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Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Kris Davis
- City: New York City
- Country: United States
- Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
My Life & Work
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Bio:
Pianist-composer Kris Davis was named 2017 Rising Star Pianist/2018 Rising Star Artist in Downbeat magazine and dubbed one of the music’s top up-and-comers in a 2012 New York Times article titled “New Pilots at the Keyboard,” with the newspaper saying: “One method for deciding where to hear jazz on a given night has been to track down the pianist Kris Davis.”
To date, Davis has released twelve recordings as leader. Her 2016 release, Duopoly, made The New York Times, Pop Matters, NPR, LA Times, and Jazz Times best albums of 2016.
Davis works as a collaborator and side person with artists such as John Zorn, Terri Lyne Carrington, Craig Taborn, Tyshawn Sorey, Eric Revis, Michael Formanek, Tony Malaby, Ingrid Laubrock, Julian Lage, Mary Halvorson and Tom Rainey.
Davis received a Doris Duke Impact award in 2015 and multiple commissions to compose new works from The Shifting Foundation, The Jazz Gallery/Jerome Foundation and the Canada Council for the Arts.
She is the Associate Program Director of Creative Development for the Insitute Jazz and Gender Justice at Berklee College of Music.
My Media
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCyDwsO5DP02SllIe5GjIDmA
- ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHssNkaO23jsZCAbBYc-1mw
- ▶ Twitter: krisdavismusic
- ▶ Instagram: krisdavismusic
- ▶ Website: http://krisdavis.net
Click to Listen on Spotify
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 1): http://open.spotify.com/album/772wCKZcIcadCl5FLWOFjp
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 2): http://open.spotify.com/album/0iUC4DRrYWNZfxs93ynYzZ
Contact Information
- Email: kris [at] krisdavis.net
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Management/Booking:
For booking, contact Company Of Heaven
Andreas Scherrer
info [at] companyofheaven.com
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Quotes, Notes & Etc.
“It’s an intellectual exercise, true; it’s also, simply, beautiful music.”
- The Village Voice
“Words are not necessary, this music will invade you and that is far more satisfying as is a sweet surrendering to its siren call”
- Marlbank
La pianista y compositora canadiense Kris Davis se ha constituido en una pieza clave de la música creativa contemporánea.
- El Intruso
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