Chris Crenshaw
Chris Crenshaw (born December 20, 1982 in Thomson , Georgia ) is an American jazz musician ( trombone , composition ).
Live and act
Crenshaw began playing the piano at the age of three ; as a child he performed with his father's “Echoes of Jazz”. At the age of eleven he switched to the trombone. From 2001 to 2005 he completed a bachelor's degree at Valdosta State University , where he was honored as the outstanding student of his class. In 2007 he graduated from the Juilliard School with a master's degree.
In 2006 Wynton Marsalis brought him to the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra , for which he wrote his composition “God's Trombones” in 2012, which premiered that same year at Jazz at Lincoln Center ; In 2013 his composition “The Creation” was performed there. As a soloist he can be heard with Marsalis and Eric Clapton on the album Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center . He has also worked with Gerald Wilson , Jiggs Whigham , Carl Allen , Marc Cary , Wessell Anderson, Victor Goines , Cassandra Wilson and Eric Reed and has been involved in recordings by Wynton Marsalis and Paco de Lucía . As a producer he worked on the album Dreams Il Reality by Kock D Zel. He has also performed with groups from Marsalis at European festivals, for example in Vitoria or Marciac .
Web links
- Portrait (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
- Portrait (Mirror, Augusta)
- Chris Crenshaw at Allmusic (English)
- Chris Crenshaw at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crenshaw, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (trombone, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thomson , Georgia , USA |