Jazz Articles about David Kikoski

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Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

by John Kelman
April 21, 2006

Guitarist Pat Martino has overcome far more than his share of obstacles. Emerging in the mid-1960s, he released a string of acclaimed albums starting with the classic El Hombre (Prestige, 1967) and ending with the overlooked fusion classic Joyous Lake (Warner Bros., 1977). Then a brain aneurysm literally stole his identity and for the next decade he struggled to regain who he was, both as a person and as a musician.

Since then Martino's dark-toned and rapid-fire but always swinging ...

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Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 11, 2006

Gli appassionati di jazz conoscono la sfortunata storia di Pat Martino: voce tra le più significative della chitarra jazz negli anni Settanta, nel 1980 viene colpito da aneurisma cerebrale; operato, perde quasi completamente la memoria, anche quella chitarristica. Riparte così da zero, con i suoi vecchi dischi e l'aiuto del computer come compagni di viaggio nel tentativo di recupero della sua maestria strumentale, che alla fine ne guadagna in pulizia e linearità, andando a confluire in una sorta di stile ...

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David Kikoski: Details

by AAJ Staff
October 5, 2004

David Kikoski has earned his chops backing everyone from legends like Roy Haynes (two decades and counting) to young gun David Sanchez. Though he can commandeer a set when he wants (an astoundingly fractured, nearly chaotic barrelhouse blues piano solo is all that remains in memory of the last Pat Martino gig I caught), by nature he's a team player: gently tenacious exploration and ethereal post-bop empathy are this Berklee grad's true bread and butter. Thus Details , ...

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David Kikoski: Combinations

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 25, 2003

The victim of corporate disregard for an artist's work, pianist David Kikoski has recorded many records as a leader over the years, although all but his most recent string of releases for Criss Cross are currently unavailable. This fact, along with his extensive work as a sideman, meant that until 1998's Inner Trust, few were aware of Kiksoki's talents as a leader. Reaching a pinnacle on his previous set, Surf's Up, Kikoski has honed a particularly incisive musical relationship with ...

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David Kikoski: The Maze

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 1, 2000

Although his current claim to fame finds him as a member of Roy Haynes' fresh new band, pianist David Kikoski has been active on the scene since the early 80's and has recorded several times under his own name for the Triloka and Epicure labels. Making his first appearance on Criss Cross Jazz with Ralph Moore in 1987, The Maze is Kikoski's second effort as a leader for the label and it's a major statement not only in light of ...

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David Kikoski: The Maze

by David Adler
January 1, 2000

During David Kikoski’s ten or so years as Roy Haynes’s pianist, his unbridled energy and highly advanced harmonic sense gelled with Haynes’s roaring drums to create combustible, killing music. Recently he has graced excellent recordings by Al Foster, Craig Handy, Bob Berg, Ingrid Jensen, Conrad Herwig, the Mingus Big Band, and others. As a leader he has several discs to his credit, most notably 1995’s self-titled, cryptically packaged Dave Kikoski on the Sony Epicure label. A technical and compositional tour ...