Chris Tarry

Chris Tarry (born 24 August 1970 at Swift Current, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian electric bass player. He is noted for his work with two-time Juno Award winning jazz group Metalwood featuring Mike Murley, Ian Froman and Brad Turner.[1] Tarry has also performed on other projects as a sideman and gained recognition throughout Canada.

Since relocating from Canada to New York in 2003, he has worked with such players and groups as John Scofield, Ben Monder, Adam Rogers, Mino Cinelu, Dave Binney, the Jim Rotondi Group, Keith Carlock, Anton Fig, Donny McCaslin, Lew Soloff, Chris Cheek, the Oz Noy Trio, Gene Jackson, DJ Logic, the Mahavishnu Project.

Since 1993 Chris has also led his own jazz group called The Chris Tarry Group[1] and has released eight solo albums under that name. The band's latest recording, 2007's Almost Certainly Dreaming features New York musicians Pete McCann, Dan Weiss, Henry Hey, Canadian saxophonist Kelly Jefferson, and is released on the American record label Nineteen Eight Records. "Almost Certainly Dreaming" won the Canadian Juno Award in 2008 for best contemporary jazz album of the year.

Chris Tarry's latest album, "Rest of the Story" was released on Nineteen Eight Records on 3 March 2011 . The album is a jazz CD and book combination featuring nine music tracks and four short stories written by Tarry. The artwork and packaging for the album was designed by Jeff Harrison at Rethink Communications with illustrations by Kim Ridgewell.

Tarry is also a fiction writer, and his work has appeared in various literary journals such as GW Review, PANK, The Drunken Boat, Opium Magazine, Freefall Magazine, and elsewhere.

Contents

Discography As Leader

As Sideman

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ a b True, Chris. "Chris Tarry: Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-tarry-p384278. Retrieved 17 March 2011. 

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