Kevin Hays Piano Solo

Grammy Award-winning pianist Kevin Hays has seen his many recordings hailed by critics in the New York Times, Downbeat Magazine and Jazz Times, but also as a renowned sideman, recording with Chris Potter, Bill Stewart, Joshua Redman, Jeff Ballard, Nicholas Payton and Al Foster, among others. Notable collaborations include a duo project with Brad Mehldau and another with Lionel Loueke, as well as world tours with James Taylor, Sonny Rollins, John Scofield, Joe Henderson and Roy Haynes. For Kevin Hayes is first and foremost a formidable performer who imbues his piano with the color of his choice : he uses his technique - which is excellent - to innovate, to surprise his audience and to lead them where he chooses to go. And we love to follow him, lulled into a lyricism that is never languid. Kevin Hays knows how to tell a story, and he does so admirably in this piano-vocal formula, offering music that moves effortlessly between melodic serenity and rhythmic play, underlining the beauty and intimacy of the solo format.

‘Kevin Hays is a true original. Everything he plays is imbued with deep intelligence and swing.’ - Brad Mehldau