PIANO MASTERS: TAYLOR EIGSTI TRIO

  “He’s the most amazing talent I’ve ever come across. Remember him.” --Jazz icon Dave Brubeck, talking about Taylor Eigsti, a two-time Grammy nominee and jazz prodigy.

Growing up in Menlo Park, California, Eigsti started playing piano at an early age, and was quickly labeled a child prodigy. He began his stage career at age 8 opening for his friend and piano mentor, David Benoit, and at age 12, Eigsti shared the stage with Diane Schuur and also opened for Diana Krall and Al Jarreau. In subsequent years, he had the opportunity to record and/or perform with such jazz stars as Dave Brubeck, Bobby Hutcherson, James Moody, Ernestine Anderson, Kevin Mahogany, Patti Austin and Red Hollaway, among others, which established him nationally—and internationally—for his imaginative improvisation and electrifying rhythmic sensibility. Eigsti has been featured on Marian McPartland´s NPR Piano Jazz series twice, once in the studio and again at the 2005 Tanglewood Jazz Festival. DownBeat has described Eigsti as "a jazz piano whirlwind with a light touch, a fluid sense of improvisation and a gift for wrapping his creative flights in solid melodies."

Eigsti says that his intent for his latest album, Let It Come to You, is to express that "the best things in life—and also the worst things—often come unexpectedly, without any prior knowledge or control over the outcome."

"Realistically, the only thing we have control of in our lives is our own sense of self and our personal happiness. I understand now that true happiness occurs when we let the world around us take the shape that it is naturally supposed to take, and when we are fully immersed in the present moment. In my opinion, life is a ´fallback plan´ for whatever else we were planning."

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