Sa Davis performs at the City Music Open House in December 2009. Photo (c) Phil Farnsworth.
The Percussion Department is starting the new school year without colleague Sa Davis, who passed away this summer at the early age of 56 (read the Berklee obituary). Here are some remembrances from his fellow percussion faculty, collected by Percussion Department chair John Ramsay. We welcome Sa’s other colleagues, former students, and friends to post their own tributes in the comments.
Sa was just a gentle spirit and a kind human that everybody loved. He was quite humble about all his accomplishments, most notably his five-year tenure as a member of Billy Cobham’s group (see video below). He is greatly missed and loved by all of us here.
—John Ramsay