News & Reviews
Stereogum – Octopus – Phil Freeman
Kris Davis/Craig Taborn, Octopus(Pyroclastic) Two-piano albums are relatively rare in jazz (or any other music), but often interesting. Cecil Taylor made one with Mary Lou Williams that’s like two rams charging at each other headfirst. This record, featuring Kris Davis and…
WBGO – Octopus – Nate Chinen
Kris Davis and Craig Taborn Find Orbit Craig Taborn and Kris Davis, who have a new duo piano album, ‘Octopus’ PETER GANNUSHKIN The conversation unfolds in an urgent quietude, signals blinking in the dark. These are the protocols of “Love…
The Financial Times – Octopus
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus — ‘single intelligence’ Core differences are at their clearest as percussive bell-like tones and rococo lines complement lyrical ripples Kris Davis & Craig Taborn Octopus (Pyroclastic Records) There are times when the criss-crossing lines…
Jazz Trial – Octopus – Filipe Freitas
KRIS DAVIS & CRAIG TABORN – OCTOPUS Label: Pyroclastic Records, 2018 Lineup – Kris Davis: piano; Craig Taborn: piano. wo of the most formidable pianists and master improvisers of today’s jazz, Kris Davis and Craig Taborn, let their endless creativity fly high…
The Village Voice – Duopoly – Matthew Kassel
Jazz Pianist Kris Davis’ Blurred Lines MIMI CHAKHAROVA Half of the sixteen tracks on jazz pianist Kris Davis’s new Duopoly are free improvisation, and the other half are loosely based on an original tune or jazz standard. But if you were to…
News & Reviews
Stereogum – Octopus – Phil Freeman
Kris Davis/Craig Taborn, Octopus(Pyroclastic) Two-piano albums are relatively rare in jazz (or any other music), but often interesting. Cecil Taylor made one with Mary Lou Williams that’s like two rams charging at each other headfirst. This record, featuring Kris Davis and…
WBGO – Octopus – Nate Chinen
Kris Davis and Craig Taborn Find Orbit Craig Taborn and Kris Davis, who have a new duo piano album, ‘Octopus’ PETER GANNUSHKIN The conversation unfolds in an urgent quietude, signals blinking in the dark. These are the protocols of “Love…
The Financial Times – Octopus
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus — ‘single intelligence’ Core differences are at their clearest as percussive bell-like tones and rococo lines complement lyrical ripples Kris Davis & Craig Taborn Octopus (Pyroclastic Records) There are times when the criss-crossing lines…
Jazz Trial – Octopus – Filipe Freitas
KRIS DAVIS & CRAIG TABORN – OCTOPUS Label: Pyroclastic Records, 2018 Lineup – Kris Davis: piano; Craig Taborn: piano. wo of the most formidable pianists and master improvisers of today’s jazz, Kris Davis and Craig Taborn, let their endless creativity fly high…
The Village Voice – Duopoly – Matthew Kassel
Jazz Pianist Kris Davis’ Blurred Lines MIMI CHAKHAROVA Half of the sixteen tracks on jazz pianist Kris Davis’s new Duopoly are free improvisation, and the other half are loosely based on an original tune or jazz standard. But if you were to…