Kevin Hays Quartet Plays Milton Nascimento, Guinga, Caetano Veloso and Others at Savassi Festival at Smalls Jazz Club

Kevin Hays
Kevin Hays is internationally recognized as one of the premier jazz pianists of his generation. He has released over a dozen recordings as leader, and is the winner of a Charles Cros ‘Coup de Coeur’ Award. He has appeared on many ‘best-of’ lists, and featured on Grammy-nominated and winning recordings. His recent duet recording with pianist Brad Mehldau, Modern Music (Nonesuch), garnered widespread critical acclaim. The duo premiered several works from the recording at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, and has performed throughout the US and Europe. Hays’s latest project, the New Day Trio, features Hays on piano, Rob Jost on bass and French horn, and Greg Joseph on drums and percussion...

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Kevin Hays
Kevin Hays is internationally recognized as one of the premier jazz pianists of his generation. He has released over a dozen recordings as leader, and is the winner of a Charles Cros ‘Coup de Coeur’ Award. He has appeared on many ‘best-of’ lists, and featured on Grammy-nominated and winning recordings. His recent duet recording with pianist Brad Mehldau, Modern Music (Nonesuch), garnered widespread critical acclaim. The duo premiered several works from the recording at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, and has performed throughout the US and Europe. Hays’s latest project, the New Day Trio, features Hays on piano, Rob Jost on bass and French horn, and Greg Joseph on drums and percussion. The trio’s upcoming recording will be released on Sunnyside Records in early 2015.

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