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Christine Jensen: Look Left
by John Kelman
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
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
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.
Collage
Label: Effendi Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Camel Trot; A La Jay; Summer Night; Sylvan Vale; Sweet Adelphi; Afternoon Off; Half Tide; Duet; Marsh Blues.
Christine Jensen: Collage
by Steve Armour
Christine Jensen starts Collage with a blues in fancy wrapping: a funky Rhodes ostinato, a displaced, sliding tonal center, and a stutter-step orchestration. This rich writing asks and gets the most from Jensen's musicians on this, her debut recording. Drummer Karl Jannuska and pianist Brad Turner chat it up throughout the album. Their open phrasing on ...
