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Chris Tarry
New York City based Chris Tarry is one of Canada's most successful and celebrated electric bass exports. With three Juno Awards (the Canadian Grammy) for best Contemporary Jazz Album, eight Juno Award nominations, and other high profile accolades he has established himself as one of North America's top musicians. Chris's work since moving to New York in 2003 has seen him share the stage and recording studio with top musicians such as John Scofield, Dave Binney, Keith Carlock, Oz Noy Trio, Sam Yahel, DJ Logic, and many others. Chris has produced 9 critically acclaimed albums under his own name and has appeared on over 100 albums around the globe as one of the world's most sought after electric bass players. Chris is also an award winning fiction writer. His latest album "Rest of the Story", is a cutting edge book of short fiction and jazz CD rolled into one.
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Markbass, D'Addario Strings, Sibelius, Alleva Copollo basses, Fodera Basses, Planet Waves
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The Chris Tarry Group: Almost Certainly Dreaming
by John Kelman
With few bassists in jazz making electric their primary axe--and a recent AAJ interview with Canada-born, New York-based Chris Tarry finding him playing more acoustic bass than ever before--on the follow-up to The Chris Tarry Group's debut, Sorry to Be Strange (Cellar Live, 2006), the bassist's focus remains on the electric variety. He claims, “I never set out to make the electric bass sound like the acoustic bass. My goal was to make it function like the acoustic, and find ...
Continue ReadingChris Tarry: New Challenges, New Influences, New York
by Paul Olson
Why would a very successful musician throw his career away to become just another bassist in New York City?Well, Chris Tarry didn't exactly throw his career away. But the Calgary-born, Vancouver-based Tarry was certainly one of the most celebrated bassists in Canada. As a solo artist and one-fourth of the fusion super group Metalwood, Tarry was a serious presence on the Canadian jazz scene and a winner of two Juno Awards (that's the Canadian Grammy, mind you).
Continue ReadingThe Chris Tarry Group: Sorry to be Strange
by John Kelman
Sometimes it's better to be a little fish in a big pond than the reverse. Not to diminish the vibrant Canadian jazz scene, but when Alberta-born bassist Chris Tarry--who'd won numerous awards for his own work and with the collaborative fusion group Metalwood--relocated to New York a few years back, it was a courageous move. With no shortage of fine bassists in the Big Apple, Tarry went, nevertheless, and has worked with artists including guitarist John Scofield, trumpeter Jim Rotondi ...
Continue ReadingChris Tarry: Project 33
by AAJ Staff
Project 33 is a lovely rhythm groove that serves to stage tasteful and compelling improvisation. From the start, this record is mixed so that Mino Cinelu understatedly influences the music rather than overtly declaring his unique presence. The conspicuous lack of aural stratification drives this music to a higher level of aesthetic value. The musicians’ excellent understanding of the needs of the notes shines above all.
“I wanted the album to sound like it had parts (other than ...
Continue ReadingMetalwood's Chris Tarry: In Conversation
by Gregory J. Robb
When Air Canada Flight No. 706 lands at the gates of LaGuardia, a Canadian music story fuses itself (as so many other great stories have) to the legends of New York City. Chris Tarry, a multi-talented bassist of Canadian national repute, will carry his dream as far as he can take it.
Tarry has already experienced the national acclaim about which so many Canadian musicians dream. He plays bass in Metalwood, a Juno-Award winning group. He has been nominated for ...
Continue ReadingChris Tarry Group: Sevyn
by Ben Ohmart
Chris Tarry's group isn't the first amalgamation of intimacy to prove itself highly intelligent to the cerebral heart, but it does lay down clearer rules than some. One soft step through the 'Kata' cut, heavy on so much high-hat spray (you'd swear you're in the middle of a snow cone maker), and the wonderland that is Lite Jazz takes on a whole different meaning. Very MacGuyver music, this track. Making a lot out of what instruments you're given. Like ocean ...
Continue ReadingJazz Musician of the Day: Chris Tarry
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All About Jazz is celebrating Chris Tarry's birthday today!
NYC based Chris Tarry hails from Canada and is one of that countries most successful and celebrated electric bass exports. With two Juno Awards (Canadian Grammy) for best Jazz Album, six Juno Award nominations, and other high profile accolades he has established himself as one of North America\'s top musicians...NYC based Chris Tarry hails from Canada and is one of that countries most successful and celebrated electric bass exports. With two ...
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Chris Tarry's Duck Hero @ Bowery Poetry Club
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All About Jazz
BASSIST CHRIS TARRY PERFORMS WITH HIS NEW GROUP DUCK HERO! AT THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB IN THE EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2009 AT 9 PM BROOKLYN, NY: Celebrated Canadian electric bass export Chris Tarry will perform with his brand new sextet, Duck Hero at The Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan on Sunday, January 4, 2009. The group features frequent co-conspirators Henry Hey (Rudder) and Pete McCann, and adds to the mix vocalist JD Walter, extra six-string shredder ...
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Bassist Chris Tarry Releases "Almost Certainly Dreaming"
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All About Jazz
New York based Canadian born electric bassist Chris Tarry has released his latest album Almost Certainly Dreaming. It features some of the top players in New York and is being hailed as the finest album of his career! “Almost Certainly Dreaming establishes this band as one of the best working today!" --All About Jazz (December 2007 Interview) With seven award-winning solo albums Chris Tarry has constantly pushed the envelope with his electric bass led music. Sold out concert tours and ...
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Bassist Chris Tarry Interviewed at AAJ
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All About Jazz
Why would a very successful musician throw his career away to become just another bass player in New York City?
Chris Tarry didn't exactly throw his career away. But the Calgary-born, Vancouver-based Tarry was certainly one of the most celebrated bassists in Canada. As a solo artist and one-fourth of the fusion super group Metalwood, Tarry was a serious presence on the Canadian jazz scene and a winner of two Juno Awards.
And when Tarry moved to New York in ...
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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
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Bass
Willing to teach
Advanced only
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Performed clinics around the world.
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