Tena Palmer
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
- ↑ http://www.tenapalmer.net/?section=bio
- ↑ http://www.tenapalmer.net/?section=bio
- ↑ http://www.tenapalmer.net/?section=bio