“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen is re-locating…. just over 300 miles to the south-west… from Montreal to Rochester, NY, where she will take a post at Eastman School of Music. Here is Eastman’s statement, […]
The country that has arguably given the world the best big band / jazz orchestra arrangers… now has a National Jazz Orchestra. The inaugural concert will be in Calgary on 28 April. […]
Sammy Nestico (1924-2021) passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 96. Four bandleaders and arrangers pay tribute to one of the best-known (and most frequently-played) big band arrangers: Denny Ilett: […]
Ingrid and Christine Jensen with the Whirlwind Recordings Jazz Orchestra (Purcell Room, EFG London Jazz Festival, Saturday 23 November. Review by Mike Collins) A delicate sequence of chords seemed to seep from […]
Ingrid and Christine Jensen with the Whirlwind Recording Artists Jazz Orchestra (Jazz Steps/ Bonington Theatre, Arnold, Nottingham. 14 November 2019. First night of tour. Review by Jeanie Barton.) The night was very […]
Sebastian writes: Saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen and her elder sister, trumpeter/bandleader Ingrid grew up in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, a town with a tradition of concert bands going back to the 1870s, and […]
Christine Jensen New York Quartet with Helen Sung, Allison Miller and Noriko Ueda (Gesu Cultural Centre. 3 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “The Festival gave me carte […]
