Kris Bowers On 'Piano Jazz: Rising Stars'
![Kris Bowers opens this session with a soulful, prepared-piano version of Juan Tizol's "Caravan": "It's important to remember that [the piano] is a percussive instrument."](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/01/20/kris-bowers-color_wide.jpg?t=1328647948&s=4 "Kris Bowers opens this session with a soulful, prepared-piano version of Juan Tizol's \"Caravan\": \"It's important to remember that [the piano] is a percussive instrument.\"")
Kris Bowers opens this session with a soulful, prepared-piano version of Juan Tizol's "Caravan": "It's important to remember that [the piano] is a percussive instrument."
![Kris Bowers opens this session with a soulful, prepared-piano version of Juan Tizol's "Caravan": "It's important to remember that [the piano] is a percussive instrument."](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/01/20/kris-bowers-color_wide.jpg?t=1328647948&s=51 "Kris Bowers opens this session with a soulful, prepared-piano version of Juan Tizol's \"Caravan\": \"It's important to remember that [the piano] is a percussive instrument.\"")
Kris Bowers opens this session with a soulful, prepared-piano version of Juan Tizol's "Caravan": "It's important to remember that [the piano] is a percussive instrument."
Kris Bowers began his classical piano studies as a toddler in Los Angeles. In 2011, more than a few years later, he walked away with the top honor at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition — a major career boost for the Juilliard student. From prepared piano to quiet ballads, he keeps a wide sonic palette in orbit at the Piano Jazz studios throughout this set of tunes.
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