Name David Kikoski Role Jazz Pianist | Music group Mingus Big Band | |
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Albums Mostly Standards, Live In Italy, Way Out Willy, ¡Que Viva Mingus!, The Essential Mingus Bi Profiles | ||
Education Berklee College of Music | ||
David kikoski trio taormina jazz festival 2012
Dave Kikoski (born September 29, 1961) is an American jazz pianist and keyboardist.
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- David kikoski trio taormina jazz festival 2012
- David Kikoski Seven Steps to Heaven
- As leader
- As a sideman
- As co leader
- References
Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Kikoski learned piano from his father and played with him in bars as a teenager. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in the early 1980s, then moved to New York City in 1985, touring and recording subsequently with Roy Haynes (from 1986), Randy Brecker (1986–88), Bob Berg (1988), and Billy Hart (1989). He has also played or recorded with George Garzone, Barry Finnerty, Red Rodney, Craig Handy, Ralph Moore, Didier Lockwood, Joe Locke, Olivier Ker Ourio and Mingus Big Band. Kikoski won a 2011 Grammy Award with the Mingus Big Band for the Best Live Jazz Ensemble Album, "Live at the Jazz Standard". He also had a Grammy nomination with Roy Haynes for the "Birds of a Feather" CD.
Kikoski has been a resident of Jersey City, New Jersey.
David Kikoski - Seven Steps to Heaven
As leader
As a sideman
With Roy Haynes
With Pe De Boi
With Billy Hart
With Toninho Horta:
As co-leader
with Opus 5