abena koomson - davis
Her new album is available now.
Abena has performed alongside Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon, Angelique Kidjo and many other luminaries.
She can be heard on Natalie Merchant’s most recent album ‘Keep Your Courage' where she is featured on two duets, “Come on Aphrodite” and “Big Girls.”
Abena Koomson-Davis with Natalie Merchant
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Abena Koomson-Davis Quintet featuring Steve Davis at SMOKE Jazz Club
Abena with Natalie Merchant on Good Morning America
Upcoming Shows
Her Debut Album is Out Now
Abena Koomson-Davis announces her debut jazz album Where is Love to be released on February 16, 2024 on WJ3 Records.
The album features beloved treasures of the American songbook such as “Paper Moon” and “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise.” It also includes originals written by her husband and collaborator, jazz trombonist Steve Davis (“Easy,” “Perseverance”) to which she has put lyrics.
Supported by a swinging rhythm section, this unique pairing of voice and trombone not only highlights the similarities between the two, it combines the elements of interpretation and improvisation to bring about a dialogue that is energetic, sincere, and filled with joy.
Projects
From the stage to the page, Abena's diverse projects showcase an artist in full control of her talents.
Scapegoat Garden
Performer/Composer
Liturgy| Order| Bridge is a participatory dance ritual that fuses sacred traditions and secular performance modalities to make porous the border between “audience” and “performance.”
Resistance Revival Chorus
Founding Musical Director
The Resistance Revival Chorus (RRC) is a collective of more than 60 women, and non-binary singers, who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices. The RRC has appeared at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Grammys and at protests and rallies across the country.
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"Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."
-Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī