Not Cool ( … as in, “The Oppo­site of Paul Desmond”) (Tzazz Kry­tyk 1)

Recorded June 17, 2009, Brook­lyn, NY.

Chris Kelsey – soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones

Chris DiMeglio – trum­pet

Fran­cois Grillot – bass

Jay Rosen – drums

Tracks:

1. Fem­u­late the State (8:22)

2. Raw Sun (9:48)

3. If Jazz is Dead (Can I Have Its Stuff?) (7:08)

4. Same­ness is Way Bet­ter Than Dif­fer­ent­ness! (12:37)

5. The Past is a Fright­en­ing Prospect (9:53)

6. The Sweet Trauma that is Free Jazz/Ghosts (10:06)

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The Crookedest Straight Line, Vol. 2 (CIMP 368)

Recorded August 15, 2006, The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

John Carl­son – trum­pet and flugelhorn

Fran­cois Grillot – bass

Jay Rosen – drums

Tracks:

1. Robin’s Egg Blues (8:41)

2. Stunned (7:47)

3. All Small Not At All (8:31)

4. 61715 (10:22)

5. Inside Pout (10:22)

6. Charm­ing (10:06)

7. It’s Yer Birth­day (8:11)

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The Crookedest Straight Line, Vol. 1 (CIMP 358)

Recorded August 14, 2006, The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

John Carl­son – trum­pet and flugelhorn

Fran­cois Grillot – bass

Jay Rosen – drums

Tracks:

1. Post Mod­ern Times (8:09)

2. Poor Rela­tions (10:53)

3. Het­eropho­nous (9:03)

4. Fan­gle (9:09)

5. Ask I Won’t Tell (10:58)

6. Who’s What’s Where Now? (11:08)

7. Spam Not Spam (9:06)

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Wish­ing You Were Here (CIMP 329)

Recorded March 23 & 24, 2005, The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

Fran­cois Grillot – bass

Jay Rosen – drums

Tracks:

1. Jam Ses­sion (11:15)

2. Sea Cricket (9:26)

3. Tru­cu­lent (10:01)

4. Mis­quo­tate (8:07)

5. Spright (7:13)

6. Uno­rig­i­nally Titled (9:36)

7. Pop, Grunt, Squeal (6:53)

8. Post­card (9:08)

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Beyond Is and Is Not (Cadence Jazz 1183)

Recorded Octo­ber 30 & 31, 2004, Pawl­ing, NY.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

Tracks:

1. Afro Blue (8:22)

2. Foot­prints (6:51)

3. I Let a Song Out of My Heart (4:17)

4. Mem­oir (7:54)

5. Fried Bananas/Blue Monk (8:05)

6. Chronology/Stella By Starlight (6:18)

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Renewal (CIMP 309)

Recorded April 7, 2004, The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

Steve Swell – trom­bone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5)

Fran­cois Grillot – bass

Jay Rosen – drums

Tracks:

1. A Romp in the Dark (18:27)

2. Char­lie Parker’s Last Will and Tes­ta­ment (15:11)

3. Rea­son Excluded (12:23)

4. Enough/No Tell (13:21)

5. E and Me (7:23)

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The Inge­nious Gen­tle­man of the Lower East Side (CIMP 139)

Recorded at The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY, March 5, 1997.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

Dominic Duval – bass

Edward Ware – drums

Tracks:

1. The Sax­o­phon­ist of the Sor­row­ful Coun­te­nance (7:29)

2. Where­upon the Sax­o­phon­ist Finds a New Pair of Squires (8:15)

3. The Story of the Rock­ing Horse in Sans­abelt Pants (9:56)

4. The Revenge of the Herd (or the Flock, if You Pre­fer) (4:57)

5. The Piti­ful Tale of a Bat­tle to the Death that Ended in a Draw (5:24)

6. The Adven­ture in Which Our Hero Banged His Head Against the Wall Repeat­edly (4:55)

7. Sophia Loren Lives on East Third Street (8:01)

8. Twelve-Tone Song for My Father (12:43)

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Quick Wits [w/ Lou Grassi Sax­tet] (CIMP 123)

Recorded at the Spirit Room, Rossie, NY, August 2 & 3, 1996.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

Phillip John­ston – alto saxophone

Joe Rud­dick – bari­tone saxophone

Dave Hof­s­tra – bass

Lou Grassi – drums

Tracks:

1. Freez­ing Light­ning (9:21)

2. Thumb Under (6:05)

3. There’s No Busi­ness Like Jazz Busi­ness (11:42)

4. Unpre­dictable You (11:25)

5. Non­cha­lant (10:43)

6. The Supply/The Demand (8:52)

7. I Got Rid of Them (10:43)

8. Freez­ing Light­ning [take one] (3:44)

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Obser­va­tions (CIMP 108)

Recorded  at The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY, Feb. 16 & 17, 1996.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

Steve Swell – trom­bone

Tracks:

1. The His­tory of Jazz is Replete with Anom­alies (8:59)

2. Char­lie Parker Did Not Wish To Be Wor­shipped Like a God (12:22)

3. The Last Note Has Yet To Be Spo­ken (6:51)

4. Sedi­tion Builds Tra­di­tion (9:15)

5. Bill Clin­ton Digs Stan Getz (8:26)

6. The Best Things In Jazz Are Free (9:03)

7. Cage was Occa­sion­ally Wrong (7:31)

8. An After­thought (3:34)

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Stomp Own It (Sax­o­fo­nis 9301)

Recorded at The Place in New York, NY, Octo­ber, 1992.

Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone

Dom Richards – bass

Edward Ware – drums

Tracks:

1. The Really Amaz­ing and Holy Tra­di­tion (7:02)

2. Stomp Own It (5:17)

3. Too Good to be Food (9:00)

4. Bar­gain Head (6:12)

5. Sax­o­fo­nis, Sax­o­fo­nis, Sax­o­fo­nis (9:50)

6. Olde Mac­Don­alde (9:03)

7. Lisa’s Name Is … (9:12)