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Christine Jensen: Infinitude
by Roger Farbey
On paper and with this line-up you might be forgiven for regarding this as a new version of the Brecker Brothers with the two West Canadian Ingrid Jensen and Montreal-based sister Christine taking the roles respectively of Randy Brecker and the sorely missed Michael. But this would be a mistake. The Jensens have carved out their own distinct sound and having worked in big band and smaller ensembles with such luminaries as Clark Terry, Maria Schneider and Terri Lyne Carrington, ...
Continue ReadingChristine Jensen, Maggi Olin: Transatlantic Conversations: 11 Piece Band Live
by Angelo Leonardi
La sassofonista Christine Jensen, sorella della nota trombettista Ingrid, condivide con la pianista svedese Maggi Olin la guida di questo progetto orchestrale comprendente dieci strumentisti, più la cantante Sofie Norling. La registrazione è stata effettuata live al Palladiun di Malmö, in Svezia nel dicembre 2013 ed è uscita tardivamente alla fine dello scorso anno. Il disco è un'ulteriore testimonianza del nuovo interesse orchestrale nel jazz di questi anni. Maggi e Christine sono alla prima esperienza come bandleader ma il loro ...
Continue ReadingChristine Jensen/Maggi Olin: Transatlantic Conversations: 11 Piece Band Live
by Hrayr Attarian
The engaging and inventive Transatlantic Conversations: 11 Piece Band is the result of a remarkable collaboration between Swedish pianist Maggie Olin and Canadian saxophonist Christine Jensen. What is exceptional about this Olin/Jensen pairing is the complementary nature of their singular musical visions. This is reflected in shared thematic structure and the creative spirit of the originals each woman has penned without either one losing her stylistic distinctiveness. The Elingtonian “Orange" is one of the five Olin compositions on ...
Continue ReadingChristine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Habitat
by John Kelman
It may have been the title of her last album--Treelines, Christine Jensen's first large ensemble recording--but there was no song of that name on the 2010 Justin Time release. Instead, it's the lead-off to Habitat, Jensen's second album with her Jazz Orchestra, a commissioned work for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jazz Orchestra, its director, Dr. Paul Haar, looking for the Canadian saxophonist/composer to continue the strong work begun on Treelines. And why not? Treelines may have been the Montreal, Canada-based ...
Continue ReadingChristine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Habitat
by Jack Bowers
Christine Jensen is one of the new breed of composer / arrangers who write for large ensembles on a grand scale, favoring themes that paint well-drawn pictures and tell evocative stories, most of which are based on personal experiences or particular sights or sounds that have lingered in their mind and led them to put pen to paper (metaphorically speaking, of course, as most musicians these days use computers like the rest of us). Jensen, a Canadian, ...
Continue ReadingChristine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Habitat
by Dan Bilawsky
The blurry photo that adorns the cover of Habitat is completely at odds with what awaits inside the package: Some of the most incredibly focused and finely wrought large ensemble music to emerge in recent memory. Canadian saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen won plenty of fans with the her last jazz orchestra album--Treelines (Justin Time Records, 2011)--but this one puts her in an entirely different category. With Habitat, Jensen joins the ranks of the large ensemble elite.
Continue ReadingChristine Jensen: Impressionism
by George Colligan
[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I was first exposed to alto saxophonist Christine Jensen through working with her trumpet playing sister Ingrid Jensen. We played some of her music, which really struck me as direct, mature, grounded and highly creative. Later on I got to meet her; unfortunately, we have not played together much (except for maybe one or two jam sessions years ago). I hope that will be rectified ...
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