Chris Clark is a Brooklyn-based saxophonist, composer, and instructor. Equally comfortable performing in a wide variety of settings ranging from straight-ahead and modern jazz to free improvisation and pop/contemporary styles, he has established himself as a versatile and unique player within the realm of creative music. His debut album, Cedar Wisely, was released in March of 2013 on Vancouver-based label Songlines Recordings, alongside albums from notable jazz artists such as Bill Frisell, Dave Douglas, James Carney, and Tony Malaby. Chris has performed extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Reno/Lake Tahoe area with his own ensembles and as a sideman, and since relocating to the East Coast has quickly begun to build a presence in the Boston and NYC music scenes. Also an experienced educator, Chris has directed large and small jazz ensembles at the university level, in addition to coaching high-school ensembles and maintaining a private teaching studio for the past six years. Chris earned his B.M. in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon and his M.M. in Jazz & Improvisational Music from the University of Nevada, Reno.
This quintet was assembled for the recording of this album by young saxophonist Chris Clark, incorporating the talents of veteran saxophonist Peter Epstein who is also the department head for the University of Nevada, Reno where Clark also studied. With his debut effort as a leader, Clark enacts a concentrated focus on the compositional aspects, and largely executes a bottom-up mode of operations, instilled with mood-evoking themes, spanning multiple musical influences. The bulk of the program is based on probing ...
James Rozzi of Jazziz:
'Cedar Wisely is sensitive, evocative and ultimately successful music, requiring multiple listens to fully appreciate this quintet’s vision.'
Luca Casarotti of All About Jazz -Italy:
'...expresses an artistic personality, that of a leader, already mature and fully aware...it is rare to come across debut works so marked by such clarity of expression.'
Philip Ballyk of Expedition Audio:
'...certainly a treasure, one I’ll have readied on my shelf.'
Glenn Astarita of All About Jazz:
'...Clark parlays a great deal of promise throughout this ardent engagement, perhaps signaling that the best is yet to come.'
James Rozzi of Jazziz:
'Cedar Wisely is sensitive, evocative and ultimately successful music, requiring multiple listens to fully appreciate this quintet’s vision.'
Luca Casarotti of All About Jazz -Italy:
'...expresses an artistic personality, that of a leader, already mature and fully aware...it is rare to come across debut works so marked by such clarity of expression.'
Philip Ballyk of Expedition Audio:
'...certainly a treasure, one I’ll have readied on my shelf.'
Glenn Astarita of All About Jazz:
'...Clark parlays a great deal of promise throughout this ardent engagement, perhaps signaling that the best is yet to come.'
Grego Applegate Edwards of Gapplegate Music Review:
'Cedar Wisely satisfies. It does not get overtly in-your-face as much as it gives smart and inventive expression to the musical thoughts of the participants...Not the sound of surprise as much as the sound of humanity speaking freely and eloquently. That's what Clark and company are doing.'
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