John Christensen (CD release)
North Street Cabaret 610 North St., Madison, Wisconsin 53704
Jas McDaniel
John Christensen
A veteran of the Madison jazz scene, bassist John Christensen is a prolific player who has collaborated with just about everybody in town. At long last, he’s released his debut album of original compositions for a quartet of all-star performers, including Madison’s Johannes Wallmann on piano, and Chicagoans Dave Miller on guitar and Andrew Green on drums. Dear Friend is a joyful and immensely satisfying listen.
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press release:
About John Christensen: John Christensen began his bass studies with Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin, and Wood in high school. After stints at Berklee College and the University of North Texas, John moved to San Francisco and played in the burgeoning music scene during the late 90’s. There he Learned and grew playing with Scott Amenodola, Jenny Scheinman, Liberty Ellman, Hal Stein, Mark Levine, Adam Levy, Slide Five, Vijay Iyer, as well as his own trio Dam East. Since Moving to Wisconsin in 1999 John has played with numerous local artists and bands including Louka Patenaude, Alison Margaret, Anthony Deutsch, Tony Barba, Jonathan Greenstein, Johannes Wallmann and Harmonious Wail. John also is a co-founder of the band Lesser Lakes Trio with longtime collaborators Devin Drobka and Jamie Breiwick. Also has shared the stage with such luminaries as Maria Schnieder, Miguel Zenon and Russ Johnson.
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