Concert Review/Jentsch Group Large
Will Friedwald of the NY Sun on the Cycles Suite premiere.

Brooklyn Suite Press

DownBeat Magazine
Alex Henderson, AllMusic (with more sound clips)

Brooklyn Suite reviews at AllAboutJazz:
Graham L. Flanagan
Mark F. Turner
Jack Bowers (scroll down for review)
Michael P. Gladstone

> More Brooklyn Suite Press

Interview____________________________________________________________

NewMusicBox.org interviewed Chris Jentsch on the occasion of the American Composers Forum Grant Announcement in 2002. The published article used just a few excerpts from the full interview and featured Jentsch as well as the other eleven composers selected for the grant.

link to the actual article:
NewMusicBox.org
link to the unexpurgated interview:
New Music Box Interview

Other Reviews and Quotes _______________________________________________

Jentsch displays contemporary guitar mastery throughout [his CD Media Event]. When you think of the traditions of the guitar in the late 20th century, ‘emotion’ is the word that is often conjured. For Jentsch, add intellect, substance, and style to that guitar-emotion definition – a delicacy and charm that spans the history of the music.
AllAboutJazz.com

Skilled NYC electric guitarist recalls Bill Frisell's more aggressive side, both in his use of effects (distortion, delay, volume pedal) and in his jarringly inserted open-string notes. His work in acoustic settings ranges from straight-ahead and boppish to intense and driving, without ever getting totally "out."
Listen.com

Chris Jentsch is the most versatile and creative young guitarist I know of. His solid grasp of the jazz guitar tradition and strong personal musical vision are a rare combination. [His groups develop] a great rapport. On Media Event there is a lot of very high level playing going on.
Bill Dobbins (Faculty, Eastman School of Music)

Chris has the whole jazz and contemporary guitar scene covered, and is a great composer and arranger as well. ...a thoughtful player like Ed Bickert, only more contemporary. ...creative, fresh, very plush harmonies and new but very approachable melodies. Chris has a wonderful way of being outside but very inside at the same time. This stuff has to be heard and performed.
Gene Bertoncini

… a very promising guitarist. On Exploring the Planet Jentsch fires up his electric for a snaky, delay decorated solo. All kinds of cool noises come out of Jentsch’s guitar.
CADENCE Magazine

[Jentsch's composition] Open the Bombay Doors wails... [with] Jentsch's super crunchy guitar fuzzing away between the lines.
CADENCE Magazine

Clearly influenced by much of the history of jazz, Chris' music also embraces folk music from around the world, exploratory rock music textures, music of the ECM record label, and European Concert Music (particularly the Romantic and Twentieth Century periods). This eclectic mix similarly informs his personal approach to guitar playing which runs the gamut between Jimi Hendrix and Jim Hall.
Ron Miller