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|''Reeds Ramble''
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|Co-led with [[Seamus Blake]] (tenor sax); quintet, with [[Ethan Iverson]] (piano), Matt Penman (bass), Jochen Rueckert (drums)
|Co-led with [[Seamus Blake]] (tenor sax); quintet, with [[Ethan Iverson]] (piano), Matt Penman (bass), Jochen Rueckert (drums)
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|''Let's Call the Whole Thing Off''
|''Let's Call the Whole Thing Off''
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|Co-led with [[Seamus Blake]] (tenor sax); quintet, with [[Ethan Iverson]] (piano), Matt Penman (bass), Jochen Rueckert (drums)
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Revision as of 15:30, 19 November 2018

Chris Cheek
Cheek at Moers Festival 2009
Cheek at Moers Festival 2009
Background information
Born (1968-09-16) September 16, 1968 (age 56)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
GenresJazz, blues
Occupation(s)Musician, bandleader
InstrumentSaxophone
Years active1992–present
LabelsFresh Sound, Blue Music Group
WebsiteChrisCheek.net
Chris Cheek, 2013

Christopher Carson Cheek (born September 16, 1968) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has worked as a sideman on more than sixty albums, and has been leader or co-leader of around ten albums.

Biography

Cheek was born in St. Louis, Missouri,[1] where his father was the director of a Junior high school band. Cheek began learning to play the alto saxophone at age eleven, and upon graduation from high school, he attended Webster University.[1] He studied at the Berklee College of Music under Joe Viola, Hal Crook, and Herb Pomeroy, and earned his bachelor's degree.[2] He moved to New York City in 1992, where he played with Paul Motian in the Electric Bebop Band, and co-founded Bloomdaddies with Seamus Blake.[1] He also played with Guillermo Klein, Mika Pohjola, Luciana Souza, and David Berkman.[1]

His debut release as a leader, I Wish I Knew, appeared in 1997 and featured Kurt Rosenwinkel,[3] and by 2010, three more solo albums with Cheek as bandleader on the Fresh Sound label followed; A Girl Named Joe (1997), Vine (1999), and Blues Cruise, in 2005. Two albums as co-leader – Lazy Afternoon and Guilty – were released by Blue Moon in 2002.[4] In 2016 another CD, Saturday Songs, was released by Sunnyside Records.[5] Criss Cross Jazz have also released two Cheek albums with co-leader Seamus Blake.[6] Cheek has appeared on more than one hundred albums as a session musician.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Year recorded Title Label Personnel
1996–97 I Wish I Knew Fresh Sound Quartet, with Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), Chris Higgins (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)
1997 A Girl Named Joe Fresh Sound With Mark Turner (tenor sax), Ben Monder (guitar), Marc Johnson (bass), Jorge Rossy and Dan Rieser (drums)
1999 Vine Fresh Sound Quintet, with Brad Mehldau (piano, Fender Rhodes), Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), Matt Penman (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)
2000 Guilty Blue Moon Quartet, co-led with Ethan Iverson (piano), Ben Street (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); in concert
2000 Lazy Afternoon Blue Moon Quartet, co-led with Ethan Iverson (piano), Ben Street (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums); in concert
2005 Blues Cruise Fresh Sound Quartet, with Brad Mehldau (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums)
2013 Reeds Ramble Criss Cross Jazz Co-led with Seamus Blake (tenor sax); quintet, with Ethan Iverson (piano), Matt Penman (bass), Jochen Rueckert (drums)
2015 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Criss Cross Jazz Co-led with Seamus Blake (tenor sax); quintet, with Ethan Iverson (piano), Matt Penman (bass), Jochen Rueckert (drums)
2015 Saturday Songs Sunnyside Quintet, with Steve Cardenas (guitar), David Soler (pedal steel guitar), Jaume Llombard (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums, vibes, marimba)

As sideman

With Burak Bedikyan

  • Leap of Faith (SteepleChase)

With Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra

With Guillermo Klein

  • Los Guachos II (Sunnyside, 1999)
  • Los Guachos III (Sunnyside, 2002)
  • Filtros (Sunnyside, 2008)
  • Carrera (Sunnyside, 2012)
  • Los Guachos V (Sunnyside, 2016)

With Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gary W. Kennedy, "Chris Cheek". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
  2. ^ Adler, David. "Chris Cheek: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. "I Wish I Knew: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  4. ^ Corroto, Mark (September 12, 2002). "Cheek/Iverson/Street/Rossy: Lazy Afternoon/Guilty". AllAboutJazz.
  5. ^ Brady, Shaun (December 2016). "Together (and Apart) Again". DownBeat. p. 64.
  6. ^ Blanco, Edward (August 29, 2016). "Seamus Blake / Chris Cheek: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off". AllAboutJazz.

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