Results for "Christine Jensen"

The Jazz Session #227: Christine Jensen

December 27, 2010

Steve Amirault: One Existence, Two Voices

by Pascal-Denis Lussier
October 17, 2010

Initially, I was disappointed to find out that pianist Steve Amirault was taking this new direction. Jazz singers have never really been my thing. Anyone that knows me knows I have a penchant for the lyric-less stuff--music that breaks all bounds, and language tends to impose extreme restrictions. Nonetheless, despite my own usual preferences, I'm always ...

Musical Musings from Montreal

July 3, 2010

Two and a half days into my Montreal International Jazz Festival stay, or even minutes into it for that matter, one thing is apparent. This is a jazz festival that never gets tired - and keeps evolving and improving year after year after year. This 31st edition, which began June 25 and runs through July 6, ...

Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010

by John Kelman
June 28, 2010

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 | Days 10-11 Mikko Innanen & InnkvisitioEtienne Charles and Folklore / Bill Frisell's Beautiful DreamersBill Frisell 858 Quartet TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 24-26, 2010 Back in April 2010, when the TD Ottawa International ...

Christine Jensen: Looking Left

by Jason Crane
June 12, 2007

The Globe and Mail called saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen “one of the most important Canadian composers of her generation." She grew up with her trumpet-playing sister Ingrid near Vancouver, though she's now based in Montreal. Jensen has recorded three albums. Her most recent project is Look Left (Effendi, 2006), the result of a half-year spent ...

Christine Jensen: Looking Left

by Jason Crane
June 12, 2007

Look Left

By Christine Jensen

Label: Effendi Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Upper Fargo; Cedar; Capers Papers; Keeping Up Appearances; Promenade; A Tree Things; Mark Adam Drum; For Tom Harrell; Look Left.

Christine Jensen: Look Left

by John Kelman
November 15, 2006

While Christine Jensen remains one of Canada's best kept secrets, she has garnered some international attention since emerging on the scene in the mid-1990s. Three of her compositions were featured on the highly regarded Vernal Fields (Enja, 1994), by her sister, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and she's had works for big band recorded and performed the world ...

A Shorter Distance

By Christine Jensen

Label: Effendi Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Dilemma; Halfway Home; Just Last Week; A Shorter Distance; Red Roads; Backyard; I Loves You Porgy; Chelsea Rain.

Christine Jensen: A Shorter Distance

by Jerry D'Souza
December 8, 2002

Christine Jensen's maturity is in quick evidence on this album. Not only does she show great skills as a writer, but her arrangements fill her tunes with a pulsating body and show a keen mind for color and layered textures. She presents compositions for quintet, sextet and septet settings, giving each one character and fulfillment.