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Kris Bowers
Heroes + Misfits

Album US 2014 on Concord Jazz label
Jazz

Twenty-four-year-old pianist Kris Bowers has grown up in an era of highly accelerated technological advancement. Digital technology has afforded him and his contemporaries access to unprecedented levels of information and communication channels. In many respects, his generation is more powerful than any that has come before it. Bowers’ awareness of this power and potential is at the heart of Heroes + Misfits, an ambitious debut album that positions him at the forefront of a talented sextet and showcases a musical and compositional style that – while clearly rooted in the jazz tradition – is also reflective of an eclectic musical age. The sense of creative eclecticism and diversity woven into Heroes + Misfits is characteristic of a generation that has been exposed to more information than any other generation in history, says Bowers, winner of the annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition at the end of 2011. While the sheer volume of information can be potentially overwhelming, it can also be empowering when channeled properly.

Musicians

	Kris Bowers ep, p, syn, *1989 US piano, producer, synthesizer, album by
	Casey Benjamin sax, as, *1978 US alto saxophone
	Jamire Williams dr, drums
	Burniss Earl Travis II b, US electric bass
	Adam Agati g, US guitar
	Kenneth Whalum sax, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
	Chris Turner voc, US vocals
	Julia Easterlin voc, US vocals
	José James voc, *1978 US vocals

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