“There’s always a sense that Pierce’s art is right on time.”

-Ron Miles

b. Denver, co

Voice, Electric guitar

Performer, songwriter

Born to a musical family, Pierce was raised by song as much as anything else.

Constantly creative, he spent his youth learning illustration and graphic design (two things he continues to pursue professionally) before picking up the guitar in his early teens. Initially fascinated by composition like his grandfather, he devoured all the elements of songwriting: lyrics, chord voicings, scales, rhythms. He eventually dove into jazz where he found an exhilarating depth of emotion and intellect.

Pierce studied jazz guitar at Metropolitan State University of Denver with Ron Miles and Dave Devine, and jazz voice at the University of Denver with Donna Wickham. He learned music production, working as the lead sound engineer for Denver’s most prestigious jazz club, Dazzle Jazz, and also working on dozens of recordings.

In addition to many local and regional gigs in everything from tiny cocktail lounges to five thousand seat amphitheaters, Pierce embarked on a two-week tour of Japan in 2017 in support of his album Rainichi / To Japan. He has played clubs in Paris, France and Chania, Greece, with more dates and locales on the way.

Pierce’s style is rooted in the instruments that make him up: his casual baritone and his electric guitar. These give his jazz a thick layer of blues and soul, never shying from the gritty charm of a cooking amplifier or a sly turn of phrase not sung but spoken.

As Ron Miles once said, there is always a sense that Pierce’s art is right on time; a product and principle of the creativity that surrounds him.

DISCOGRAPHY

2017

Spring | Rock, Jazz, Electronic

Feat. Kari Clifton, Rhianna Fairchild, Jake Wherry, Dan Gomby

来日 / TO JAPAN

2018

Summer | Jazz, Soul, Blues

This isn’t magic it is just music

2019

Summer | Jazz, Soul

Feat. Brendan O’Donoghue, Collin Sitgreaves

LIVE AT MIDDLEMAN

Winter | Jazz, Soul, Blues

This Dirty Living Is Here To Stay 

2020

Summer | Pop, RnB, Jazz

Feat. Dan Gomby

Ellada

2021

Spring | Jazz, Soul, Blues

Through The Olive Branches

2022

Spring | Jazz, Pop, Soul

The Joke Isn’t Funny But It Goes Like This