{"title":"Kevin Hays","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"kevin-hays-ben-street-billy-hart-all-things-are-cd","title":"Kevin Hays, Ben Street \u0026 Billy Hart - All Things Are CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1632015808\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haysstreethart.bandcamp.com\/album\/all-things-are\"\u003eAll Things Are by Kevin Hays, Ben Street \u0026amp; Billy Hart\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“You can tell the heat of the trio by the laughter boiling over. Not in all cases, admittedly, but for this session, the exhortations and chuckles, picked up by the mic, drive drummer Billy Hart, bassist Ben Street, and pianist Kevin Hays—with a gentle nudge here, a harder shove there—to greater pleasures, in greater complexities, even as they start in simplicity…I grow weary and numb and even cynical watching the news, feeling the grind through my bones; then I hear this, and our race seems worth saving.\u003cbr\u003e\n— Andrew Hamlin, JazzTimes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“As the swing unfolds on the title track (Hays’ contrafact on guess-which-standard), the three musicians seem to bond at the molecular level. They engage in constant conversation throughout their solos, with the pianist responding in particular to cues from the drummer, while Street threads the needle with aplomb. Elsewhere, one struggles to say who’s leading whom.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Michael J. West, Downbeat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhen pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street and drummer Billy Hart, three of the most admired and respected musicians in jazz, assembled on one of the darkest, coldest nights of at the end of a difficult year of despair, they were merely together to perform for Smoke Jazz Club’s livestreaming concert series in celebration of Billy’s 80th birthday. What happened next was music of such illumination and joy, that it was quickly decided that the music should be preserved and shared as a recording. ALL THINGS ARE is the result of those performances, capturing these three artists in peak form and reveling in the simple pleasure of making music together after so few opportunities in almost a year. Their record wasn’t planned in advance, but sometimes less planning leads to exceptional results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThat these jazz all-stars from different generations, convening for the first time as a unit, achieved this sublime recital in an empty room, after a single rehearsal, is remarkable. That they were able to coalesce so fruitfully in this environment stems not only from their rarefied musicianship, but also mutual trust built on long-standing relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHays explains, “This is the way I like to play. As someone who loves improvisation, I do my best to not repeat myself. I like the unplanned and I tend not to be directive – these musicians already have a direction, which tends to be open. This isn’t a free trio; we’re not playing free jazz. But we’re playing with the tabula rasa spirit, with as little as possible figured out other than the bare bones.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased June 4, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eKevin Hays – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nBen Street – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nBilly Hart – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded December 4 \u0026amp; 5, 2020\u003cbr\u003e\nat SMOKE, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded \u0026amp; Mixed by Paul Stache,\u003cbr\u003e\nTyler McDiarmid \u0026amp; Edwin Huet\u003cbr\u003e\nMastered by Christopher Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nProduction Support by Jason Fifield\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by John Rogers \u0026amp; Jon Birdseye\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAll compositions by Kevin Hays (Nivek Yash Music\/BMI)\u003cbr\u003e\nexcept “For Heaven’s Sake” by Sherman Edwards,\u003cbr\u003e\nDonald Meyer \u0026amp; Elise Bretton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eKevin Hays is a Steinway Artist\u003cbr\u003e\nBilly Hart is a Zildjian Artist and Pearl Drumset Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Paul Stache \u0026amp; Molly Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382100570494,"sku":"SSR-2102-CD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-2102-CD.jpg?v=1760095082"},{"product_id":"kevin-hays-ben-street-billy-hart-bridges-cd","title":"Kevin Hays, Ben Street \u0026 Billy Hart - Bridges CD","description":"\u003cp\u003ePianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Billy Hart reunite for a second, scintillating trio date Bridges, featuring compositions by Hays and Hart with classics by Wayne Shorter, Bill Frisell, The Beatles, and Milton Nascimento\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHays Street Hart, the trio of pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street, and legendary drummer Billy Hart, recorded their acclaimed 2021 debut, All Things Are, under less-than-optimal conditions. The album began life as a performance in honor of Hart’s 80th birthday in December 2020, live streamed from an empty Smoke Jazz Club in the final weeks of that grueling pandemic year. Despite those adversities, the music they created that night was spectacular enough that it had to be released.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few years later, they reconvened in the studio, to record the captivating, Bridges, which brilliantly spotlights the unique chemistry and shared spirit of exploration that emerged fully formed on that initial impromptu session. The title succinctly hints at some of the reasons why Hays, Street, and Hart work so well together: This is a trio that bridges generations, certainly, as well as a wealth of diverse experience and inspiration. But it also sums up a mutual desire to bring people together through music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBridges was recorded after a weeks-long European tour performing this repertoire. Perhaps what’s most remarkable about the album is not that Hays, Street, and Hart play so masterfully together – with three artists of their caliber, who could expect any less? – but that this second outing maintains the bold spirit of inquisitiveness and spontaneity that its predecessor naturally possessed. Credit that to a trio perpetually determined to discover new bridges worth building.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382112170366,"sku":"SSR-2307-CD","price":11.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/Hays-Street-Hart-BRIDGES-Cover-3000px-1-scaled.jpg?v=1760095343"},{"product_id":"kevin-hays-ben-street-billy-hart-bridges-lp","title":"Kevin Hays, Ben Street \u0026 Billy Hart - Bridges LP","description":"\u003cp\u003ePianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Billy Hart reunite for a second, scintillating trio date Bridges, featuring compositions by Hays and Hart with classics by Wayne Shorter, Bill Frisell, The Beatles, and Milton Nascimento\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHays Street Hart, the trio of pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street, and legendary drummer Billy Hart, recorded their acclaimed 2021 debut, All Things Are, under less-than-optimal conditions. 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