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John Jensen: Homecoming
by Jack Bowers
I’d not heard John Jensen before, and as no information about him is given in the booklet accompanying this album I can report only that he is a talented post–bop Jazz trombonist with a knack for choosing splendid accompanists. Among his contemporaries Jensen reminds me most of John Fedchock, Dan Barrett or Andy Martin; among the older generation, of Carl Fontana or Urbie Green more than, say, Frank Rosolino or J.J. Johnson. Good as Jensen is, he’s hard–pressed to keep ...
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by Dave Nathan
John Jensen, the former lead trombone player for the Navy Commodores, has released his first CD with a musical agenda of well-known standards, but one. He is joined by a group of very good Washington, D.C. musicians, including veteran pianist Hod O'Brien. who is married to fine jazz singer Stephanie Nakasian. Jensen's technique is a bit different from others. He has a crisp, clean delivery, forsaking much of the slurring often found with fellow practitioners of the slide instrument. Jensen's ...
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