Results for "Chris Pitts"

Sean Imboden Large Ensemble: Communal Heart

by Jack Bowers
June 17, 2026

Communal Heart is the first album by saxophonist and composer Sean Imboden's superb Indiana-based Large Ensemble, recorded about a year before his second recording, Uncharted Realms (Self Produced, 2026). As before, all the compositions and arrangements are Imboden's, while the personnel in the eighteen-member orchestra remains virtually intact. If there is a difference between ...

Christopher Bonnier Pitts

Born: November 14

Steeped in Post Bop and Blues, Detroit saxophonist Chris Pitts made Manhattan, San Francisco and Paris his homes before moving to Boston. His bands have always featured energetic rhythm sections and adventurous music.

He has performed at major jazz festivals and clubs in North America and Europe and played with jazz notables; Thad Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Jon Fadis, Regina Carter, James Carter, Betty Carter, Bob Hurst, Kenny Garrett, Roy Brooks, Ralph Armstrong, Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, Danny Spencer, Rick Margitza, Kim Nalley, Eula Lawrence, John Handy, Eddie Marshall, Madeline Eastman, Kitty Margolis, Bruce Forman,  Mike Clark, Tim Hagans, J.C. Heard, Grover Washington Jr., Lyman Woodard, Ronnie Cuber, Steve Slagel, Yuron Israel, Charles Boles, Sam Sanders, Jaribu Shahid, Ralph Peterson, Alexei Tsiganov, John Lockwood, Wes Wirth, Kenwood Denard, and Warren Gale. He also opened for Ornette Coleman and Art Blakey.

42 - Adult Music

By Christopher Bonnier Pitts

Label: Jazznation Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: I Want You Baby: Morning Star:Old School: To Yusef Lateef With Love:One Fish, Two Fish:Smiling Eyes:Redwood Foreigner:Rudy:42:Whoville:Paul's Rondo Beach Party:

Trench Heroes - Contemporary Jazz Orchestra

By Christopher Bonnier Pitts

Label: Jazznation Records
Released: 1997
Track listing: Slop: Buddy T: Going to Chicago: City Lights: Dissapproachment: Self Help is Needed: Body and Soul: These Times:

Live at Pearl's - Contemporary Jazz Orchestra

By Christopher Bonnier Pitts

Label: JazzNation
Released: 1996
Track listing: Tomorrow's Blues Today: Invitation: Angel Eyes: Dolphin Dance: Night in Tunisia: Basic-ally Yours