Brent Jensen

Born: February 12, 1960

Now making his home in Seattle, saxophonist Brent Jensen was the Director of Jazz Studies at the College of Southern Idaho for many years. As the artistic director for the CSI Jazz Summit and the Jazz Saturdays workshop series, Jensen was a major force in cultivating new performers and bringing world-class jazz events to Idaho, creating a climate of rich cultural pursuit that remains since his departure.

Raised in Boise, Brent Jensen studied in New York City with jazz legend Lee Konitz on a grant in 1987 from the Idaho Commission on the Arts. He was a featured winner of the Woodwinds on Fire international talent search conducted in 1996 by Jazziz magazine and has performed with a variety of jazz artists including Gene Harris, Bobby Shew, Gary Foster, John Clayton, Joe LaBarbera, Wycliffe Gordon, Warren Vache, John Stowell, Bill Watrous, Jamie Findlay, Dave Peck, Dianne Schuur, Kristin Korb, Marc Seales, Doug Miller, John Bishop, Bill Anschell, Don Sickler and many others. Brent's recordings have received significant national radio airplay and have been featured in all the major jazz periodicals.

Through the Passages

By Nancy Erickson Lamont

Label: Self-Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Tick Tock, Miles Between, Passages, Ghost, Leo Rainy Season Love Affair, G' N' K, Did IT Did Or Did It Didn't, The Lighthouse, Haiku New Love, Home, Auf Weidersehen, Goodnight.

Nancy Erickson Lamont: Through the Passages

by Nicholas F. Mondello
May 16, 2024

On occasion with so many artists presenting recordings, a reviewer may innocently fall into the trap of bypassing a jewel by an unfamiliar singer. Such was the case here. The subsequent discovery was fortuitous. Seattle-based vocalist and composer, Nancy Erickson Lamont's Through the Passages is a thoroughly fascinating, absorbing 12-original-track session with the artist surrounded by ...

Bill Anschell / Brent Jensen: We Couldn't Agree More

by Thomas Conrad
April 6, 2024

Wynton Marsalis recently said, “The hallmark of a first-class jazz musician is the ability to adapt." It is a paradoxical statement. But Marsalis is not using the term “adapt" in the Darwinian context of adaptation and natural selection. He does not mean adapting to, say, bad food on the road. He is referring to listening skills ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Brent Jensen

February 12, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Brent Jensen's birthday today! Now making his home in Seattle, saxophonist Brent Jensen was the Director of Jazz Studies at the College of Southern Idaho for many years. As the artistic director for the CSI Jazz Summit and the Jazz Saturdays workshop series, Jensen was a major force in cultivating new ...

Jamie Findlay & Brent Jensen

By Brent Jensen

Label: Records DK
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1.On Green Dolphin Street 2.Blues in the Basement 3.Bye Bye Blackbird 4.Solar 5.Memories of April 6.Polka Dots & Moonbeams 7.Pennies From Heaven 8.Stella By Starlight 9.The Song Is You

Live at Boxley��s

By Brent Jensen

Label: Records DK
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. I Hear a Rhapsody 2. Bemsha Swing 3. Freebie 4. Body & Soul 5. Footprints

Jazz Musician of the Day: Brent Jensen

February 12, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Brent Jensen's birthday today! Now making his home in Seattle, saxophonist Brent Jensen was the Director of Jazz Studies at the College of Southern Idaho for many years. As the artistic director for the CSI Jazz Summit and the Jazz Saturdays workshop series, Jensen was a major force in cultivating new ...

Friends Again

By Brent Jensen

Label: Records DK
Released: 2021

More Sounds of a Dry Martini

By Brent Jensen

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Take Ten; Desmond Blue; Look for the Silver Lining; These Foolish Things; Alone Together; Three to Get Ready; Bossa Antigua; Autumn Leaves; Just Squeeze Me.