By Jordan Maldonado, KCCK Programming Intern
“A deeply thoughtful, resolutely individual artist who offers an ‘uncommon creative adventure.’ Davis draws you in so effortlessly that the brilliance of what she’s doing doesn’t hit you until the piece has slipped past.” according to JazzTimes.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Piano from the University of Toronto and attended the Banff Centre for the Arts jazz program in 1997 and 2000. Davis made her debut on record as a leader for Lifespan with three albums. Davis’s 2011 solo piano album on Clean Feed, Aeriol Piano, appeared on Best of the Year lists in The New York Times, JazzTimes and Art Forum.
With a strong and diverse background in jazz piano, Kris Davis will be sure to bring the audience to a musical exploration with her quintet during this year’s festival.
The Kris Davis Quintet plays at the Iowa City Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 1st at 7 p.m. on the main stage.