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Kris Davis

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Pianist-composer Kris Davis has blossomed as one of the singular talents on the New York jazz scene, a deeply thoughtful, resolutely individual artist who offers “uncommon creative adventure,” according to JazzTimes. The Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-residing Davis was 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: “Over the past couple years in New York, one method for deciding where to hear jazz on a given night has been to track down the pianist Kris Davis.” Reviewing one of the series of striking albums Davis has released over the past half-decade, the Chicago Sun-Times lauded the “sense of kaleidoscopic possibilities” in her playing and compositions. Long favored by her peers and jazz fans in the know, Davis has earned high praise from no less than star pianist and MacArthur “Genius” Grant honoree Jason Moran, who included her in his Best of 2012 piece in Art Forum, writing: “A freethinking, gifted pianist on the scene, Davis lives in each note that she plays

Album

The Solastalgia Suite

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Interlude; An Invitation to Disappear; Towards No Earthly Pole; The Known End; Ghost Reefs; Pressure & Yield; Life on Venus; Degrees of Separation.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

A post generic mix-Rin Seo Collective, Catalyst, Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis, and Shostakovich

Read "A post generic mix-Rin Seo Collective, Catalyst, Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis, and Shostakovich" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


Crossroads: Askew nuanced arrangements from composer Rin Seo, a jazz master class from Thad Jones, Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, and Mal Waldron, Third Stream explorations from Kris Davis with the Lutoslawski Quartet, and some Shostakovich for context. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 The Messthetics/James Brandon Lewis “Gestations" from Deface The Currency (Impulse) 00:15 Aubrey Johnson ...

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Article: Live Review

Unity Jazz Festival 2026 at Jazz At Lincoln Center

Read "Unity Jazz Festival 2026 at Jazz At Lincoln Center" reviewed by Paul Reynolds


Unity Jazz FestivalOpening NightJazz at Lincoln CentreNew York, NY January 8, 2026 It does not rain--or snow--jazz in New York in the first week of January, it pours--or blizzards--the music. Winter JazzFest, the longtime colossus that takes over clubs in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, has been joined in the past three years ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Betty Bryant, Lisa Hilton, Carolyn Trowbridge, Kris Davis With The Lutoslawski Quartet & More

Read "Betty Bryant, Lisa Hilton, Carolyn Trowbridge, Kris Davis With The Lutoslawski Quartet & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


Happy New Year! This broadcast welcomes 2026 with new music from Betty Bryant, Lisa Hilton, Carolyn Trowbridge, Kris Davis, Part 1 of a look back at some notable releases of the past year, birthday shoutouts to Una Mae Carlisle, Naama Gheber, Nancy LaMott, Emma Dayhuff, Susannah McCorkle, Joe Lovano, Sullivan Fortner and yours truly Mary Foster ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kris Davis with The Lutosławski Quartet, Carolyn Trowbridge, Shifa شفاء

Read "Kris Davis with The Lutosławski Quartet, Carolyn Trowbridge, Shifa شفاء" reviewed by Cheryl K.


During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, cuts from new releases by pianist/composer Kris Davis with Poland's Lutosławski Quartet; guitarist Dave Stryker; saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano; vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Trowbridge; the Joe Policastro Trio; and the trio Shifa شفاء. Playlist Matthew Shipp Trio “Ball in Space" from The Conduct of Jazz ...

Album

A Letter To The Earth

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Chaos; Human vs. Human; A Letter to the Earth; Ongoing Cycles; Duality; Este Lugar.

Album

Reflection Of Another Self

Label: Candid Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: THIS IS MY HAIR (!); O.C.T (Oda to the Crazy Times); Yet I Can See; Introspection I - I; Lidia y los Libros; Unconditional Love; Introspection II - Preguntas; Circles; Let’s Paint the World; Introspection III - Courage; Resilience; Circles (Retrospection); SELF LOVE.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Politzer, Davis, West, Genovese & More

Read "New Music From Politzer, Davis, West, Genovese & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


This set moves through solo sketches, trio interplay, and full ensemble fire, tracing acoustic and electric textures across studio, live, and archival formats. It opens with flowing piano, moves into exploratory trio improvisation, and shifts between guitar meditations, reworked soul and rock standards, and tightly arranged ensemble writing. Abstract textures and ambient passages emerge mid-set, followed ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New releases honoring Kenny Wheeler + Tomeka Reid, Shawn Lovato with Ingrid Laubrock and music from the Charles Tyler Ensemble Resurfaces

Read "New releases honoring Kenny Wheeler + Tomeka Reid, Shawn Lovato with Ingrid Laubrock and music from the Charles Tyler Ensemble Resurfaces" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


Dave Holland and Norma Winstone, Etienne Charles and Emma Rawicz, celebrate Kenny Wheeler on two new releases. New music from Jane Ira Bloom, Zachary Wilder and Kris Davis with the Lutoslawski String Quartet. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Yelena Eckemoff “Ruins of Alvsborg" from Ruins of Alvsborg (L&H) 00:16 Kenny Wheeler Legacy /Etienne Charles/Emma Rawicz ...


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