Kevin Hays Trio
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Kevin Hays Trio
Kevin Hays piano
Thomas Morgan doublebass
Jeff Ballard drums
This trio sees Hays alongside two musicians like him at the top of their respective instruments and equally present for years in numerous expressive contexts at the highest levels of the world jazz scene, such as Thomas Morgan on double bass, already alongside Bill Frisell, among others, and Jeff Ballard on drums, one of the living legends of modern jazz drums, who after his debut alongside Chick Corea has given his own unmistakable contribution to several formidable groups of the last two decades, including the Fly trio and the formations of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau.
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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, 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), 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. Their music moves 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 features Kevin’s own ‘Spring Song’, the sole vocal track
