Christine Jensen

Christine Jensen is a composer, conductor, and saxophonist based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was awarded the Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year for her albums Treelines and Habitat (2014). She is the sister of trumpeter Ingrid Jensen.

Jensen received her Bachelor's degree in Jazz Performance at McGill University in 1994, and later her Master's in 2006. She has studied under the tutelage of Pat LaBarbera, Jim McNeely, Kenny Werner, and Steve Wilson.

She is a former faculty member at McGill University's Schulich School of Music, as well as current Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at Eastman School of Music.

Discography

2000 - Collage 2002 - A Shorter Distance 2006 - Look Left 2011 - Treelines - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra 2013 - Transatlantic Conversations: 11 Piece Band 2014 - Habitat - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra 2016 - Infinitude 2017 - Under the Influence Suite - Orchestre National de Jazz de Montreal 2020 - Genealogy - Code Quartet 2023 - Day Moon 2024 - Harbour - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra