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About Me

I started The Rick Jensen Trio in 1999,We are an improvising group, all of our music is spontaneous, making every performance completely unique. Over the years I have been the only constant member(hence the name) and have worked with a number of different musicians some who have played with the band only once and others who've stuck around for a couple of years.Originally formed in Wellington, New Zealand, I take the band with me wherever I go, we are now based London and there is various musicians who come and go from the group, the line-up can change with each performance.The group isn't always a trio but thats usually what it works out to be. I've experimented with all kinds of combinations and instrumentation, often dictated by who was around and able to perform.The group has been as large as 6 and as small as 2. The Rick Jensen Trio has released 14 cds, currently available is "A Fundamental Problem"(available for download from My Formica Table) "High Tension" a limited CDR and 4 older releases are still available from Postmoderncore records.Most of our albums are no longer available as they were issued in tiny amounts on CDR. I am also a member of I-C-E an improvising clarinet ensemble, Nova Scotia a free form abstract trio, The Radioactive Ensemble an international music/art collective and I also perform in other collaborative projects. I am a photographer and have had over 20 exhibitions in NZ and the U.K. MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 11/23/2006
Band Website: postmoderncore.com
Band Members: There are a number of people who could be in the band at any gig here's the most recent. Rick Jensen: Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Alto & Soprano Clarinets Phil Somervell: Piano, Keyboard Colin Somervell: Bass Peter Marsh :Bass Hannah Marshall: Cello Dan Beban: Guitar David O'Connor: Baritone Sax Paul May: Drums, Percussion Vasilis Sarikis: Drums, PercussionHere's list of everyone who's performed in the Rick Jensen Trio at some point whether it was only once or for a long time, so thanks to you all, because you've all contributed to my growth and experience as a musician.If i've forgotten anyone let me know.Richard Whyte (Alto/Tenor Saxes,Cello,Piano) Alexander Greenhough (Clarinet,Piano) Guy Nicholls (Trumpet,Recorder) Tim Wyborn(R.I.P) (Clarinet) Jeff Henderson (Piano, Clarinet) Sam Stephens (Bass, Piano etc) Rhys (Bass) Ozi Bsy (Bass) Nigel Patterson (Bass,Hammond,Percussion) Dean Brown (Drums,Percussion) Smiley (Drums,Percussion) Lauren Brewer (Drums) Simon O'Rorke (Drums,Percussion) Jaime Mellor (Drums) James Gilberd(Drums,Percussion) Iain Paxon(Drums,Percussion) Jari(Guitar) Fergus(Trombone)
Influences: MyGen Profile GeneratorCecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Ornette Coleman, 'Trane, Albert Ayler, AMM, Jeff Henderson, Mats Gustafsson, Brotzmann, Borbetomagus, Monk, Mingus, Henry Threadgill(Air), Sam Rivers, Evan Parker, Tim Berne, Sonny Simmons, Matthew Shipp, The Revolutionary Ensemble, Schlippenbach Trio, Frank Wright, Frank Lowe, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Pharoah Sanders, Steve Lacy, Jimmy Giuffre, Bird, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark..... and on and on..... MyGen Profile Generator
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Record Label: Postmoderncore, oneiromusic, My Formica Table
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New songs, photos, blah, blah......

Four new songs, these are recordings from the Vortex gig, there were some tracks from this show up before, but (due to dodgy headphones, I didn't notice) there was a strange buzzing on the tracks, so ...
Posted by The Rick Jensen Trio on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:38:00 PST

Big, big news!!!

I'm happy to announce two awesome gigs that we're going to be involved with. Both of them are at The Cross Kings, in London August 08. Firstly on the 10th we will be opening for legendary Philadelphia...
Posted by The Rick Jensen Trio on Wed, 21 May 2008 02:28:00 PST

RJ3 discography

Hello, I've decided to post the entire Rick Jensen Trio discography, not all of these are a trio line-up and most are no longer available. This is not my personal discography, I'll put up all the othe...
Posted by The Rick Jensen Trio on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:16:00 PST