{"id":4199,"date":"2021-06-01T06:10:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T06:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2022-06-11T06:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T06:18:21","slug":"thommy-davis-16-05-01-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/thommy-davis-16-05-01-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"THOMMY DAVIS 16.05.01 PART 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thommy “Turn It Out” Davis<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

1600<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

His shirtless majesty showcasing chiseled pectorals is in beast mode. Playing heavy four-count thumps that erupts from giant black cabinets. And dancing in front of those speakers will cause hearing loss for days to come. \u201cYou\u2019ve waited all week to dance,\u201d proclaims a diva loudly rapping over a beat that slaps. Standing on the pavilion\u2019s ledge is one man who leans into the ear of another and speaks, \u201cMore like [we waited] a year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Opening The World to House Music<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOpening the world to house music\u201d reads the digital prospectus on social media weeks earlier.\u00a0\u00a0 Today, at the public park located in Midtown Atlanta – vision is reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enter <\/span>Piedmont Park<\/a><\/span> through the black steel gate. Feel the sunrays warm the neck. As a quick glance reveals the temperature hovers at 79 degrees. Trek onward to the lone pavilion center the park. The peripheral of the green covered structure is dotted with smaller red, blue, and black tops. Canopy city. Behold! The main attraction is within reach. Inside the pavilion, view a majestic melanin palette of every hue imaginable. Snapshot bodies mid kinetic acceleration of force and thrust. Press record. Camera phones capture the pavilion busting at the hinges. Hear the screams. As the \u201contz, ontz, ontz,\u201d hangs like a cloud over the Clara Meer Gazebo to the Active Oval. Bodies in motion absorb the reverb. Smiling faces flash blinding wattage in the glow of the sun. Voices chatter. Onlookers wonder. Passerby stops in their tracks. Behold the spectacular! Indigenous House celebrates 10 years at Piedmont Park Conservancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

No small feat pulling off – post pandemic. The self-proclaimed original house people are back after a no-show last year. John Dennis and crew the people salute.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inside the pavilion, the temperature scorches. So hot, the minister of music strips and plays in bling-bling undies. Looking luscious as a chocolate bar melting in heat, his sculpted physique stands behind his hardware, white phones, a DJ controller, and laptop. The beat is heavy. The drum kicks hard. The music bangs at 125 beats per minute or faster. Laden with talking guitars.\u00a0\u00a0 Hissing snares. Crashing cymbals. Build-ups and beat drops. This is a Baltimore smack down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Courtesy, Thommy \u201cTurn It Out\u201d Davis. Thommy Davis the Charm City native? Thommy Davis the proud voice of Baltimore house music? Thommy Davis the co-founder of the Basement Boys? Thommy Davis the recording label founder? Thommy Davis alongside DJ Spen on Quantize\/Unquantize Recordings? Thommy the world-renowed DJ? Thommy the music producer? Thommy the songwriter? Hell yeah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Davis<\/a><\/span> goes back, way back. He has been involved in music longer than the average age of the attendees at the event. The \u201cGypsy Woman (She Homeless)\u201d music producer is no stranger to the Indigenous parties, having headlined for several consecutive years, minus last year\u2019s annus horribilis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The I can\u2019t believe he is age sixty-something, hits em\u2019 where it hurts. As grandma would say, dat boy Thommy put a good ole\u2019 fashion beatin\u2019 on the crowd. That cat whipped em\u2019 real good. Had the people whootin\u2019 and hollerin.\u2019 <\/span>Complete with additional scream track.<\/em><\/span> Em\u2019 people were runnin\u2019 every direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take, playing Leela James\u2019 \u201cMy Joy.\u201d – The Quentin Harris Mix stutters. The remix is stuck on repeat? Or not. Dancing feet are caught off guard. As when the mouths of babes are ready for the vocal to drop. Bam! Every two bars loops and loops and loops. The song might disappear. Altogether abandoned for the next track to begin. Mr. Davis plays with the gathered congregation. He keeps dancers on their feet. Guessing where the rhythm goes. – The crowd spasms. Hands are everywhere. Sweat rags fly in the air. Perspiration stains the backs of shirts. Voices scream. \u201cBeeeep.\u201d Whistles blow. Bodies jump. Sneakers stomp. This is a house music party gone wild.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the playlist suddenly goes blue lights and bellbottoms. \u201cLoooove, taught me,\u201d sings a harmonious sea of voices. The crowd\u2019s chant blankets the lawn east to west.\u00a0\u00a0 And when the music starts, Diana Ross sings. \u201c<\/span>The Boss<\/a><\/span>\u201d as feet rejoices. Bodies fly into the air. Mouths expand from ear-to-ear. People lose their minds. The Ashford and Simpson penned cult classic is peek hour disco.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Tommy his love is playing the music he came of age with. That which speaks volumes is his heart belongs to dance music. He would not have it any other way. Be producing hip-hop or quiet stormers. He is a dancer first. He understands the choreography of the dance floor. The makings that make bodies groove. Or better yet, that which makes people lose their shit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evident when the music comes to a halt. Orchestrated strings descend from heaven. The space is swept up in rapture. Within seconds the melody is recognized, the O\u2019Jay\u2019s cover by Randy Roberts and Richard Burton\u2019s \u201c<\/span>Stairway to Heaven<\/a><\/span>\u201d (Spen & Thommy Original Mix). \u201cDon\u2019t you wanna, don\u2019t you wanna, don\u2019t you wanna go?\u201d Skating by is a twenty-something lady wearing roller skates.\u00a0 She tangos with a guy wearing sneakers. But when he dips her low and she kicks her right leg into the air. Wow!<\/span><\/p>\n

Certain songs evoke magic. And certain ministers of music evoke the best in people. This is the testament of the music Thommy Davis plays. He is #dancefloormagic.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n

wrds: aj dance<\/p>\n

visual: aj art<\/p>\n

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