Christopher Jentsch

Chris Jentsch is a Brooklyn-based composer, bandleader, and guitarist working primarily in jazz and contemporary improvisational forms. Based in NYC since 1999, his main ensemble is Jentsch Group in its trio, quartet, chamber, or large configuration. Jentsch Group is primarily a vehicle for his own works, but they also like to play standards and interpret rock tunes. Jentsch's music generally invokes contemporary improvisation via open structures as well as within aspects of set compositional forms, and his sound derives from an eclectic mix of influences ranging from jazz to rock and world to classical, always striving for a careful balance between lyricism and dissonance with deliberate juxtapositions of complexity and simplicity. 

"The interesting thing is that he's using avant-garde techniques, but in a traditional framework..."
- Will Friedwald (New York Sun)

http://www.chrisjentsch.com/