Kris Davis

Composer, improviser, pianist, educator and record producer Kris Davis works in a diverse and eclectic range of new music from solo to ensemble works with a distinctive cadre of musicians including John Zorn, Terri Lyne Carrington, Craig Taborn, Tyshawn Sorey, Eric Revis, Michael Formanek, Tony Malaby, Ingrid Laubrock, Julian Lage, Mary Halvorson, Bill Frisell, Tom Rainey, and others. Kris discusses her early training, compositional and improvisational process as well as her work as Associate Program Director of Creative Development for the Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice at Berklee College of Music. During the interview we also listen to music from several of her highly acclaimed recordings. “As she does throughout Aeriol Piano, Davis draws you in so effortlessly that the brilliance of what she’s doing doesn’t hit you until the piece has slipped past your.” Jazz Times “Octopus CD showcases improvisational prowess at the highest levels.” AllAboutJazz.com Best Jazz of 2019 “…her skills (Davis) as a composer, band assembler, system builder and improviser – a musical auteur, basically – come fully into focus. Ms. Davis builds her compositions on crooked patterns and splintered loops that somehow become a kind of magnetic touchstone, bringing together wildly diverse musicians in tangled unity.” The New York Times