Results for "Christine Jensen"

Christine Jensen

Saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen is considered "one of the most important Canadian composers of her generation", according to Globe and Mail jazz critic, Mark Miller, and has emerged as a creative alto and soprano saxophonist on both the Canadian and international jazz scene. "Jensen writes in three dimensions, with a quiet kind of authority that makes the many elements cohere. Wayne Shorter, Maria Schneider and Kenny Wheeler come to mind."

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2026

by Mark Sullivan
July 16, 2026

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Various Venues Montreal, Canada June 30-July 4, 2026 The 46th edition of the Festival presented over 350 shows, two-thirds of which were free. The festival organizing team highlighted performances by legendary jazz-funk band The Headhunters, the Charles Lloyd Quartet, St. Vincent Symphonique (a series of ...

Ben Wolfe, David Janeway, and Ben Wendel

by Jerome Wilson
July 1, 2026

This episode features new music from Ben Wolfe, David Janeway and Ben Wendel as well as older work from Conrad Herwig, Carmen McRae and the late Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand).Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) ...

Dominic Walker, Tierney Sutton, Jenny Klukken, Bria Skonberg, Ulysses Owens Jr., Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston, Lori Nicely, Marilyn Crispell & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 13, 2026

This broadcast makes the graceful morph from Women's History Month to Jazz Appreciation Month with new music from Dominic Walker, Tierney Sutton, Jenny Klukken, Bria Skonberg, Ulysses Owens Jr., Fuller Sound (Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston), Lori Nicely, Marilyn Crispell, plus birthday shoutouts to Alberta Hunter, Tina May, Doris Day, Paula West, Karen Mason, Allan Harris, ...

Take Five with Saxophonist Steve Treseler

by AAJ Staff
February 12, 2026

Meet Steve Treseler Steve Treseler is an award-winning Seattle-based saxophonist, composer, and innovative leader in teaching improvised music. Hailed by Earshot as a “firebrand of the tenor saxophone," DownBeat calls his music “beautifully crafted... whether free, through-composed, or somewhere in between." Steve performs and leads improvisation workshops throughout North America and Europe, performing at Birdland, Blue ...

Kinda Out West

By Aretha Tillotson

Label: Bent River Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Jill of All; Kinda Out West; Cricklewood Lane; Lullaby to Those Before; Sphere of Influence; 35; Gauche Caviar; Sad Junie (To Highway Jake); Kinda Out West (Alt Take);

Aretha Tillotson: Sad Junie (to Highway Jake)

by John Chacona
December 11, 2025

If the average fan living south of the 49th Parallel knows anything about jazz in Canada, it might begin and end with Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall. Yes, Toronto is emerging as a great jazz city and there are all those players from Nanaimo, but in between, nothing, right? Bassist Aretha Tillotson is here to explode that ...

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2025

by Mark Sullivan
July 16, 2025

Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 28-July 2, 2025 The headliners of the 45th edition of the festival included names like Gospel legend Mavis Staples, Canadian rockers Blue Rodeo, Canadian Inuk musician Elisapie, New Orleans musician Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Nigerian singer/songwriter Ayra Starr, Canadian ...

Camila Meza, Julian Shore, and Billy Hart

by Jerome Wilson
July 2, 2025

This episode features recently released albums by Camila Meza, Julian Shore and Billy Hart as well as older music by Ray Charles, Allen Toussaint, and Myra Melford.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Dabin Ryu “Taxi ...

Jazz Foremothers, Women Who Impact West Coast Latin Jazz by Salsa de la Bahia, Jeffrey Gimble, Ashley Jackson Usher In Jazz Appreciation Month

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 14, 2025

This broadcast morphs gracefully from Women's History to Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Salsa de la Bahia, Jeffrey Gimble and Ashley Jackson, with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Jean Fineberg, Vanessa Perica, Allan Harris, Evgenia Karlafti, Christine Jensen and Tessa Souter, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see ...