David Kikoski
2024 Jazz Heritage - Airmen of Note
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center
4915 E Campus Dr
Alexandria, VA 22311
Apr 11, 2024
7:30 PM EDT
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The United States Air Force Band's Airmen of Note is thrilled to close out the 2024 Jazz Heritage Season with pianist and jazz luminary, David Kikoski.
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David Kikoski Biography
Dave Kikoski (born September 29, 1961, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an American jazz pianist and keyboardist.
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. He has played on over 100 records, including 16 under his own name.
Read MoreKikoski 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. He has played on over 100 records, including 16 under his own name.
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