[2] He performs regularly with his group, Orbert Davis with Strings Attached, and is a member of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble.
He was featured soloist at the 1996 Chicago Jazz Festival, performing Miles Davis and Gil Evans' "Sketches of Spain".
With Lester Bowie and Jon Faddis in October 1999, Davis was a featured performer for the Jazz Institute of Chicago's "Tribute to Louis Armstrong: Legacy for the Millennium" where he performed compositions from Armstrong's Hot 5 and Hot 7 recordings.
He has performed with Dr. John, Kurt Elling, Ramsey Lewis, Thelonious Monk, Wynton Marsalis,[3] Grover Washington Jr., Ernie Watts, Stevie Wonder, and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.
Their credits include projects for Atlantic, Capitol, CBS, Epic, MCA, and the Warner Bros. record labels.