Trumpeter James Davis' sextet is aptly named Beveled—a word that means transforming a sharp, square edge into something smoother, more refined. That concept of reshaping and softening defines both the ...

Beveled, according to Webster's, translates roughly to "slanted" or "grooved." On Arc and Edge, flugelhornist James Davis' Chicago-based sextet clearly has its own slant on contemporary post-bop jazz ...