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| Born | Douglas J. Davis March 6, 1974 New York City, US |
| Education | Syracuse University (BA) Fordham Law School (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Entertainment lawyer and record producer |
| Spouse | Jessie Muscio (m. 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Clive Davis Janet Adelberg |
| Website | davisfirm |
Douglas J. Davis (born March 6, 1974) is an American music industry executive, entertainment lawyer [1] and producer. He has won four Grammy Awards. [2]
Davis was born in New York City, the son of Clive Davis and Janet Adelberg Davis. Davis has three siblings: Fred, Lauren and Mitchell. [1] He attended The Town School and the Dwight School in New York. [1] Davis graduated from The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University with a degree in political science, and from Fordham University School of Law with a Juris Doctor. [3] [4]
Davis is the founder and managing partner of The Davis Firm, PLLC, a music, entertainment and sports law firm. [5]
He is the executive producer of the annual Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala. [6] [7] Davis has produced original music for Disney, Netflix, WWE (under the pseudonym, "def rebel"), Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures. [8] Davis was a licensed NBA player agent, [9] who negotiated Metta World Peace's agreement with the New York Knicks. [10] [11] In 2015, Davis, along with Roger Gastman, co-curated Work In Progress, an art gallery and marketplace event in Los Angeles. [12] In 2014–2015, Davis pursued the purchase of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks basketball team. [13]
Davis served as a producer of American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom by John Daversa Big Band Featuring 53 DACA recipients, which was released in September 2018. [14] The project received bipartisan support through endorsements from Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris and Lindsey Graham. [15] The album won three Grammys: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album; Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella; and Best Improvised Jazz Solo. [16] In 2019, Davis served as a producer of Shoulder to Shoulder: A Centennial Tribute to Women's Suffrage by The Karrin Allyson Sextet, [17] and The Omni American Book Club by the Brian Lynch Big Band which won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. [18] Davis served as producer of Four Questions by Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra which won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. [19] [20] Davis served as producer of Fandango At The Wall In New York by Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra which won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. [21] [2] Davis served as executive producer of the Aretha Franklin memorial concert and TV special Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul which aired on CBS. [22]
In 2021, Davis produced New York's "We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert" in Central Park's Great Lawn for an estimated 60,000 people and global TV event broadcast by CNN in 200 countries and featured the performances of Andrea Bocelli, the New York Philharmonic, Jennifer Hudson, LL Cool J, Journey, Carlos Santana featuring Rob Thomas and others, [23] which celebrated the city's emergence from the pandemic. [24] [25]
Davis sits on the Board of Directors of the UJA-Federation, [26] the boards of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University [27] and Fuck Cancer. [28] Davis serves on the entertainment committee for the annual Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Gala [29] and has chaired fundraising events for the Drug Policy Alliance [30] and City of Hope National Medical Center. [31]
Davis was a founding board member of the Forum on Law, Culture & Society, a position he held for ten years. [32] In 2016, Billboard magazine named Davis to its list of top philanthropists in music. [33]
Davis appeared in Jeff Rabhan's book "Cool Jobs In The Music Business". [4] In 2012 The Hollywood Reporter called Davis's Twitter (@DJD) one of the "Top 5 Music Power" accounts. [34]
Since 2016, Billboard magazine has annually listed Davis one of the "top power lawyers" in music, [35] [36] [37] [38] since 2017 Best Lawyers in America has recognized Davis for Entertainment Law – Music. [39] Since 2018 Variety has named Davis in its Legal Impact issue [40] and in 2019 Davis was profiled by Super Lawyers for Entertainment & Sports. [41]
In 2018, Variety named Davis Lawyer of the Year at its annual Power Of Law event. [42]
Davis lives in New York City with stylist wife Jessie Davis and their daughters Billie and Cody in a townhouse originally built for Clement Clarke Moore. [43] In 2007, during an emergency appendectomy, Davis was found to have a carcinoid tumor. [44] Davis described the moment as one of dumb luck which could have led to a terminal condition that became an awakening [43] and the impetus for his philanthropic work. [33]
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