Christine Jensen
Alto & Soprano Saxophonist-Composer-Arranger-Educator
2011 Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year leader of various ensembles large and small.
anything from duo to big band set-up!
15/02/2024
...to continue on school. 3-horn assignments are fun....I would not have done these on these album except for...from my undergrad with Prof. Jan Jarczyk featuring bandmates Ingrid Lynn Jensen Brad Turner Karl Jannuska Music Fraser Hollins
and Andre White pasting us all together...
A La Jay Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of AmericaA La Jay · Christine JensenCollage℗ 2014 Effendi RecordsReleased on: 2014-05-01Artist: Christine JensenComposer: Chris...
12/02/2024
🎤🎤🎤! Tune In Tuesday evening 7:30 PM Feb. 13. Eastman Jazz Ensemble interprets Miles Davis' legacy with some of my favourite people of music that happen to be faculty here as guests, including : Sara Gazarek -voice (in celebration of her Grammy win!) Charles Pillow -saxophones and arranger, and Clay Jenkins -trumpet.
https://events.rochester.edu/event/eastman_jazz_ensemble_8357?fbclid=IwAR0wjrbFPV6ZkfFcAoshyqbLPOS4DEYU7cHxm61rgW3n3jmRibYfl4CcQ2g
Eastman Jazz Ensemble Watch the livestream Sara Gazarek, voice Charles Pillow, saxophones Clay Jenkins, trumpet It is Black History month and The Eastman Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Christine Jensen, is excited to present an evening of music highlighting the influence and innovation that Miles Davis brought to....
11/02/2024
https://isjac.org/ ....friends of arranging and composing in jazz most likely are invovled, but I love refreshing on this...ISJAC is a fantastic organization to join with mountains of resources (my favourite blog!) and commissioning opportunities. There is a Symposium in May in the coolest city of Nashville, where all electrons of composition get fired up! KENNY WHEELER will be celebrated as a bonus!!!! Check it out and join in with some amazing forces here. 👊
ISJAC | International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers | International Society for Jazz Arrangers & Composers ISJAC | International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers
06/02/2024
I am thrilled to share that my latest album "Day Moon" is nominated for a JUNO Award. Special thanks to Steve Amirault, Adrian Vedady, Jim Doxas, Paul Johnston and our partners at Justin Time Records, FAMGroup, The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent On Recordings (FACTOR) and Jazz Coalition. Feeling truly grateful. ☺️
Listen to Day Moon: https://christinejensen.ffm.to/daymoon
03/02/2024
new sounds! avail on all platforms, especially BandCamp...https://winnipegjazzorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/tidal-currents-east-meets-west?fbclid=IwAR1iHVvE3gdTWMMdJDv0YRVY61-vvlLd1elTAUOGsTG0M-TlC2HRC3LRTgQ
Tidal Currents: East Meets West, by Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra 4 track album
26/01/2024
22/01/2024
February 2 2024 ALBUM RELEASE OF BIG BAND works...plus some soprano saxophone notes 🦋'ing...Tidal Currents - EAST MEETS WEST : Jill Townsend & Christine Jensen with Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra! ❤️
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) is Canada’s first community-based, non-profit professional jazz orchestra. Founded in 1997 (registered as a charity in 2000), the WJO has matured to become an important part of Winnipeg’s cultural landscape, reflected in the ongoing support the organization receives from the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winnipeg Arts Council, the Winnipeg Foundation, and other sponsors.
Tidal Currents: East Meets West – The WJO’s seventh release – features a commission between two of Canada’s most compelling writers for big band jazz: Jill Townsend and Christine Jensen. The music born of this meeting reflects on the places that meant the most to them, especially the bodies of water that surrounded them both in their youth up until the present. Townsend captures images and sounds of her east coast upbringing, unfolding into Jensen’s west coast childhood memories.
The music moves into the waters surrounding them at present, including Townsend’s now west coast land and waterscape and Jensen’s explorations of her Montreal environs on the powerful St-Lawrence seaway. They have blended their compositions into one suite with the WJO: Tidal Currents, an East meets West Collaboration. Both composers are featured as guest artists, with Jill Townsend as conductor and Christine Jensen as soprano saxophone soloist.
Release Date: Friday, February 2nd 2024 on Chronograph Records.
➡️ winnipegjazzorchestra.com
03/01/2024
Hello Jazz Educators,
Exciting sessions are lined up at the JEN Conference in New Orleans!
Thursday, Jan 4, 10 AM - Inspirations/Celestin Ballroom:
I'm participating in the Charles Pillow Large Ensemble with Peter Erskine and Bob Mintzer…
See you at the conference!
We are in a waltz today...123123...Happy New Year! Very thankful for beautiful love from family and friends. Looking forward to an exciting 2024 full of new notes and tones!
04/12/2023
28/10/2023
happy to see this much work published for big band ='s jazz orchestra
Composers & Arrangers - Christine Jensen Canadian saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen has been a distinctive voice in Canada’s creative jazz scene for the last twenty-five years. As a Downbeat Critic’s Poll winner for "Rising Star: Big Band, Arranger, and Soprano Saxophonist", she is constantly in motion leading her own jazz orch...
