Tuesday, January 12, 2010

INGRID JENSEN,IMPORTANT IMPROVISING JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE FUTURE


Canadian jazz trumpet player Ingrid Jensen was born on January 12, 1966, in North Vancouver,British Columbia. She iS a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and Malaspina University in Nanaimo,British Columbia.


She has been nominated for several Juno Awards, winning one with her first release, Vernal Fields (featuring Lenny White,George Garzone and Larry Grenadier). Ingrid spends much of her time touring with her own projects, playing with the Grammy award winning Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and guesting at prestigious universities around the world.


Her sister, Christine Jensen, plays the saxophone and occasionally performs with Ingrid.
A partial list of musicians with whom Jensen has worked includes: Steve Wilson, Jeff "Tain"Watts, Billy Hart, George Garzone, Chris Connor, Victor Lewis, Clark Terry, Frank Wess, Billy Taylor and the DIVA Big Band. Jensen has also performed on Saturday Nigh Live with the British soul singer, Corrine Bailey Rae and has been recently playing in the horn section backing actor/singer/comedian Dennis Leary.


Ingrid Jensen Plays.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjaUvw0iC8A
Reference - Wikipédia

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