Downbeat Cover July 2020 -Alone Together/article

As concerts and recording sessions around the globe came to an abrupt halt, DownBeat interviewed eight artists to discuss their strategies for coping during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

Kris Davis – Citizen Jazz Cover and article

by Matthieu Jouan – Citizen Jazz Ms. Davis is a calm and wise person who, despite her double award for Best Composer / Pianist in the annual North American Jazz Journalist’s Award, keeps her feet firmly on the ground. Teacher at Berklee College of Music, commissioned artist at the Monheim Triennale (postponed in 2021), active member of Terry Linn Carington’s or Ingrid Laubrock’s bands, she continues to be interested in others, to care, to share, to transmit. In addition to >> Read more…

New York times names Kris Davis’s ‘Diatom Ribbons’ as #1 Jazz Album of 2019!

KRIS DAVIS, ‘DIATOM RIBBONS’ Kris Davis, 39, has spent years as her generation’s powerhouse pianist in waiting. No longer. On “Diatom Ribbons,” her skills as a composer, band assembler, system builder and improviser — a musical auteur, basically — come fully into focus. Ms. Davis builds her compositions on crooked patterns and splintered loops that somehow become a kind of magnetic touchstone, bringing together wildly diverse musicians in tangled unity. Read More…

Pitchfork – Kris Davis – Diatom Ribbons

by Seth Colter Walls Aided by Nels Cline, Marc Ribot, and Esperanza Spalding, the New York pianist and her band mix lyrical song form, turntablism, and avant-garde strategies in unusually fluid fashion. Not long after Cecil Taylor’s death, the Tzadik label crafted a tribute album involving six pianists. To find Kris Davis among their number was likely little surprise to fans of contemporary jazz, given that her live performances at New York venues like Roulette and the Stone have long >> Read more…

New York Times – Kris Davis, a Pianist Fighting for Fringe Music

by Giovanni Russonello The prolific musician has started a nonprofit and taken a leadership role at Berklee College of Music. On a new album, “Diatom Ribbons,” she continues to make her point clear. Kris Davis is working to guide challenging music toward a more engaged — and maybe even accessible — future. photo by Calla Kessler/The New York Times OSSINING, N.Y. — Since moving to New York in the early 2000s, the pianist Kris Davis has released close to an >> Read more…