 Davis enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music in 2009, concentrating on jazz and classic American songs, and she collaborated with guitarist Gabe Schnider and drummer Conor Szymanski, these songs can heard on Michael Feinstein's NPR show "Song Travels".In 2012, she was recognized by ASCAP with the Robert Alan Award for new songwriters.She has said that learning the double bass was difficult, but after learning songs from the Great American Songbook, she was able to translate that knowledge to create her own style.