“an original voice on the international jazz scene… [and] one of Canada’s most compelling composers,” –
Mark Miller, Globe and Mail.
“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.” – Downbeat Magazine
Multiple Juno Award winner Christine Jensen was born in Sechelt, British Columbia, in 1970, growing up in Nanaimo among some of Canada’s finest musicians, including Phil Dwyer, Diana Krall, blues guitarist, David Gogo,
and her sister Ingrid. Her pianist/mother raised her daughters on music, exposing them to
everything from Chopin to Broadway to Big Bands.
Christine took up roots, leaving Nanaimo for Montreal to get her first degree from McGill University
in jazz performance in 1994. She followed this up by completing her Master’s in Jazz Performance
in 2006. Christine has honed her skills as a saxophonist under the tutelage of an impressive list
of leading musicians including Pat La Barbera, Kenny Werner, Jim McNeely, Remi Bolduc, Dick
Oatts and Steve Wilson.
As an adjudicator, clinician, and instructor at McGill, she is influencing the next generation of
composers and players. In her travels abroad, she has shared her love of music and invaluable
experience with young jazz enthusiasts around the world, from Norway to Peru, Turkey to Montreal,
and back home on the West Coast. She has always been active in jazz education, leading clinics
and workshops and adjudicating.
Over the years, she has collaborated with a diverse array of musicians, including Geoffrey Keezer,
Lenny, Pickett, Brad Turner, Karl Jannuska, François Théberge, Gary Versace, Donny McCaslin
Steve Amirault, Franck Amsallem, in addition to her long-term musical relationships with sister
Ingrid and partner, saxophonist-composer Joel Miller.
Transatlantic Conversations is a collaboration between Christine and Swedish pianist Maggi Olin
Maggi Olin: piano
Christine Jensen: alto and soprano saxophones
Sofie Norling: voice
Fredrik Lindborg: tenor and baritone saxophones
Henrik Frisk: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Karin Hammar: trombone
Christine Carlsson: trombone
Fredrik Noren: trumpet
Torben Waldorf: guitar
Mattias Welin: bass
Daniel Fredriksson: drums.
Here is the Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra in Germany
Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/10/2016
8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Location
KW Jazz Room
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