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Chris Montgomery

Born: August 9

Chris Montgomery, a contemporary jazz guitarist has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious festival stages. Influenced by Pat Metheny, Larry Carlton, Lee  Ritenour, Pat Martino, George Benson, the genius of  Wes Montgomery, and Oscar Peterson, Chris fuses classic jazz with contemporary sensibilities. He is also heavily influenced by classical composers, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Bach, Debussy, Ravel, and Astor Piazzolla.

musical experiences

Guitarist Chris Montgomery has performed internationally, including: the world famous Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, the DuMaurier Jazz Festival, Omni La Costa Resort, the Escondido Performing Arts Center, The California Center for the Arts, Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad. He has worked with such music luminaries as Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Phil Nimmons, Taj Mahal, Eric Marienthal, Willie Murillo, Becky Martin, Wayne Bergeron, Sammy Nestico and Rob McConnell. For many years Chris performed and directed the Coastal Cities Jazz Band and performed and directed the award winning Coastal Communities Concert Band.

Ode To Joe

By David Whitman

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Time Out; Bop This; Home; Ode to Joe; Ness Please; With Love.

David Whitman: Ode To Joe

by Jack Bowers
October 10, 2023

While West Coast drummer David Whitman's Ode to Joe [Henderson] is a rather brief one at less than thirty-three minutes, it is otherwise admirable for what is enclosed within its concise parameters. Whitman leads a well-schooled septet whose makeup is freshened by rotating tenor saxophonists Bob Sheppard and Rob Lockart and guitarists Bruce Forman and Chris ...

City Nights: City Nights

by Ian Patterson
December 12, 2013

Formed in the spring of 2012, the Swedish quartet City Nights may be relatively young but its four members are all well established in jazz and pop circles in Stockholm. The jazz element in the band is provided by electric guitarist Andreas Hourdakis--of drummer Magnus Ostrom's band--and trumpeter/keyboard player Nils Janson, whose measured melodic lines contrast ...

Swing - Live at Nefertiti

By Chris Montgomery

Label: PureMusic Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Solokvist - 8:19; 2. Mazurka - 6:49; 3. Gemüse - 7:10; 4. 414 - 9:43; 5. Vi på Åsen - 9:33; 6. Ped-balladen - 5:14. Tutte le composizioni sono di Mikael Godée.

Corpo: Swing - Live at Nefertiti

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 9, 2009

Attivo da quindici anni e con diversi dischi alle spalle, Corpo è un quintetto creato del cinquantaduenne sassofonista svedese Mikael Godée, che in questo lavoro - registrato dal vivo dalla radio svedese al Nefertiti di Göteborg - è autore di tutti i brani. La registrazione presenta atmosfere piuttosto diverse, con influenze quasi downtown ("Soloqvist"), momenti prossimi ...