photo by Dylan Chandler
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn
photo by John Rogers
Davis in duet with Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Craig Taborn, Angelica Sanchez , Billy Drummond, Marcus Gilmore, Tim Berne, Don Byron
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn in performance
October 10, 2016
University of California, San Diego
REVIEWS
Circulate Susanna – All About Jazz – Karl Ackerman
November 13, 2018Cory Smythe tells stories. About stories. Specifically, a father’s tales in the rural heartland of America; ingredients that a listener might assume had shaped Smythe’s imagination in ways that go far beyond music.
Circulate Susanna – The Free Jazz Collective – Stuart Broomer
November 9, 2018Pianist Cory Smythe is emerging as a significant pianist in free improvisation and new music circles. He has appeared on recordings such as Planktonic Finales with Stephan Crump and Ingrid Laubrock, as a member of Tyshawn Sorey’s trio and with …
Cory Smythe - Circulate Susanna – Pop Matters – Will Layman
October 15, 2018Cory Smythe’s Circulate Susanna is a mysterious meditation on rural America (and minstrel songs) as heard through the ears of a pianist with history in both new music and improvised music, featuring extended vocal technique and detuned guitar.
Cory Smythe - Circulate Susanna – Jazz Trail – Filipe Freitas
September 26, 2018Pianist Cory Smythe, an experimental visionary artist who has collaborated with Tyshawn Sorey, Ingrid Laubrock, and Peter Evans, releases his first album as a bandleader. For that purpose, he convenes the quirky guitarist Daniel Lippel, a bandmate in the International …
Kris Davis – Jazziz – Ted Panken
April 13, 2018At 7 a.m., 90 minutes before our scheduled interview on Christmas Eve morning, Kris Davis sent an email: “bad night of sleep — call you when I’m up — around 9:30.” We were supposed to speak the previous night, but …
NEWS
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
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