Kris Tiner has been played on NTS in shows including James Massiah, featured first on 12 September 2015. Songs played include Ritual.

Kris Tiner is a trumpet player, composer, and educator active on the West Coast jazz and creative music scene for over 20 years. His playing has been described as “extraordinarily inventive” in Signal to Noise Magazine, “perfectly suited to the moment” in DownBeat, and the LA Weekly states that “trumpeter Kris Tiner can turn barbed wire to beauty.” Tiner’s compositions explore connections between improvisational music traditions and systemic practices, blending jazz roots with multiple streams of contemporary music. His music has been performed…