Seattle » Calendar » Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Featuring Christine Jensen at Shore...

Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Featuring Christine Jensen at Shorewood Performing Arts Center

Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on March 9, 2017

Where

Shorewood Performing Arts Center
17300 Fremont Ave. N.
Shoreline, WA
Map

When

Sat, May 6, 2017
7:30 pm

Get Ticket

Musicians

Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestra

About

Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra proudly presents special guest Christine Jensen and the world premiere of her newest work, "Cascadian Fragments".


Composer and saxophonist Christine Jensen is considered one of the most important Canadian composers of her generation, according to Globe and Mail jazz critic, Mark Miller.


"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." -Greg Buium of Downbeat Magazine.


Jensen performs and records regularly with her sister Ingrid. They have played together all over the world from Seattle's Jazz Alley to New York's Museum of Modern Art, from an SS Norway Jazz Cruise to a tour of Japan....

read more

Concerts

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.