Trio of Bloom – Unreal Light

“Unreal Light” from the album ‘Trio of Bloom’ by Marcus Gilmore, Nels Cline & Craig Taborn.

Queen King – Trio of Bloom

‘Queen King’ from Trio of Bloom (Craig Taborn, Marcus Gilmore, Nels Cline). Record out on Pyroclastic Records this September 26.

Gondola Freak

Little footsteps HEAVY FOOTED

“Heavy Footed” from the album ‘Run the Gauntlet’ by Kris Davis Trio, out on Pyroclastic Records.

Run The Gauntlet

Title track from ‘Run the Gauntlet’ by Kris Davis Trio, out on Pyroclastic Records.

Beauty Beneath the Rubble

Softly, As You Wake

“Softly, As You Wake” from the album ‘Run the Gauntlet’ by Kris Davis Trio, out on Pyroclastic Records this September 27, 2024.

Patricia Brennan “Palo de Oros” (Suit of Coins)

“Palo de Oros (Suit of Coins)” from the album ‘Breaking Stretch’

Patricia Brennan Septet – Earendel

‘Earendel’ from the album “Breaking Stretch”

Ascender

Written and Performed by Modney. A Film by Frank Heath. Produced by David Breskin. Production Coordinator Ikey Douek.
“Ascender” from the album Ascending Primes appears courtesy of the artist and Pyroclastic Records
Out May 3, 2024

minimalism

Combustion 2

Music Video for Combustion 2 (Cory Smythe). Video by Frank Heath

Protect Your Home (Interpret It Well)

Directed/Edited by Frank Heath
Produced by David Breskin

Chordata with Roscoe Mitchell

From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck

Sand Dune Trilogy with Nicole Mitchell

From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck

Auger Strokes by Matt Mitchell with Matt Mitchell

From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck

O’saris with Harris Eisenstadt

From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck

Lullaby by Low with Nels Cline

From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck

We All Break

“We All Break” is award-winning filmmaker Mimi Chakarova’s 50-minute film showcasing the music and collaborative process of Ches Smith’s We All Break during the making of the groundbreaking album “Path of Seven Colors.”

Loop Of Chicago

From the CD “The Weight Of Light” by Benoît Delbecq

Anamorphoses

From the CD “The Weight Of Light” by Benoît Delbecq

Ancient Dream

The Angelica Sanchez composition:
“Ancient Dream” from the album
How To Turn The Moon by Angelica Sanchez and Marilyn Crispell.

Lobe of the Fly

The Angelica Sanchez composition:
“Lobe of the Fly” from the album
How To Turn The Moon by Angelica Sanchez and Marilyn Crispell.

Sullivan’s Universe

The Angelica Sanchez composition:
“Sullivan’s Universe” from the album How To Turn The Moon by Angelica Sanchez and Marilyn Crispell.

Slipknots Through A Looking Glass

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

Cory Smythe Interview & Listening Party

JazzNOW: Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons — Live At GBH

Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons with Terri Lyne Carrington and Val Jeanty – A live performance at WBGH in Boston.

SuperBigmouth

Chris Lightcap presents a new album of original music combining his two acclaimed ensembles, Bigmouth and Superette.

The Very Thing

Featuring Esperanza Spalding from Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons with Tony Malaby – tenor sax, Trevor Dunn – bass, Val Jeanty – turntable, Terri Lyne Carrington – drums.

Certain Cells

Esperanza Spalding – voice, Tony Malaby – tenor sax, Trevor Dunn – bass, Val Jeanty – turntable, Terri Lyne Carrington – drums, Kris Davis – piano

Diatom Ribbons

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

Heads gather the stars

Video: Twyla Snide
Music: Cory Smythe with Sofia Jernberg & Dan Lippel

Octopus – Concert Film

Kris Davis & Craig Taborn in performance
October 10, 2016
University of California, San Diego

Duopoly

Here is “Duopoly” in its entirety as a continuous split-screen black & white “concert video” or “full album video.” This is the video version of my album of the same name released September 30, 2016 on my own label, Pyroclastic Records. I am posting it here in full because the DVDs as manufactured (after several rounds of testing, correcting and refing) did not live up to my expectations or standards of quality. Apparently the DVD format is a big step down from digital high definition video, especially when filming black and white. Here you can watch me play continuous duets with guitarists Bill Frisell and Julian Lage, pianists Craig Taborn and Angelica Sanchez, drummers Billy Drummond and Marcus Gilmore, alto saxophonist Tim Berne and clarinetist Don Byron, in that very order on the first eight tracks and then exactly reversed order on the latter eight tracks. The album is a musical palindrome. I hope you enjoy!

– Kris Davis