David Kikoski


Dave Kikoski is an American jazz pianist and keyboardist.

Biography

Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Kikoski learned piano from his father in Milltown, New Jersey, and played with him in bars as a teenager. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in the early 1980s, then moved to New York City in 1985, touring and recording subsequently with Roy Haynes, Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, and Billy Hart. He has also played or recorded with George Garzone, Barry Finnerty, Red Rodney, Craig Handy, Ralph Moore, Didier Lockwood, Joe Locke, Olivier Ker Ourio and Mingus Big Band. Kikoski had a Grammy nomination with Roy Haynes for the "Birds of a Feather" CD.
Kikoski has been a resident of Jersey City, New Jersey.

Discography

with BeatleJazz

with Opus 5

  • Introducing Opus 5
  • Pentasonic
  • Progression
  • Tickle
  • ''Swing On This''

As sideman

With Roy Haynes
With Billy Hart
With others