Kris Davis

Pianist-composer Kris Davis was named 2017 Rising Star Pianist 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 eleven recordings as leader, her releases appearing on The New York Times, Pop Matters, NPR, LA Times, and Jazz Times year end lists for best albums of the year. Davis works as a collaborator and side person with artists such as John Zorn, Terri Lyne Carrington, Craig Taborn, Tyshawn Sorey, Eric Revis, Don Byron, Michael Formanek, Tony Malaby, Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey.