier general Thomas Jefferson Davis (1893–1964), U.S. Army brigadier general William Church Davis (1866–1958)...
as "a paper tiger" in Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect in 1828. John FrancisDavis translated the Chinese phrase as "paper tiger" in a book on Chinese...
assistant Chinese secretary to the superintendent of trade, Sir John FrancisDavis. In 1852 he was appointed vice-consul at Shanghai. The Taiping Rebellion...
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (/ˈbɛti/; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the...
(1813/4–1898), cleric, married in 1851 Emily Nowell Davis, daughter of Sir John FrancisDavis, 1st Baronet. Francis Lestock Beaufort (1815–1879), served in the...
Cathedral in Manhattan – Evening Prayer/Vespers Kim Davis and her husband met briefly with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington (Embassy...
has been married to FrancisDavis, a former jazz critic for The Village Voice, since 1994. They have been together since 1978. Davis is Catholic, and Gross...
Edmund Davis may refer to: Edmund J. Davis (1827–1883), American lawyer, soldier, and politician Edmund FrancisDavis (1845–1889), English solicitor and...
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