Chris Cheek
Chris Cheek (born September 16, 1968 in St. Louis / Missouri ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone ).
Live and act
Cheek started playing the saxophone at the age of twelve. While studying at Webster University , he performed with various regional bands. He then went to Boston, where he studied at Berklee College of Music with Joe Viola , Hal Crook and Herb Pomeroy until 1991 .
Since he came to New York in 1992, he worked a. a. with Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band , Seamus Blakes The Bloomdaddies , Charlie Hadens Liberation Music Orchestra , Wolfgang Muthspiel , Luciana Souza , David Berkman , Stephan Crump , Jen Chapi and Guillermo Klein's Los Guachos . In addition to over 100 albums in which he worked as a sideman, he published a. a. at Fresh Sound Records and Sunnyside Records several albums as band leader. From the 2000s on, Cheek continued to work with musicians such as Lee Konitz , Ferenc Németh , Joshua Redman , Chris Speed , Frank Carlberg, Yotam Silberstein , Chris Lightcap , Aaron Goldberg , Steve Swallow , Miguel Zenon , Justin Mullens , Alan Ferber and Pierre Perchaud . In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 125 recording sessions between 1989 and 2019.
According to All About Jazz , Cheek knows how to create and play complex compositions; his album Saturday Songs (2016) "complex, yet melodically clear and enticing."
Discographic notes
- I wish I Knew ( Fresh Sound Records New Talents , 1996-97) with Kurt Rosenwinkel , Chris Higgins , Jordi Rossy ,
- A Girl Named Joe (Fresh Sound NT, 1997) with Mark Turner , Jordi Rossy, Dan Rieser , Ben Monder , Marc Johnson
- Vine (Fresh Sound, 1999) with Brad Mehldau , Kurt Rosenwinkel, Matt Penman , Jordi Rossy
- Live at Jamboree: Guilty (FSR / NT, 2000) with Ethan Iverson , Ben Street , Jordi Rossy
- Live at Jamboree: Lazy Afternoon (FSR / NT, 2002) with Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, and Jorge Rossy
- Blue Cruise (Fresh Sound NT, 2005)
- Chris Cheek / Lee Konitz / Stephane Furic Leibovici: Art Nouveau II (ESP-Disk, 2010)
- Philippe Le Baraillec: Involved (Out Note, 2011) with Mauro Gargano , Ichirō Onoe
- Seamus Blake / Chris Cheek: Reeds Ramble (Criss Cross Jazz, 2014)
- Chris Cheek Presents - Saturday Songs (Sunnyside, 2016), with Jorge Rossy , Steve Cardenas , Jaume Llombardo, David Soler
- Seamus Blake / Chris Cheek with Reeds Ramble: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ( Criss Cross Jazz , 2016)
- Map + Chris Cheek (Carimbo Porta-Jazz, 2019)
Web links
- Chris Cheek's website
- Chris Cheek at Allmusic (English)
- Chris Cheek at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 22, 2019)
- ↑ JAKOB BAEKGAARD: Chris Cheek: Saturday Songs. All About Jazz, August 5, 2016, accessed November 22, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cheek, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th September 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |