Bio

Pianist, accordionist and keyboardist Tyson Naylor hails from Vancouver, Canada, a city where he had already established himself as one of Canada’s more interesting and able young musical talents, equally at home on accordion, organ or piano. Naylor’s playing as a sideman can be heard on a number of fine albums, spanning genres from Improvised Jazz to Folk and Rock. Due to his versatility and musical sensitivity he has quickly become one of the most highly sought after keyboardists in Canada.

Naylor has made numerous appearances at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, with artists such as Tony Wilson, Bruce Freedman, Dan Gaucher and folk-country group Headwater. He’s toured throughout Canada, the northern U.S., Germany and Poland. He has played with artists such as Tobias Delius, François Houle, Joe Williamson, Keith Lowe, Jesse Zubot, indie-pop band Mother Mother, Ndidi Onokwulu, steel guitarist/producer Steve Dawson and Kurt Rosenwinkel.

For his new Berlin-based trio project, Naylor has created a mini “Commonwealth” trio with Steve Heather (Australia) on drums, and Miles Perkin (Canada) on bass. Although they are never entirely sure what the end result will be, the three play dynamically and with purpose, flowing in and out of composed and wholly improvised sections with an ease that makes the listener wonder which sections were composed, and which simply materialized.