Chris Welcome

Chris Welcome (* 1980 in New York City ) is an American jazz guitarist (also cello , accordion ).

Live and act

Welcome grew up in Chicago, where he took lessons from Frank Portolese. He studied at Rutgers University with Vic Juris , Stanley Cowell and Ralph Bowen . Since 2004 he has been working in the New York music scene, a. a. with bands and musicians such as Mothguts , Sam Mickens' Ecstatic Showband and Revue, Trio Caveat, Mike Pride ( Drummer's Corpse , AUM Fidelity 2012), Ben Gerstein , Daniel Carter , Jonathan Moritz , James Ilgenfritz , Lisa Mezzacappa , Jeffrey Hayden and Kirk Knuffke . In 2006 his debut album Wound Unwound and Within was created in a trio with Shayna Dulberger and John McLellan . In the field of jazz he was involved in 13 recording sessions between 2004 and 2012. He also wrote compositions for his own quartet and for various chamber ensembles.

Chris Welcome Quartet - (Tigerasylum, 2007), with Jonathan Moritz, Shayna Dulberger, John McLellan
Refrain (Empty Room Music, 2009)
Kirk Knuffke, Chris Welcome, Federico Ughi : Garden of Gifts ( 577 Records , 2009)
Luz (Empty Room Music, 2011), with Jonathan Moritz, Shayna Dulberger, John McLellan
Walter Wright, Chris Welcome, Shayna Dulberger: Apocalypso (Empty Room Music, 2012)
Challenger (2017), with Jonathan Moritz, Shayna Dulberger, Mike Pride
W2: Timely Invention Conquers (2016), with Sam Weinberg