KRIS TINER is a California-based trumpet player, composer, and improviser. Featured on NPR Music as one of five new trumpet voices impacting modern music, he has been described as “extraordinarily inventive” (Signal to Noise), and “a really compelling voice” (Cadence Magazine). Incorporating ideas from various fields of psychological and transpersonal inquiry, Tiner’s compositions explore connections between improvisational world music traditions and systemic compositional practices, blending deep jazz roots with references to many diverse streams of contemporary and experimental music. Tiner’s music has been performed on five continents, his 40+ CD recordings have been enthusiastically reviewed in the international jazz press, and he has been recognized with awards from ASCAP, the American Composers Forum, Chamber Music America, IAJE, and the John F. Kennedy Center. Tiner collaborates with New York guitarist Mike Baggetta in the duo Tin/Bag, and is a regular member of the Industrial Jazz Group. He has also collaborated with Vinny Golia, Wadada Leo Smith, Leroy Jenkins, Donald Robinson, Gerry Hemingway, Nels Cline, Kraig Grady, Tatsuya Nakatani, Ken Filiano, Jeff Kaiser, Taylor Ho Bynum, G.E. Stinson, Chris Schlarb, Motoko Honda, Harris Eisenstadt, Phillip Greenlief, and Lukas Ligeti. He holds an MFA in African-American Improvisational Music from California Institute of the Arts and a BA in Music from CSU Bakersfield. Tiner has lectured on both music and visual art, and currently directs the jazz program and teaches courses in jazz and American popular music at Bakersfield College.