Rest of the Story (2011):
Rest of the Story is one of the most strikingly original
packages ever to pair written word with written note. - Bass
Player Magazine
(Rest of the Story) is deftly crafted by musicians who
transcend pigeonholes to simply be expressive and
personal. - Ottawa Citizen
Not your average jazz CD, this one...this superb effort
deserves wide recognition - Exclaim Magazine
Rest of the Story is an exercise in the art of the CD from one
of jazz's top band leaders - Pop Matters
The stories are brilliantly crafted, and the music is deep, with
a playfulness that cannot be denied. - Bass Frontiers
Magazine
Almost Certainly Dreaming (2007):
Almost Certainly Dreaming finds bassist Chris Tarry's quintet
in electrifyingly tight form! - Downbeat Magazine
One of the best jazz groups working today! - All About Jazz
ACD is Chris' masterpiece! - Bass Musician Magazine
A solid new album! - New York Times
Sorry to be Strange (2005):
Tarry's excellent American debut (Sorry to be Strange) is a
resonant, single-minded bit of contemporary jazz … Tarry's
terrain is a muscular and acrobatic electric bass, a world
where deep rock might saddle to deep swing
in a moment
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Rest of the Story (2011):
Rest of the Story is one of the most strikingly original
packages ever to pair written word with written note. - Bass
Player Magazine
(Rest of the Story) is deftly crafted by musicians who
transcend pigeonholes to simply be expressive and
personal. - Ottawa Citizen
Not your average jazz CD, this one...this superb effort
deserves wide recognition - Exclaim Magazine
Rest of the Story is an exercise in the art of the CD from one
of jazz's top band leaders - Pop Matters
The stories are brilliantly crafted, and the music is deep, with
a playfulness that cannot be denied. - Bass Frontiers
Magazine
Almost Certainly Dreaming (2007):
Almost Certainly Dreaming finds bassist Chris Tarry's quintet
in electrifyingly tight form! - Downbeat Magazine
One of the best jazz groups working today! - All About Jazz
ACD is Chris' masterpiece! - Bass Musician Magazine
A solid new album! - New York Times
Sorry to be Strange (2005):
Tarry's excellent American debut (Sorry to be Strange) is a
resonant, single-minded bit of contemporary jazz … Tarry's
terrain is a muscular and acrobatic electric bass, a world
where deep rock might saddle to deep swing
in a moment. He's a softie with a spine, having mastered the
borderland between mainstream jazz and
various popular forms. - Greg Buium, Downbeat Magazine
(Four Stars ****, Feb 07)
I don't think I've heard a tighter, more consistently cooking,
more continuously uninhibited
improvising jazz band than The Chris Tarry Group … All five
musicians borrow each other's ears, or
rather pool them to create their marvelous ensemble -
Stephen Pedersen - The Chronicle Herald
With his new CD Sorry to be Strange freshly minted, Tarry
proves himself a gifted player, composer and
band leader, with a knack for drive and dynamics in pieces
that are exploratory, yet still accessible. -
Stephen Cooke, The Chronicle Herald
Chris is on the cusp of becoming a genuine jazz star - Alex
Varty, The Georgia Straight
Sorry to be strange is a cool balance of strong melodies,
good grooves, and lively interaction. - Roger
Levesque, The Edmonton Journal
(Sorry to be Strange) delivers a dozen songs laden with
grooves and flowing lyricism. - Cam Hayden,
See Magazine
Since relocating to New York in 2003, he (Chris Tarry) has
further focused his virtuoso skills and is
currently leading the Chris Tarry Group, a band that
showcases some of Brooklyn's most dynamic
younger players. - Stuart Broomer, Toronto Life Magazine
Once tenorman Kelly Jefferson starts blazing in pursuit of
pianist Jon Cowherd's outside flights that
follow general weirdness and striking guitar from Pete
McCann (love this guy!) on the second track
(Yeah Guys) of power electric bassist Tarry's new album,
you realize there's a seriously hard, skittery
edge to his complex, always-on-the-move hard bop- and
rock-seasoned fusion. Geoff Chapman, The
Toronto Star
An album that echoes with the spirit of the New York jazz
scene - Carsten Knox, Infomonkey.net
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