Ryan Kisor

Ryan Kisor
Born: Apr 12, 1973 in Sioux City, IA
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Genre: Straight-Ahead Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop
Biography: One of the youngest of the so-called Young Lions, Ryan Kisor first gained attention when he won the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz's first trumpet competition in 1990 at age 17. He had earlier studied trumpet with his father, played with a local band when he was ten, and started studying classical ...Read full biography
Awakening
Released: 2003
Label: Criss Cross
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On his first album of all original material, trumpeter Ryan Kisor delivers an atmospheric mix of organ-based post-bop. Calling to mind the work of such late-'60s luminaries as Pat Martino, Freddie Hubbard, ...Read full review
Power Source
Released: 2001
Label: Criss Cross
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Power Source is something of a departure for Ryan Kisor, as it features a piano-less quartet fronted by the leader and tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, with James Genus on bass and Gene Jackson on drums. ...Read full review
More Ryan Kisor albums: Main Albums (14), Compilations (3)
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