Davis wins 2018 Critic’s poll in Downbeat Magazine
Thanks to all the critics for their vote for the Rising Star Artist and Piano Category! See article here
European Tour- Zorn Bagatelles, Eric Revis quartet and solo performance
Zorn Bagatelles: March 30- Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg, Germany) April 2- Philharmonie de Paris (Paris, France) Solo Performance: April 4- Centro D'Arte (Padova, Italy) Eric Revis Quartet with Ken Vandermark, Chad Taylor and Kris Davis April 5- Alter...
Solo piano Festival/Tour and John Zorn’s Bagatelles
The Jazz Gallery's Alone Together piano Festival happens on April 22/23rd and should prove to be an interesting night of solo piano performances by Fabian Almazan, Aaron Parks, Theo Hill, Luis Perdomo and myself. I go on a solo European tour between May 11-19 (see...
Album releases and concerts in 2016- Newport Jazz Festival, Michael Formanek, Eric Revis, John Zorn and Craig Taborn
Very excited to announce that I will perform at the Newport Jazz festival in July this year! I will be performing twice- a solo concert and with Eric Revis' quartet with Ken Vandermark and Nasheet Waits! In March, Eric Revis' new trio record is coming out on Cleanfeed...
Doris Duke Impact Award and Downbeat Critics Poll
I'm very excited to announce that I was chosen to receive a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award along with Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Mark Dresser, Milford Graves and Mark Dresser. More information can be found here. Also, I just found out that I made...
Infrasound release date May 19th- Save Your Breath on Clean Feed
My project for 4 bass clarinets (Ben Goldberg, Andrew Bishop, Oscar Noriega, Joachim Badenhorst) with organ (Gary Versace), guitar (Nate Radley), drums (Jim Black) and piano (me!) is coming out soon on Clean Feed. Here's a video about the project and the upcoming...
Music Works Cover and Article by Kurt Gottschalk
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Jazztimes Cover and Article- Sept 2014
A nice article written by David Alder about my history and music can be found in the September issue of Jazztimes. See Article
Residency at the Stone
I am honored to present a series of projects I am involved in as well as my own projects at the Stone between June 24-29th. June 24 - 8pm, the collective quartet LARK with Ralph Alessi, Tom Rainey, Ingrid Laubrock and Kris Davis and 10pm Tom Rainey's Obbligato...
Downbeat Article by Bradley Bambarger- December issue
New Approaches The music of pianist Kris Davis is characterized by its duality. Although often tagged as “cerebral”—and her output is complex and progressive, often as tied to contemporary classical as it is to jazz—Davis’ music is just as much a visceral experience....
