Music like Kris Davis

Kris Davis(born 1980) is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

Davis was born in Vancouver in 1980 and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. She studied classical piano from the age of six and discovered jazz while a high school student. She transcribed performances by pianists Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. She later reported that, "By the eighth grade I knew I wanted to be a jazz musician." She later majored in jazz piano at the University of Toronto.

Davis moved to New York in 2001. Her piano style changed after her first album,Lifespan– "I decided not to play chords anymore, just to play lines". She later obtained a classical composition degree from the City College of New York.