Davy (born 29 October 1961, Nottingham, UK) is a British jazz trumpeter/flugelhorn player, composer, arranger and bandleader.
He has recorded with and toured with artists such as Finley Quaye, Lamb, Adam F and Lemn Sissay's Secret Society; and subsequently becoming bandleader of his own groups, the Kevin Davy Quartet (KD Q), D’Semble, and more recently with Kevin Davy's Monster Jam (Rich Mix, London).
In 1992 Davy was awarded the Manchester Jazz Musician of the Year Award by BBC Radio Manchester show The People.Relocating to Manchester in 1986, Davy studied at the Manchester Metropolitan University, attaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A) in General Arts (Humanities) in 1990.
While enrolled there he attended the weekly jazz improvisation workshops organised by Colin Stansfield in the nearby All Saints College, now subsumed into the campus of Manchester Metropolitan University.