Jazz Articles about Kris Tiner

Alex Sadnik: Flight

by Jeff Schwartz
May 8, 2023

What is new to say through Charlie Parker's music? On Flight Alex Sadnik looks for answers with two different bands. On the first side of the LP, his alto fronts a quintet with violin, pedal steel guitar, bass,and drums, but this is not a Bob Wills or Bill Frisell pastiche. The opening track, “Donna Lee," stretches and compresses Parker's speedy contrafact of “Indiana" into a medium waltz. Both Sadnik's alto tone and the metric liberties taken with ...

Tin/Bag: Bridges

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 4, 2011

Il californiano Kris Tiner sarà nome da noi poco noto, ma vanta collaborazioni e registrazioni con grossi calibri come Vinny Golia, Wadada Leo Smith, Leroy Jenkins, Nels Cline ed è attivo in lavori interdisciplinari con danza, teatro, cinema, poesia, arte visiva e quant'altro. Il newyorkese Mike Baggetta è leader di un quartetto che comprende Jason Rigby, Eivind Opsvik e George Schuller, mentre le sue collaborazioni si muovono in un ambito meno sperimentale (Ron McClure, Tom Harrell, Bucky Pizzarelli). Suonano rispettivamente ...

Kris Tiner and Mike Baggetta: There, Just As You Look For It

by Jim Santella
September 24, 2005

Trumpeter Kris Tiner and guitarist Mike Baggetta interpret this set of original compositions with an ear toward meaningful conversation and an eye on balance. Baggetta's light, acoustic guitar spits and spurts with understated emotion, while Tiner's horns express a wide range of feelings. Their musical conversation heats up in places and slows to a crawl elsewhere as the two artists labor to get their intended message just right. Thus, the session lacks spontaneity and relies instead on repetition, sustained space, ...

Kris Tiner and Mike Baggetta: There, Just As You Look For It

by Rex Butters
July 6, 2005

East meets west with this collaboration between California's Kris Tiner and New York's Mike Baggetta. With various trumpets and prepared acoustic guitar, they explore a variety of compositional models while leaving plenty of room for showcasing improvisational prowess. Tiner plays through a spectrum of tones and approaches, well matched by Baggetta's inventive, wiry guitar inventions. Both embrace an aural adventurousness that leads the listener to unforeseeable soundscapes and ear dreams.

The set opens with “The Road to El ...