The Jesse Carr Trio

Jesse Carr

Vocalist/tenor saxophonist Jesse Carr began childhood musical studies with

iconic bassist/lutenist Joseph Iadone, continuing with recorder virtuoso Bernard

Krainis, and later majoring in 20h century composition. As guitarist, vocalist, and wind

instrumentalist, he has performed in, written for, and arranged tracks for eight Ken

Burns films--“Brooklyn Bridge”, the Grammy winning “Civil War”, and “Baseball”

among them.

He has composed, arranged, and led Jazz combos most recently, and is

currently recording an album of originals, which will be explored by this Carr Bakriges

Duo collaboration, along with originals penned by accomplished composer/pianist

Chris Bakriges.

"Jesse sings in a laconic style and he chooses his repertoire carefully,

presenting meaningful versions of tunes that evoke Chet Baker. His own compositions

as well as his re-harmonizations of Beatles tunes are especially wonderful.”

—Eugene Uman, Director of Vermont Jazz Center and

Jazz Piano Instruction at Amherst College.

Chris Bakriges

“No matter how small, musicians create a movement over time that connects the

world through music," Bakriges, notes. “It’s through music that we can understand our

differences and create a better world.” Bakriges, pianist, composer, and

ethnomusicologist of Greek American decent, has not only performed in musical

meccas such as London, Toronto, New York, Istanbul, Prague, and Paris; but relishes

playing in places where one wouldn’t think global-inspired jazz would have much

currency—like India, Pakistan, and the People’s Republic of China.

Chris was Music Director for Jazz Alive on Northeast Public Radio, and has

performed with Bobby McFerrin, David Darling, Kenny Burrell, Bernard Purdie, and the

fusion group Elements. Having studied with Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Giuffre, Billy Taylor,

Nadi Qamar, Harold Danko and Anthony Braxton, Bakriges, with a doctorate in Music, is

Visiting Lecturer at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston; he resides

in Vermont.

Chris says, “Improvisation is the basis for our understanding, trust, and ultimate

friendship,” and adds, “Creative music is the weapon of the future to conquer mistrust,

poverty, and hate.”