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Brent Jensen: One More Mile
by John Barron
Idaho-based saxophonist Brent Jensen seems to have found his musical soul-mates in the Pacific Northwest. For One More Mile, the College of Southern Idaho professor teams up with three of Seattle, Washington's finest--pianist Bill Anschell, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop--for an intriguing straight-ahead set of standards and originals. Jensen is a well-rounded improviser who ...
Trios
By Brent Jensen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Beautiful Love, Bemsha Swing, How Deep is the Ocean, Giant Steps, Softly As in a Morning
Sunrise, East of the Sun, Well You Needn't
Brent Jensen: Trios
by Dan McClenaghan
Alto saxophonist Brent Jensen reinterprets seven classic, time-tested standards on Trios; and if the word “standards" makes you think “mainstream," don't be surprised if the sound here incorporates a free and elastic vibe.The Idaho-based reedman--the Director of Jazz Studies and Woodwinds at College of South Idaho in Twin Falls--employs two very different trios on ...
Art of the Groove
By Brent Jensen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Straight from Miles; It Could Happen to You; Art of the Groove; Evan
Brent Jensen/Rob Walker Quintet: Art of the Groove
by Dan McClenaghan
It seems fitting that Art of the Groove came out in mid-May, about a week before the late Miles Davis's birthday. The set spends some time—and spends it well—saluting the late trumpeter, most notably on the opener, with “Straight From Miles." Flugelhornist Rob Walker wrote the tune with phrases from the '58 recording of Davis's take ...
The Brent Jensen/Rob Walker Quintet: Art of the Groove
by Jack Bowers
The Brent Jensen/Rob Walker Quintet opens in a mellow groove and stays there much of the way on this backward- glancing yet quite contemporary album that wouldn’t have been out of place in the bop-based Blue Note / Prestige catalogs of the late ‘50s–early ‘60s. Alto saxophonist Jensen and trumpeter Walker offer an earnest tribute to ...
Stay Cool
By Brent Jensen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Two for Prez; Deep Sleep; 317 E. 32nd Street; Lover Man; Where's It At? I'll
Remember April; Friends Again; Lady Be Good; Broadway
The Brent Jensen/David Sills Quartet: Stay Cool
by Dave Nathan
It's good to see that there are talented jazz artists who are willing to keep the "cool" school alive and well if for no other reason (and there are others) than to memorialize those great artists starting with Lester Young who brought this jazz genre to prominence. Riding on the featherweight, tuneful approach to improvisation and ...
The Sound of a Dry Martini: Remembering Paul Desmond
By Brent Jensen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Wendy; Tangerine; Black Orpheus; Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Take Five; Audrey; Line For Lyons; Body & Soul;
Out of Nowhere; Alice In Wonderland.
