Recordings
available on iTunes, SoundCloud and at gigs
available on iTunes, SoundCloud and at gigs
Jenny's newest and fifth CD, Floating, was composed during the pandemic and recorded at The Bunker Studios in Brooklyn. The quintet is Jenny Hill on saxes and flute, Allison Philips on trumpet and flugelhorn, Manu Koch on piano, Eduardo Belo on bass, and Todd Isler on drums.
Floating features the colors of the soprano sax and flute with flugelhorn, and also has the traditional pairing of tenor sax and trumpet on the faster, funkier and swing tunes. These 7 compositions highlight various themes such as jazz plus tango, the Brazilian Northeast, a relaxing jazz waltz, straight eighth driving pulses, and contemplative moments.
Groove Garden is a musical salute to California and the complex rhythms of South America. Half of Groove Garden was recorded in Brasilia, Brazil with Oswaldo Amorim on bass, Serge Frasunkiewicz on piano, and Moises Alves on trumpet. The NYC ensemble features Peruvian trumpet player Gabriel Alegria, Brazilian bassist Eduardo Belo, Manu Koch of Switzerland, and Todd Isler on drums and hand percussion, plus Urbano Sanchez and Freddie “Huevito” Lobaton on congas, cajon, and misc. latin percussion.
Jenny Hill's third CD, the Chill Factor, features her original compositions and a few standards, played by Jenny on saxes and flute, Jerome Harris on bass guitar, Stefan Bauer on vibraphone, Curtis Fowlkes on trombone, and Todd Isler on drums and percussion. The grooves are drawn from the Northeast of Brazil, West Africa, and modern jazz.