Kevin Hays

An award-winning pianist, Kevin Hays is an internationally recognized performer with a sound steeped in the post-bop and modern jazz tradition. An in-demand sideman and bandleader since his emergence in New York in the late 1980s, Hays has played with a bevy of acclaimed artists, including Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Sonny Rollins, and others. As a leader, he has issued his own sophisticated trio and sextet dates, including 1995's Go Round, 2003's Fear of Roaming, and 2016's North. In 2018 he was also a member of Steve Gadd's Grammy-winning ensemble. Born i...