Boston-based marimbist, educator, collaborator, composer, arranger, and Africana historian Steph Davis stops by to talk about with entrepreneurial and performance career, his teaching at Boston Conservatory, living and working in Boston, and playing gyil (03:35), growing up in Orlando (FL), getting into percussion, his years as a gymnast, and his love of reading (28:50), attending Boston Conservatory for his undergrad and masters, studying with Nancy Zeltsman, moving to a new city, and getting into the foodie culture (46:05), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on making a career on marimba, maintaining physical and mental health, the Twilight movies, Toni Morrison, and Lauryn Hill (01:13:40).
Finishes with a Rave on the 2026 film Is God Is (01:42:20).
Steph Davis links:
Steph Davis’ Boston Conservatory page
“Of Thoughts and Thinking” - Tony Lymon
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Other Links:
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card
“Variations on Lost Love” - David Maslanka
“Scenes from Mexico” - Alice Gomez
Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Ms. Lauryn Hill
Zora Neale Hurston’s Anthropological Legacy
Raves:
