Debbie Poryes New Jazz Quintet at California Jazz Conservatory

The sophistication and warm emotional power of Debbie Poryes’s music is hard to overstate. Her highly original compositions are influenced by jazz from bebop to post-bop to modern times, as well as by 20th-century classical music and free jazz. Her voicings, melodies and touch are exquisite. Her sense of time and swing are deeply felt, and yet she can also be light hearted. Featuring Kasey Knudsen on alto saxophones, Erik Jekabson on trumpet and flugelhorn, Peter Barshay on bass and Deszon Claiborne on drums. debbieporyes.com

“Poryes is an inventive pianist, taking familiar standards and setting them slightly askew to re-examine them. Poryes’ originals are varied in their moods and effects, serene… powerful… admirable.” – Cadence Magazine...

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The sophistication and warm emotional power of Debbie Poryes’s music is hard to overstate. Her highly original compositions are influenced by jazz from bebop to post-bop to modern times, as well as by 20th-century classical music and free jazz. Her voicings, melodies and touch are exquisite. Her sense of time and swing are deeply felt, and yet she can also be light hearted. Featuring Kasey Knudsen on alto saxophones, Erik Jekabson on trumpet and flugelhorn, Peter Barshay on bass and Deszon Claiborne on drums. debbieporyes.com

“Poryes is an inventive pianist, taking familiar standards and setting them slightly askew to re-examine them. Poryes’ originals are varied in their moods and effects, serene… powerful… admirable.” – Cadence Magazine
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