Jennifer Bell
Saxophone - alto Also plays - Flûte; Clarinet
(Actif dans la scène de Montréal)

(La biographie est seulement disponible en anglais) Originally from Halifax, N.S.

B.Mus McGill

Co-leader of Streetnix & Altsys Jazz Orchestra with Bill Mahar

Jennifer has recorded and or performed with; Kenny Wheeler, Hugh Fraser, Slide Hampton, Muhal Richard Abrams & Maynard Ferguson (Banff Jazz Workshop & Banff Jazz Orchestra); George Russell, (Banff Jazz Workshop); Slide Hampton, Fraser MacPherson, Randy Brecker , Vic Vogel & Oliver Jones (McGill Alumni Jazz Band), Mike Murley, Seamus Blake & Ray Anderson (Altsys Jazz Orchestra).

As co - leader of Streetnix, Jennifer has performed extensively nationally and internationally including: the Montreal & Ottawa International Jazz Festivals; the Seagram’s Platinum Jazz Tour of Quebec; the International Street Performers Festival (Halifax, N.S.); the Festival By The Sea (Saint John, N.B.); Cultures Canada (Ottawa,Ont.); the ALBIJAZZ Festival, Albi, France as part of a tour of southern France; as well as jazz clubs throughout Ontario, Quebec & the Maritimes.

As co-leader of Altsys Jazz Orchestra, performances have included the Montreal & Ottawa International Jazz Festivals, Musicfest des Jeunes du Quebec as well as the CBC radio shows Jazz Sur le Vif & JazzBeat .

Jennifer teaches saxophone, jazz appreciation & coaches combos at the McGill Conservatory of Music and serves as a clinician/adjucator for music festivals throughout Quebec

Articles:
CBC's Jazz Beat features Altsys (Webmaster)
CBC's Jazz Beat scheduled to feature Altsys on Sunday, December 23, 2001.