Kris Davis Trio
Featuring Robert Hurst & Jonathan Blake
“Davis’ music is precisely and unmistakably the sound of today… [she] has the acuity and focus to root a farsighted vision firmly in the present.” – DownBeat;
Kris Davis is a Grammy award-winning pianist and composer described by The New York Times as a beacon for “deciding where to hear jazz on a given night.” Davis has released 25 recordings as a leader or co-leader and collaborated with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Dave Holland, John Zorn, Craig Taborn, Ingrid Laubrock, Tyshawn Sorey and Esperanza Spalding. She was named a 2021 Doris Duke Artist alongside Wayne Shorter and Danilo Perez, Pianist of the Year by DownBeat magazine in n 2022 and 2020, and Pianist and Composer of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association in 2021. Davis is the Associate Program Director of Creative Development at the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, the founder of Pyroclastic Records, and the co-founder of the International Creators and Collaborators Workshop. She returns to Big Ears with her Kris Davis Trio, featuring bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake, to present songs from their latest album Run the Gauntlet.
