You can tell the heat of the trio by the laughter boiling over. Not in all cases, admittedly, but for this session, the exhortations and … Read More “Kevin Hays/Ben Street/Billy Hart: All Things Are (Smoke Sessions)”
Talk about your lively and lovely pairings. Despite their extremely different backgrounds—pianist Kevin Hays hails from suburban Connecticut, guitarist Lionel Loueke from Benin—these two notables … Read More “Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke: Hope (Edition)”
The New Day Trio is Kevin Hays on acoustic piano, Rob Jost on bass and Greg Joseph on drums. North is their follow-up to last … Read More “Kevin Hays New Day Trio: North”
The artist’s intent aside, the most direct path to hearing how each of the solo piano miniatures on Variations varies from its successors is to … Read More “Kevin Hays: Variations”
Michael J. West reviews Brad Mehldau & Kevin Hays’ ‘Modern Music’
