David Kikoski

David Kikoski, July 2001

Dave Kikoski (b. September 29, 1961, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an exceptional 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. Dave 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.

Discography

As leader

• Presage (Freelance Records, 1989)
• Persistent Dreams (Triloka Records, 1991)
• Dave Kikoski (Epicure Records, 1994)
• Inner Trust (Criss Cross Jazz, 1998)
• Maze (Criss Cross, 1999)
• Almost Twilight (Criss Cross, 2000)
• Surf's Up (Criss Cross, 2001)
• Comfortable Strange (DIW Records, 2002)
• The Five (DIW, 2002)
• Combinations (Criss Cross, 2002)
• Details (Criss Cross, 2004)
• Lighter Way (Apria Records, 2006)
• Limits (Criss Cross, 2006)
• Mostly Standards (Criss Cross, 2009)
• Live At Smalls (Smalls Live, 2010)

As a sideman

• Pe De Boi: Power Samba Band (Arkadia Jazz, 1998)

References

• Mark Gilbert, "Dave Kikoski". Grove Jazz online.
• Discography at Allmusic

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