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Article: Live From New York

September 2009

by AAJ Staff
September 12, 2009

Jenny ScheinmanLe Poisson RougeNew York City August 4, 2009The chameleon-like but ever electric Nels Cline seemed at first to be an unusual partner for violinist Jenny Scheinman, but if anything the guitarist knows how to make things work and he pushed the quartet (with bassist Matt Penman and drummer Jim ...

Article: Album Review

Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2009

Ecco un talento da seguire con attenzione. La pianista canadese Kris Davis opera a New York dagli inizi del decennio e dopo una prima fase legata a modelli neo-bop (evidente nel suo primo disco, Lifespan), ha iniziato ad esplorare territori più aperti, formando questo quartetto nel 2002 con il marito batterista Jeff Davis, il formidabile sassofonista ...

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Rye Eclipse

By Kris Davis

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Rye Eclipse; Wayne Oscar; Prairie Eyes; Minnow Bucket; Empty Beehive; Samuro; Black Tunnel; Rye Resurrected.

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse & Outright!

by Robert Iannapollo
September 7, 2008

Kris Davis Rye Eclipse Fresh Sound New Talent 2008 Jon Irabagon Jon Irabagon's Outright! Innova Recordings 2008 Canadian born, Brooklyn-based pianist Kris Davis made inroads into the ...

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Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse

Read "Rye Eclipse" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
April 17, 2008

On Rye Eclipse, pianist Kris Davis' quartet ventures deeper into the formidable abstractions documented on their previous release, The Slightest Shift (Fresh Sound, 2007). Featuring her husband, drummer Jeff Davis, omnipresent bassist Eivind Opsvik and Downtown saxophone phenomenon Tony Malaby, this is the Brooklyn-based pianist's second recording with her reliable quartet and the third for the ...

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The Slightest Shift

By Kris Davis

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Bloodwine; And Then I Said...; Once; 35

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More Than Words Can Say

By Stevie Holland

Label: 150 Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Only You; Yesterdays; If Ever I Would Leave You; This Is It; Lovingly; By Myself; Firefly; Day by Day;

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Kris Davis: The Slightest Shift

Read "The Slightest Shift" reviewed by Brian P. Lonergan

by Brian P. Lonergan
October 13, 2006

The adjective that comes to mind again and again when listening to this quartet recording by pianist and composer Kris Davis is “refreshing. Much of The Slightest Shift sounds close to free improvisation, but there is also a recurring sense that one is listening to a modern chamber music ensemble. And the initial impression of at ...

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Kris Davis: The Slightest Shift

Read "The Slightest Shift" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
July 5, 2006

The Slightest Shift is young Canadian-born pianist Kris Davis' second release as a leader, following her acclaimed 2004 debut, Lifespan. Joined by her husband, drummer Jeff Davis, the ever reliable bassist Eivind Opsvik and the ubiquitous saxophonist Tony Malaby, this recent New York resident reconvenes her sympathetic working ensemble to investigate a new set of abstract ...

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Kris Davis: The Slightest Shift

Read "The Slightest Shift" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
July 2, 2006

If Canadian pianist Kris Davis' auspicious debut, Life Span (FSNT, 2004), was an indication of her progressive tendencies, then The Slightest Shift reinforces those forward-thinking ideas in resounding and surprising ways. Whereas her debut was colored with expansive lyricism and melodic tapestries, the new recording is a bolder statement of Davis' compositional prowess, and the music ...