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Kristopher Bowers (born April 5, 1989) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer. ==Life and career== Bowers was born in Los Angeles〔Collar, Matt ("Kris Bowers" ). AllMusic. Retrieved February 4, 2015.〕 on April 5, 1989. His father is a film and television writer, and his mother is a television executive.〔Thomas, Greg (January 26, 2012) ("Still a Juilliard Jazz Student, Kris Bowers Plays Award-Winning Monk with Knowing, Modern Edge" ). ''New York Daily News''.〕 They wanted their son to play the piano, so played recordings of pianists when he was still in the womb, and sent him to lessons from the age of 4.〔 He had private classical music lessons from around the age of 9.〔 He initially listened to "classic soul records and hip-hop before falling under the spell of jazz, classical music, and film scores."〔 At Los Angeles County High School for the Arts he studied jazz and classical piano,〔 including being taught by Mulgrew Miller and Donald Vega,〔Murph, John (March 25, 2014) ("Kris Bowers: New Power Generation" ). ''JazzTimes''.〕 and also studied jazz at Colburn School for Performing Arts.〔Beener, Angelika ("On the Rise: A Conversation with Kris Bowers" ). nextbop.com. Retrieved February 4, 2015.〕 He graduated in 2006,〔 and then attended Juilliard, and obtained a bachelor's and master's degree in jazz performance there.〔 While a student, he had frequent gigs in New York.〔 Bowers was the winner of the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.〔 In the same year, he played on ''Watch the Throne'', a Jay Z and Kanye West album.〔 Bowers toured with Marcus Miller for the whole of 2012.〔 Bowers recorded ''Heroes + Misfits'' late in 2014, and the album was released by Concord Records in 2014.〔Collar, Matt ("Kris Bowers – Heroes + Misfits" ). AllMusic. Retrieved February 4, 2015.〕 An AllMusic reviewer commented that the pianist was "Based in jazz but with an ear for contemporary R&B, film scores, and electronic music".〔 In 2014, Bowers performed at the International Jazz Day Concert in Japan,〔Murph, John (July 2014) "All-Star Lineup Raises the Stakes at International Jazz Day Concert". ''Down Beat''. p.14.〕 the Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain,〔"Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz". (May 2014) ''Down Beat''. p. 135.〕 and at the London Jazz Festival.〔de Lacey, Alex (November 27, 2014) ("Kris Bowers at XOYO, London – EFG London Jazz Festival" ). Jazzwise Magazine.〕 Bowers is also interested in composing, including film scores.〔 He wrote the music for the documentaries ''Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me'', and ''Seeds of Time''.〔DeFore, John (March 25, 2014) ("Seeds of Time: SXSW Review" ). The Hollywood Reporter.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kris Bowers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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