Praised by the New Yorker magazine as, “A young pianist of invention and refinement,” Bobby Avey has established himself as an emerging star on the international jazz scene.

Having won the highly esteemed the Thelonious Monk Competition in 2011, for composition, he has gone from strength to strength.

A solo piano album entitled Be Not So Long To Speak, came out in April 2013. Ben Ratliff of the New York Times deemed it “A record of mystery, patience, imagination and clear design. Keep an eye on this guy.” A trio album followed and has led to this unique project and a line-up of current “Most Wanted” players stateside.

Indeed Puerto Rican; Miguel Zenon apart from gracing the bands of Kenny Werner, the stunning pianist Danilo Perez and Jeff Ballards group; is also on the front cover of Downbeat magazine in the USA for the month of December, and has a 5-page spread inside!:

Bobby Avey is a current member of David Liebman’s ‘Expansions’ and the Dave Douglas Quintet.

He is a past Yamaha Young Performing Artist on piano and graduated from Purchase Conservatory of Music, Summa Cum Laude 2007.

Also in 2011 Avey received the New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development grant from Chamber Music America. The grant enabled Avey to travel to Haiti to record a Voodoo (Vodou in Haiti) Ceremony in the small village of Soukri and then create an hour-long suite grounded in rhythms found in Haitian Voodoo drumming. The suite, entitled Authority Melts From Me, pays homage to the Haitian Revolution and is his debut for Whirlwind Recordings.