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Kevin Hays Trio
Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, composer, and singer/songwriter Kevin Hays’s many recordings have received critical acclaim from The New York Times, Downbeat Magazine and Jazz Times. The Kevin Hays Trio performs pianist Kevin's lyrical and compelling originals, jazz standards, and beautiful arrangements of the American Songbook, along with reimagined songs from the pop/folk world. Kevin will be joined by David Ewell (bass) and Colin Stranahan (drums).
$30 General Admission
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KEVIN HAYS
Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist/composer Kevin Hays is internationally recognized as one of the most original and compelling musicians of his generation. His many recordings have received critical acclaim from The New York Times, Downbeat Magazine and Jazz Times, as well as the “Coup de Coeur” award from the Académie Charles Cros (France). Kevin has appeared on numerous albums as a guest artist, recording with Chris Potter, Bill Stewart, Joshua Redman, Jeff Ballard, Nicholas Payton, and Al Foster, among many others. Notable collaborations include a piano duo project with Brad Mehldau (Modern Music - Nonesuch), and world tours with James Taylor, Sonny Rollins, John Scofield, Joe Henderson, and Roy Haynes.
In addition to his celebrated work as pianist and composer, Kevin has become increasingly known as a gifted and expressive singer/songwriter. In 2015 he released the widely lauded recording New Day (Sunnyside), on which he performed his own songs along with a riveting performance of the Jimmy Webb classic “Highwayman.”
Hope, the highly anticipated 2019 collaboration with Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke, was released on Edition Records. The music on Hope seems to move effortlessly between melodic serenity and rhythmic interplay, highlighting the beauty and intimacy of the piano/acoustic guitar format. Hays co-wrote several compositions on Steve Gadd Band’s eponymous album which garnered the 2019 GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. The album also features Kevin’s own ‘Spring Song’, the sole vocal track.
In 2020 Kevin was awarded the Independent Music Award in the ‘Jazz with Vocals’ category for the track ‘Circles of the Mind’ from the album “Across the Sea”, which he recorded with the Italian vocalist, Chiara Izzi. His most recent 2021 recording ‘All Things Are’ on Smoke Sessions is a collective trio including Hays, bassist Ben Street, and the legendary drummer Billy Hart. kevinhays.com
DAVID EWELL
Bassist David Ewell has performed with Ambrose Akinmusire, Dayna Stephens, Julian Lage, Vijay Iyer, Ben Goldberg, Faye Carole, E.W Wainwright, Mark Levine, and Eddie Marshall. He has also played with David Murray and Amiri Baraka in their jazz opera collaboration The Sisyphus Syndrome, commissioned by the EastSide Arts Alliance.
COLIN STRANAHAN
Drummer Colin Stranahan is a winner of the of the 2012 Thelonious Monk Drum Competition. Now living in Brooklyn, New York, Colin is among the most sought-after drummers in the world working with such artist as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jonathan Kreisberg, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Fred Hersch, Terence Blanchard, Dave Kikoski, Kevin Hays, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and many others.