Results for "Chris Symer"

Chris Symer

More Sounds of a Dry Martini

By Brent Jensen

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Take Ten; Desmond Blue; Look for the Silver Lining; These Foolish Things; Alone Together; Three to Get Ready; Bossa Antigua; Autumn Leaves; Just Squeeze Me.

Jazz Standards Volume 2: Then Again

Label: Nefertiti Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Yours Is My Heart Alone; Like Someone In Love; I Thought About You; On The Street Where You Live; Milestones (original version); Body And Soul; How Am I To Know; Darn That Dream; I Love You; It Could Happen To You; Monk's Mood; San Francisco Holiday(Worry Later)

Brent Jensen: More Sounds of a Dry Martini

by Jack Bowers
May 27, 2021

Two decades have passed since alto saxophonist Brent Jensen recorded his debut album for Origin Records, Sounds of a Dry Martini: A Tribute to Paul Desmond, in 2001. To Jensen's surprise, the album became so enormously popular that the possibility of a sequel was envisioned. There was, however, one large stumbling block—by 2007, Jensen had sold ...

Take Ten

May 10, 2021

Album: More Sounds of a Dry Martini
By Brent Jensen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 06:06

Henry Robinett Quartet: Jazz Standards Volume 2: Then Again

by Pierre Giroux
February 23, 2021

Guitarist Henry Robinett is a patient man. In April 2000, when he was between gigs and bands, he brought together several top players from Northern California and, in two days, recorded two albums the first of which was called Jazz Standards, Volume 1: Then (Nefertiti 2019) . Now with the release of ...

Guitarist/Composer Henry Robinett Releases 20-Year-Old Recording For The First Time, 'Jazz Standards, Vol. 2: Then Again'

January 13, 2021

Guitarist, composer, bandleader, and recording engineer Henry Robinett is releasing Jazz Standards, Vol. 2: Then Again on Nefertiti Records, Robinett’s own label. The album is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2020 release Jazz Standards, Volume 1: Then. John Sanders of Jazz Music Archives said, “Henry’s playing is often in a rapid abstract blues bop style, ...

Jazz Standards, Volume 1: Then

By Henry Robinett

Label: Nefertiti Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: I Hear A Rhapsody; Yellow Days (La Mentira); The Days of Wine and Roses; The Way You Look Tonight; Ill Wind; East of the Sun; Invitation; Soul Eyes; Why Do I Love You?; Pinocchio.

20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Johnaye Kendrick

by Paul Rauch
August 4, 2020

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 30's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

Henry Robinett Quartet: Jazz Standards, Volume 1: Then

by Dan Bilawsky
July 9, 2020

Back in April of 2000, guitarist Henry Robinett convened a quartet in The Hangar, a Sacramento studio where he had been working as an engineer and producer. An intentionally casual session, it was all standards all the way. Over the course of two days, tracks were called, solos and some other specifics were sorted out, and ...