Chris Lightcap's SuperBigmouth
featuring
Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek, Jonathan Goldberger, Curtis Hasselbring, Gerald Cleaver and Dan Rieser
Official release October 4th
Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons
featuring
Terri Lyne Carrington, Val Jeanty, JD Allen, Tony Malaby, Esperanza Spalding, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline, Trevor Dunn and Ches Smith
Official release October 4th
photo by Dylan Chandler
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn
photo by John Rogers
Soundtrack from “Slipknots Through a Looking Glass” by Eric Revis.
Directed and Produced by Pierre & François Lamoureux.
Visuals © 2020 Fogo Films / Music ©2020 Pyroclastic Records
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn in performance
October 10, 2016
University of California, San Diego
REVIEWS
Kris Davis – 20 Questions –
August 25, 2020Interview conducted via e-mail. Jazz To me, jazz means improvisation and innovation. The search for self-expression through sound, and a reflection of the here and now. I also like Wayne Shorter’s definition of jazz: “I dare you!” The meaning of …
Cory Smythe – The New York Times – Seth Colter Walls
July 7, 2020“Accelerate Every Voice,” a new album, is a step forward in another facet of this dazzling pianist’s career: composing. Cory Smythe’s new album blends references to hyper-complex contemporary classical styles, the jazz-meets-vocal music of Andrew Hill’s 1970 record “Lift Every …
Cory Smythe – Pan M 360 – Réjean Beaucage
July 6, 2020Pianist Cory Smythe took the stage at FIMAV in May 2019 with the Tyshawn Sorey Trio, an ensemble that gave an impressive concert in which Smythe’s very original playing literally stole the show. The recording of this disc dates from …
Cory Smythe – The New Yorker – Steve Smith
July 6, 2020In 1969, Andrew Hill, an idiosyncratic jazz master who’d gigged with Charlie Parker and studied with Paul Hindemith, paired a vocal chorus with a hard-swinging quintet to record “Lift Every Voice,” a buoyant set of upbeat incantations. Now, just over …
Cory Smythe – Jazz Podium – Susanne Müller
July 6, 2020Im Pressetext Spricht Man Von »Cyborg Choirs«. Doch Sind Es Keine Semimaschinen, Sondern Reale Stimmen, Die Hier Dem Irdischen Enthobene Schleifen Erzeugen, Minimalismus Und Durchaus Auch Entfremdung Verbreiten Und Neue Musik-Einflüsse Einbinden. Cory Smythe, Einer Der Ambitioniertesten Pianisten In Tasten-Grenzbereichen, …
NEWS
Kris Davis wins the 2020 JJA award for Composer & Pianist of the Year
This year’s Awards for instrumentalists advance a multi-year trend by the JJA’s voting members to recognize accomplished women among the multiple nominated finalists. Drummer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington (Musician of the Year), pianist-composer Kris...
NPR Jazz Critics poll names Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons #1 Jazz album of 2019!
Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic) At a glance, an odd candidate for consensus: Kris Davis, an improviser-composer with the instinct of an alchemist, made Diatom Ribbons by drawing inspiration from oceanic microbiology, tectonic movement and piano precursors...
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