Tena Palmer

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Tena Palmer is a Canadian jazz singer who led the Celtic-free bop quartet Chelsea Bridge for five years.

Career

She "graduated from St Francis Xavier U. with performance diplomas in baritone sax and flute and a B.Mus. in voice." ^[1] Mark Miller from The Globe and Mail states that "Palmer soars where angels fear to sing".^[2] Stuart Broomer of Toronto Life Magazine calls her "the most creative vocalist in Canadian free improvisation".^[3]

Discography (selected)

“North Atlantic Drift” – Frökken Lesley, original folk trio/jazz duo with John Geggie and Dan Artuso - 2005
Hymn of the 7th Illusion – Kitchen Motors,( chorister) with composers Barry Adamson and Pan Sonic, for choir and electronics, 2001 (listed by WIRE magazine in, “Best of 2001”)
Nart Nibbles – Kitchen Motors, compilation of Icelandic experimental music, 1999 (listed by WIRE magazine in, “Best of new music”, for its month of release)
Crucible"- Smekkleysa, (Bad Taste Records) solo CD 1998
The Blue Wall - Woolly Records, featured vocalist with the David Parker Trio, 1997
Not Drowning...Waving - Unity/Page, with Justin Haynes, 1996
Double Feature - Unity, with Chelsea Bridge Tentet, 1995
Tatamagouche...Next Left - Unity, with Chelsea Bridge, 1994
Blues in a Sharp Sea - Unity, with Chelsea Bridge, 1992

References

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