Born: March 19, 1979 Primary Instrument: Sax, tenor
The Rick Jensen Trio was started in 1999,We are an improvising group, all of our music is spontaneous, making every performance completely unique. Many different musicians have played with the band, some only once and others have stuck around for a couple of years.Originally formed in Wellington, New Zealand, we are now based London and there are various musicians who come and go from the group, the line-up can change with each performance.The group isn't always a trio but thats usually what it works out to be. We've experimented with all kinds of combinations and instrumentation, often dictated by who was around and able to perform.The group has been as large as 6 and as small as 2. We are essentially a live band and perform as often as possible. We have 16 releases most of which were released in limited edition CDRs and are no longer in print, currently available is “A Fundamental Problem”(available for download from http://myformicatable.blogspot.com/ ) “High Tension” a limited CDR and 4 older releases are still available from Postmoderncore records. We are currently working on future releases. Rick is also a member of I-C-E an improvising clarinet ensemble, Nova Scotia a free form abstract trio, The Radioactive Ensemble an international music/art collective and performs in other collaborative projects. He is a photographer and has had over 20 exhibitions in NZ and the U.K. and is currently working on publishing his first book.
Last Updated: September 8, 2008
Maldto (quartet)
CD-June 2003 (Firemusic65)
Staggering Distance(duo)
CD-Aug 2003 (Firemusic65)
Age of Illumination (trio)
CD-Sep 2003 (Postmoderncore)
Snowdrift (trio)
CD-Oct 2003 (Postmoderncore)
A Rick Jensen Reverie
net release- 2003(remix by Sounds of the Button)
Empire (quartet)
CD-Jan 2004 (Firemusic65)
Gathering Numbers (duo)
CD-April 2004 (Firemusic65)
City of Confusion (trio)
CD-Nov 2004 (Postmoderncore)
The Excursionist (trio)
CD-Nov 2004 (Postmoderncore)
Mylodor and Megatherium (trio)
CD-Dec 2004 (Firemusic65)
Flightlessness (trio/duo)
CD-Jan 2005 (Firemusic65)
Stop This Fucking Train (trio)
CD-Feb 2005 (Firemusic65)
Monument By Monument (quartet)
CD-Feb 2005 (Firemusic65)
PMC 50
CD 2006(comp, with 2 RJ3 tracks) (Postmoderncore)
High Tension (trio)
CD-OCT 2007(ONEIROMUSIC)
A Fundamental Problem (trio)
CD/Net Release-Jan 2008(ONEIROMUSIC/My Formica Table)
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