John Daversa is an American jazz trumpeter, electronic valve instrument (EVI) player, vocalist, composer, arranger, conductor, bandleader, producer and educator who has won multiple Grammy awards.

The grandson of Italian immigrants,[2] he was born in Los Angeles and moved to Ada, Oklahoma at age 7.

He also lived in Las Vegas and Sacramento before returning to Los Angeles for high school at Hamilton Academy of Music.

[4] Daversa has worked with Moonchild, Fiona Apple, Burt Bacharach, Joe Cocker, Andraé Crouch, Gin, Herbie Hancock, Holiday on Ice, Bob Mintzer Big Band,[5] Renee Olstead, Regina Spektor, Andy Williams, and The Yellowjackets.

His playing has been featured on film and television, including The Five-Year Engagement, Key and Peele, The King of Queens, and Promised Land.