World of Jazz 504

Pianist, composer, and educator Frank Kimbrough was a revered presence on the New York jazz scene for nearly 35 years prior to his untimely death in December 2020. He appeared on more than 20 albums as a leader or co-leader, and 70 more as a sideman. He won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition in 1985. His work as a pianist and composer received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Foundation, and Chamber Music America’s Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project. His album Quartet was released in 2014. Kimbrough was a founding member and composer-in-residence of the Jazz Composers Collective (1992–2005). He toured and recorded with the Maria Schneider Orchestra from 1993 until his passing, and appeared on her triple Grammy-winning album Winter Morning Walks with Dawn Upshaw and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and on her collaboration with David Bowie as well as her acclaimed album The Thompson Fields. Kimbrough also worked with jazz legends Dewey Redman, Paul Motian, Paul Bley, and Lee Konitz.

This show celebrates his life and work. Due out August 12, 2022 with LPs following, a new collection "Frank Kimbrough 2003-2006" brings together 2003’s Lullabluebye, featuring longtime collaborators Ben Allison (bass) and Matt Wilson (drums); and the 2005 follow-up, Play, boasting a new trio with the then relatively unknown bassist Masa Kamaguchi alongside legendary drummer Paul Motian. Both have been newly mixed and remastered. As well as featuring music from that release there are selections from across his career and from artists who influenced him.