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Chris Kelsey

Born: June 5, 1961

In the 1990s, soprano saxophonist Chris Kelsey was a fixture on the Downtown New York scene, his fiery yet lissome horn lighting up the neighborhood’s bars and galleries—most notably the Knitting Factory, then the world’s epicenter of experimental music. He also chronicled the scene as a journalist, writing and reviewing for Cadence, Jazziz, JazzTimes, and more. His pen was as fearless as his music.

Then, in the early aughts, Kelsey stepped away.

The cultural aftershocks of 9/11 were a devastating blow to the Downtown scene. Venues like the Knitting Factory wilted and died. Kelsey’s live appearances became rare. By the late 2010s, he had stopped writing about jazz entirely. Many assumed he’d left the music behind.

Old Bread

By Chris Kelsey

Label: Unseen Rain Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Alte brot 2. Gammalt bröd. 3. Oud brood. 4. Pain vieux. 5. Köhnə çörək

Doo Doo Doo Doo (Dee Dee Dah Doo)

By Chris Kelsey

Label: Unseen Rain Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: 1. Doo Doo Doo Doo (Dee Dee Dah Doo). 2. Godzilla in Slippers. 3. Bursting with a Lack of Ideas. 4. Stump. 5. Another One Bites the Wax Tadpole. 6. Last of the Red Hot Pepper Lovers. 7. A Lofty Mojo

A Faulty Wiring

By Chris Kelsey

Label: Unseen Rain Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: 1. My Friend Turkey 2. Tumble Dry 3. The Dreaded Mr. Pudding 4. Geter Punn 5. Drunk Pigeons 6. I Landed On My Head 7. Mobile Armrest Serendipitous Hostel 8. Walk, Don't Take A Train

Bookendless

By Chris Kelsey

Label: Unseen Rain Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. Foolproof and incapable of error 2. I will become childish 3. Incapable of being wrong 4. I know I've made some very poor decisions lately 5. I will become nothing

The Change of the Face of The Century of Jazz To Come

By Chris Kelsey

Label: Unseen Rain Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1. Above and Bebop 2. Charming Revel 3. Know What To Know 4. Lemon Cello 5. Operation School Marm 6. Flydian Schmydian

1 Up 1 Down: Live from Nowhere

By Chris Kelsey

Label: Unseen Rain Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. Alfie's Theme 2. Waltz Frisk 3. India (John Coltrane) 4. Easy Bake Burnt Pie 5. Blessing In Disguise (Sonny Rollins)

Chris Kelsey Quintet

By Chris Kelsey

Label: Unseen Rain Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. Very Good Wrath 2. Nikita's Mizkita 3. Corn Pone 4. Pestimism 5. Cowering Inferno 6. Purple Drizzle 7. Useless Appendage 8. Boomtown for Dimwitz 9. Moochie the Minor 10. Fran's Coy Tune

Stutches

By Chris Kelsey

Label: Unseeen Rain
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. Jelly Snake 2. Walking Trees. 3. Red Feet. 4. A Name Will Come 5. Stutches. 6. Cantolin 7. Breatheover 8. Slaughterville FD Part One 9. Slaughterville FD Part Two

Jazz Quanta January: Chris Kelsey and Tomas R. Einarsson

by C. Michael Bailey
January 6, 2016

There are two jazz traditions represented in Jazz Quant January, the freedom principle of saxophonist Christ Kelsey and cool complexity of Latin jazz by way of Icelander bassist Tomas R. Einarsson. Two traditions transplanted and allowed to flourish. Chris Kelsey Duets | NYC / Woodstock Tzazz Krytyk ...