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Bobby Avey

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Praised by the New Yorker magazine as, “A young pianist of invention and refinement,” Bobby Avey has established himself as an emerging star in the jazz community.  In 2011, he won the esteemed Thelonious Monk Competition for composition.  This award followed his 2010 debut record as a leader, A New Face, lauded by the NY Times as “A promising debut.”

In 2005, while a student at the Purchase Conservatory of Music, he was invited by NEA Jazz Master David Liebman to adapt and arrange art songs from the Classical and Romantic eras for reinterpretation, creating a vehicle for improvisation. The project, which culminated with the album Vienna Dialogues, was released in 2006 on ZOHO to rave reviews.

In 2011, Avey received the New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development grant from Chamber music America.  The grant enabled Avey to travel to Haiti to record a Vodou Ceremony in the small village of Soukri and then create an hour-long suite grounded in rhythms found in Haitian Vodou drumming.  The suite, entitled Authority Melts From Me, pays homage to the Haitian Revolution and was premiered and recorded in November 2012.  Authority Melts From Me features Avey, Miguel Zenón, Ben Monder, Thomson Kneeland, and Jordan Perlson.

Avey’s debut solo piano album, Be Not So Long To Speak, on Minsi Ridge Records has been deemed a “record of mystery, patience, imagination and clear design,” by the New York Times.  The project features originals, improvisations, as well as renditions of Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust and Quincy Jones’ P.Y.T.

Avey recently joined the David Liebman group, “Expansions”.  He is a past Yamaha Young Performing Artist on piano and graduated from Purchase Conservatory of Music summa cum laude in 2007.

To Book Bobby Avey contact bookings@minsiridgerecords.com

For more info visit http://www.bobbyavey.com/

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