& All That Jazz
DEBUT | …Yes, That Tommy Davidson… Teams With Dave Koz, & Croons On His “Sweet Reunion” Single
Davidson, 58, wrote in his memoir, “Living in Color” (released January 2020) that he had no idea who his birth mother, Tommie Gene, was or if she was even alive until he was nearly 33 when his adoptive mother, who worked at HUD, tracked her down and made contact without checking with the comic first.
Comedian, Actor, Tommy Davidson is now an Author and Singer. The “In Living Color” star has completed his memoirs where he wrote that at 18 months, he was discovered by Barbara Jean Davidson, a white woman when she spied a toddler’s foot poking out from behind a tire in a pile of garbage in Greenville, Miss., who then went on to adopt him.
Davidson, 58, wrote in his memoir, “Living in Color” (released January 2020) that he had no idea who his birth mother, Tommie Gene, was or if she was even alive until he was nearly 33 when his adoptive mother, who worked at HUD, tracked her down and made contact without checking with the comic first.
Davidson, who was born Anthony Reed on November 10, 1963 was later an original cast member on the sketch comedy TV show ‘In Living Color,’ he played ‘ Mitchell on the TV Series”Between Brothers’ (1997-1999), Dexter on ‘Malcom & Eddie’ (1999-2000), Oscar Proud on The Proud Family (2001-2005). In movies Davidson played ‘Rushon’ in Booty Call (1997), Womack in Bamboozled (2000), and Black Dynamite (2009) among other small and large-screen appearances.
Davidson has always flirted with singing and has now teamed with saxman Dave Kos to bring us his latest output, a single entitled “Sweet Reunion,” the first single from an upcoming, and yet unnamed jazz collection.
Look for more on the actor/comedian turned author and now singer, in an upcoming article in a future issue of RhythmNation Magazine, meanwhile listen to Tommy Davidson performing “Sweet Reunion” featuring Dave Koz and view the video podcast short, “Driving With Dave” and let us know what you think.
