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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.

Joined by the extraordinary talents of Robert Hurst on double bass and Johnathan Blake on drums, the Kris Davis Trio will deliver contemporary jazz at its highest level, with a suite of music that is “precisely and unmistakably the sound of today” (DownBeat). Shaped in New York and experienced live at The Jazzlab this October.

She was named a 2021 Doris Duke Artist alongside Wayne Shorter and Danilo Perez, Pianist of the Year by DownBeat magazine in 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.

Please note that minors are permitted at the Liberty Theatre with a legal guardian until 10:30pm.

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Perth International Jazz Festival Program