Composition and Jazz...always on my mind! Our beautiful ISJAC Giving Campaign is under way...support the healing sounds of music, support composers bringing works to life!~...prizes and giveaways are up for grabs...w
https://www.facebook.com/isjac/videos/340154545168749
17/09/2023
Merci Justin Time…! Always a blast to play and record notes with your amazing support ❤️
Justin Time Records celebrates their 40th anniversary this year. In 1983 the premier jazz label in Canada kicked things off with Oliver Jones's first record and since then has released more than 600 albums from the likes of Brandi Disterheft, Oscar Peterson, Alex Pangman, Carol Welsman, Reg Schwager, Kirk MacDonald, Wray Downes, Sarah Vaughan, Guido Basso, Moe Koffman and so many more.
Upstairs Jazz will be the home for the live celebrations with a series of concerts this month featuring Justin Time artists. The full schedule is below and you can reserve your seats by calling 514-931-6808. Not to be missed!
Sept 15, 7PM: Lex French Quartet
Sept 15, 9:30PM: Little Animal
Sept 16, 7PM: Laura Anglade & Sam Kirmayer
Sept 16, 9:30PM: Simon Denizart Quartet
Sept 21, 7PM: Matt Herskowitz Solo
Sept 21, 9:30PM: The Doxas Brothers - Chet & Jim Doxas
Sept 22, 7PM: CODE Quartet
Sept 22, 9:30PM: Christine Jensen Quartet
Sept 23, 7PM: Taurey Butler Trio
Sept 23, 9:30PM: Ranee Lee
08/09/2023
The Jazz Session #625: Christine Jensen - The Jazz Session Saxophonist Christine Jensen's latest album is called Day Moon. In this interview, Christine talks about creating musical sketches; writing during the pandemic; turning visual and other ideas into music; playing in duo format; losing the friend to whom the album is dedicated; teaching at Eastman; an...
07/09/2023
Jason Crane is one of my fave podcasts out there in all to do with jazz! I am chuffed that he has brought me back to talk about what was inside my head in the depths of struggles of pandemic...this album Day Moon sums up so many of my moods.
The Jazz Session #625: Christine Jensen - The Jazz Session Saxophonist Christine Jensen's latest album is called Day Moon. In this interview, Christine talks about creating musical sketches; writing during the pandemic; turning visual and other ideas into music; playing in duo format; losing the friend to whom the album is dedicated; teaching at Eastman; an...
31/08/2023
Montreal! Christine Jensen Quartet has a show at the OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal this October, closing the festival. With Steve Amirault (p), Adrian Vedady(b) and Jim Doxas (d) - and of course Christine on both alto and soprano sax
🎷 Event: L'Off Jazz - Jazz Nocturne Series «DAY MOON»
📅 Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
⏰ Time: 10:00 PM
🏢 Location: Dièse Onze
📍 Address: 4115 Saint-Denis St, Montreal, Quebec H2W 2M7
27/07/2023
across the pond, Jazzwise Mag has given me warm fuzzies with Day Moon Critics Pick! Honoured!
Christine Jensen: Day Moon Day Moon contains a series of compositions...
25/07/2023
...back to Prime...!
From Vital Thrills:
"'Zero Gravity' is a cinematic ode to jazz legend, Wayne Shorter, from executive producer Brad Pitt. For over 60 years, Shorter has shattered the limitations of jazz and his compositions have become an industry standard.
Directed by Dorsay Alavi and depicted in 3 portals, the viewer is transported into prolific periods of Shorter’s life and how through adversity, he grew to greatness and became one of the most influential musicians and composers in American music."
To be released on Amazon Prime Video on Wayne's birthday, August 25th.
https://www.vitalthrills.com/prime-video-august-2023/
22/07/2023
This is so cool! Honoured to have my notes up on the wall of a library in my hometown of Nanaimo BC 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 with my piece Red Cedar :-)
Nanaimo library wall turning into a brightly coloured bookshelf - Nanaimo News Bulletin VIRL commissions mural outside Harbourfront Library branch
14/07/2023
10 Highlights From Montreal International Jazz Festival This ten day annual festival is the biggest and one of the oldest jazz festivals in the world, with 70% of the gigs free.
10/07/2023
Forbes, thanks for the shout out after a special eve of music with Jim Doxas Steve Amirault Adrian Vedady Club Upstairs [Official] with Justin Time Records FAMGroup
Honored that Forbes chose us as their number 1 highlight of the Montreal Jazz Festival! Check out the brief write up 🙏🏼🔥❤️🎹
Read the full article here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanneshurvell/2023/07/09/10-highlights-from-montreal--international-jazz-festival/
06/07/2023
Thank you 🙏 all who made this magic happen, including amazing audience ❤️
Dispatches from Montreal (11) Christine Jensen Quartet at Upstairs/ FIJM 2023 Christine Jensen Quartet (“Day Moon” Album launch. Upstairs, Montreal. 5 July 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) Christine Jensen (centre) with Adrian Vedady and Jim Doxas. Photo c…
06/07/2023
Yay! LondonJazz reviewed the Day Moon album launch show yesterday. 😀
Dispatches from Montreal (11) Christine Jensen Quartet at Upstairs/ FIJM 2023 Christine Jensen Quartet (“Day Moon” Album launch. Upstairs, Montreal. 5 July 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) Christine Jensen (centre) with Adrian Vedady and Jim Doxas. Photo c…
02/07/2023
Beautiful American 🇺🇸‘S in 🇨🇦with their fab sounds 🙂