Go Ahead! Jon Bentley

• 1 Balcony Jogger 05:38
• 2 Tucka’ 06:25
• 3 Trane’s Terrain 05:59
• 4 Don’t Be Sad 05:07
• 5 Go Ahead! 05:33
• 6 Movin’ Further Wes 05:44
• 7 Still Crazy After All These Years 04:20
• 8 Down In The Depths 07:19
• 9 The Feeling Of Jazz 06:43
• Total Runtime 52:48

Info for Go Ahead!

Go Ahead! features five original compositions by saxophonist Jon Bentley, with additional classic works written by Wayne Shorter, Brad Mehldau, Duke Ellington, and Paul Simon. This collection of songs was purposely created to mirror Bentley’s desired approach of moving forward through difficult life challenges with acceptance and positivity. Presented in the classic tenor saxophone/organ jazz quartet instrumentation, Go Ahead! focuses on Bentley’s favourite elements of jazz: soulful, bluesy, funky, straight ahead and swinging.

Tristan Paxton, guitar
Chris Gestrin, organ
Jon Bentley, tenor saxophone
Joe Poole, drums

Recorded at Monarch Studios, Vancouver, BC on April 8th & 9th, 2024
Engineered by Sheldon Zaharko
Mixed by Jon Bentley
Mastered by Chris Gestrin
Produced by Jon Bentley

Jon Bentley
is a Juno nominated jazz saxophonist based in Vancouver, Canada with over 30 years of professional international experience and 30+ recordings as a leader and sideman. He has recorded and/or performed professionally in concerts with musicians/ groups such as Kenny Wheeler, Seamus Blake, Dave Douglas, Mark Helias, Brad Turner, Eddie Daniels, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Phil Dwyer's Saxophone Summit, The Temptations, Peggy Lee Band and Metalwood. He has performed across Canada, England, and Europe and has been featured many times on CBC Radio with live and studio recordings for Tonic, The Signal, Jazzbeat, West Coast Performance, Hot Air, and Arts National.

Jon Bentley received his Bachelor Degree in Saxophone Jazz Performance from Capilano University in Vancouver. Jon has studied the tenor saxophone extensively both in Vancouver and in New York with critically acclaimed saxophonist Seamus Blake. Bentley was also the recipient of a Canada Council grant that sent him to London, England to study composition and arranging with Canadian trumpeter/ composer icon Kenny Wheeler.

"Elegant and bittersweet…. the original compositions accommodate fluttery abstraction as well as glowing consonance" - Nate Chinen (New York Times)

“Saxophonist Jon Bentley is one of Vancouver’s unsung musical talents, a gifted musician who never grandstands, but rather brings out the best in the musicians around him” - Marke Andrews (Vancouver Sun)

"Top drawer modern chamber jazz" - Ken Pickering (Artistic Director, Vancouver International Jazz Festival)

"Credit Bentley’s excellent production work and the genius of the respective players with the final, moving results. This is jazz for classical music heads, classical music for jazzbos and something to recommend to all" - Stuart Derdeyn (The Vancouver Sun)

“Perfect blend of homage and innovation” - Jonathan Widran (All Music Guide)

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