Chris Jennings

Since 1996, Jennings completed residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts Canada, a Bachelors (B.A.) in Jazz Performance from the University of Toronto, Canada (2000) and a Masters (M.A.) in Music from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, the Netherlands (2004). He is on faculty at the Didier Lockwood Music School (Centre Musiques Didier Lockwood - CMDL), since 2005 and having taught at the Conservatory of Chelles France for 7 years.

• Album as leader/co-leader — Year — Label • Chris Jennings 5 Ways Home – Boy, She's the Dandy (Kalle Kalima, Patrick Goraguer, Eric Schaefer, Hayden Chisholm feat. Rachel Eckroth) — 2024 — Eden River Records & Promise Land (distr. Socadisc) • Chris Jennings Drum'n Koto – Drum'n Koto (Mieko Miyazaki, Patrick Goraguer, feat. Nguyên Lê & Kudsi Erguner) — 2013 — MusicJustMusic (Digital) • Chris Jennings Drum'n Koto – Drum'n Koto (Mieko Miyazaki, Patrick Goraguer, feat. Nguyên Lê & Kudsi Erguner) — 2013 — Promise Land (distr. Socadisc) • Hammar/Jennings Group Land (featuring Ingrid Jensen) — 2012 — Skip Records • Chris Jennings Drum'n Koto – From Tokyo to Tehran (feat. Mieko Miyazaki, Patrick Goraguer) — 2012 — MusicJustMusic • Chris Jennings Quartet August – Special Edition (feat. Manu Codjia, Pierre Perchaud, Patrick Goraguer) — 2012 — MusicJustMusic • Chris Jennings Quartet – Chris Jennings Quartet (feat. Manu Codjia, Pierre Perchaud, Patrick Goraguer) — 2011 — Promise Land Records • Chris Jennings String Quintet – Works I — 2010 — MusicJustMusic • Chris Jennings Solo Double Bass – Live at the Banff Centre — 2010 — MusicJustMusic • Jennings/Perchaud Duo – Paris to the Rockies — 2008 — MusicJustMusic • Chris Jennings Solo Double Bass – Left Turn Signal — 2002 — MusicJustMusic • Album as a sideman — Year — Label • John Hadfield – Paris Quartet (feat.Sylvain Rifflet, Jozef Dumoulin, Chris Jennings, John Hadfield-drums) — 2021 — Outnote Records • David Linx – Skin in the Game (feat.Gregroy Privat, Arnaud Dolmen-drums) — 2019 — Cristal Records • Gregory Privat – Soley — 2019 — Buddham Jazz • Nguyên Lê – Streams (feat.Ilya Amar-vibes, John Hadfield-drums) — 2019 — ACT Music • Macha Gharibian – Joy Ascension (feat.Dré Pallemaerts-drums) — 2019 — Meredith Records • Céline Bonacina – Fly Fly (feat.Jean Luc Di Fraya-drums/perc/voix, Guest-Pierre Durand-gtr) — 2019 — Cristal Records • Joachim Kühn – Love & Peace — 2018 — ACT Music • David Aubaile – Thinko (feat. Karim Ziad-drums) — 2018 — Promise Land Records • Jeremy Hababou – Nuances (with Lukmil Perez-drums) — 2018 — Outhere Music • Marko Churnchetz – Ruthenia (feat. Mike Moreno gtr., Rudy Royston drms) — 2017 — Fresh Sound • Joachim Kühn – Beauty & Truth — 2016 — ACT Music • Céline Bonacina Crystal Quartet – Cristal Rain (feat. pianist Gwilym Simcock) — 2016 — Crystal Records (France) • Loïs Le Van – So Much More — 2016 — Hevhetia • Alex Saada – Wefree — 2016 — Promise Land Records (France) • Nguyên Lê/Thong Duong – Doc Dao — 2014 — Vietnam • Francesco Nastro – Colors of Light — 2014 — Via Veneto Jazz (Italy) • Thomas Enhco – Fireflies — 2013 — Label Bleu (France) • Hervé Cercal – Bel Air for Piano — 2013 — Jazz Caribéen • El Gusto Chaabi Orchestra – El Gusto — 2012 — Zylo • Thomas Enhco Trio – The Window and the Rain (with guests Terumasa Hino & Kiyohiko Semba) — 2011 — Happinet (Japan) • Lee Konitz feat. Giovanni Ceccerelli French Trio – Waxin' in Camerino — 2011 — Philology Records (Italy) • Dhafer Youssef Quartet – Abu Nawas Rhapsody (feat. Tigran Hamasyan, Chris Jennings, Mark Guiliana) — 2010 — EmArcy • Jean Becker – Deux Jours à Tuer (film music) — 2008 — StudioCanal • Yabai Piano Trio – Yabai — 2008 — autoproduction • Leila Olivesi – l'Etrange Fleur — 2007 — Plus Loin Music (France) • Alex Saada Quintet – Be Where You Are — 2005 — Promise Land Records (France) • University of Stockholm – Älskade Sånger — 2003 — (Sweden) • Alex Saada – Éveil — 2003 — Promise Land Records (France) • Barry Romberg – Three Blind Mice — 2002 — Romhog Records (Canada) • Ronley Teper – Tales From the Tray — 2001 — autoproduction (Canada) • Sound of Toronto Jazz Series – Hear the Color of Jazz — 1999 — CBC Radio (Canada) • Silke Eberhard – Inspiration Expiration — 1999 — autoproduction (Germany)