Jazz Articles about Chris Gestrin / Ben Monder / Dylan van der Schyff

Chris Gestrin / Ben Monder / Dylan van der Schyff: The Distance

by Troy Collins
February 10, 2006

Tony Reif, the head of Songlines, conspired with Vancouver International Jazz Festival promoter Ken Pickering to organize a concert featuring invited guest guitarist Ben Monder playing in an improvised trio format with the established duo of percussionist Dylan van der Schyff and pianist Chris Gestrin. Van der Schyff and Gestrin have a history of playing together, but Monder was new to their musical axis. The concert was recorded and two trio improvisations from a rehearsal later that day were added ...

Chris Gestrin / Ben Monder / Dylan van der Schyff: The Distance

by John Kelman
January 11, 2006

Creative jazz festival promoters have the unique opportunity to bring together artists who have never worked together but share common ground. Such collaborations are inherently risky; still, this type of gamble can sometimes yield a festival's most memorable moments. While Canadian pianist Chris Gestrin and percussionist Dylan van der Schyff had worked together on Gestrin's Stillpoint (Songlines, 2002) and Trio (Maximum Jazz, 2003), neither had worked previously with Ben Monder.

Monder, based in New York, has emerged over the past ...