Jakob Davidsen (born in 1969) studied composition and orchestration with, among others, the Danish composers Bo Holten and Niels Marthinsen, and has also toured and recorded with many names from the Danish jazz and world music scene, including Takuan and Bright Sight. He has made a close study of the composers Olivier Messiaen and Per Nørgård, who, along with the arranger Gil Evans and the pianist Bill Evans, have left deep traces on Davidsen's music.