CHRIS JENTSCH
Genres: Progressive Big Band, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Post Bop • United States

Chris Jentsch is a Brooklyn-based composer, bandleader, and guitarist working primarily in Jazz and Contemporary Improvisational Forms. As a composer he has been the recipient of grants or commissions from the Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble, the Penfield Commission Project, American Composers Forum , the Composers Assistance Program of the American Music Center , Meet the Composer, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and the Ucross Foundation. Jentsch has recently completed a series of concerts and recordings related to his NYSCA Commission: Cycles Suite featuring Mike Kaupa, written for his 17-piece ensemble, Jentsch Group Large. As a bandleader and sideman Jentsch has performed throughout the Northeast and Florida. He appears as a guitarist on the CD John Cage, Orchestral Works I (Mode Records, composer supervised first recordings). Based in Brooklyn since 1999, his main ensemble is Jentsch Group in its trio, quartet, chamber, or large configuration. Performances in New York City read more...