Kevin Hays

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Kevin Hays New Day Trio at Kitano

ByMatthias Kirsch 01/15/201701/28/2017

Pianist Kevin Hays has taken a break from his Rhodes and Wurlitzer sounds on his album “New Day” (see review on these pages from Oct 12, 2015) and recorded in acoustic trio format for “North”, his latest release. Music from the album was the main thing at Kitano on Thursday night, where I attended the…

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Kevin Hays – New Day

ByMatthias Kirsch 10/12/2015

Pianist Kevin Hays, who has worked with Joshua Redman, Benny Golson, and Joe Henderson in the past and who recorded for Blue Note in the 90s, switches to Fender Rhodes, the omnipresent Wurlitzer, and vocals on his latest album “New Day”. After the very free-flowing opening Rhodes track, “Run To The Sun”, which also heavily…