Arrivals by Christian Tamburr

I wanted to feature some of my original compositions, as well as some of my favorite standards. In addition to standards the band has been playing many tunes by Pat Metheny. My 4th grade teacher was his babysitter, and I saw him when I was only 9 years old. I never knew I would have the chance to record the music I saw him perform and it’s a true honor to have Minuano (six-eight) on the new album. Kind of the odd ball on the album is Angel by Sarah McLachlin. I heard this tune when I saw the move “city of angels”. I have been in love with that melody and the feel of that tune. I have always played it on piano, and when it came time to record the song, I wanted to play piano on it. This is the only tune I get the chance to play piano on this album.

The most important thing to me is feel, and melody, and this new album has great musicians doing just that… Swinging hard, and playing for the love of Jazz!

I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it!

BIO

Christian Tamburr is a multi-instrumentalist, accomplished on the piano and trapset as well as world and orchestral percussion. However, his true talent is exhibited on his instrument of choice, the vibraphone. Confirmed in May of 2001 when in their annual poll of collegiate musicians, Downbeat Magazine awarded him "Outstanding Solo Jazz Performance". Christian is currently the leader of the critically acclaimed Christian Tamburr Quartet, a four-piece acoustic jazz group, as well as working with many other groups around the country such as Ira Sullivan and the Grammy Award Winning Dazz Band.

Now 25, Christian first started performing jazz at the age of 14 and has since had the opportunity to work with many jazz legends including, Ira Sullivan, Clark Terry, James Moody, Benny Green, Bucky Pizarelli, Kevin Mahogany, Nicolas Payton, Art Van Damm, Slide Hampton, Bob Mintzer, Milt Hilton, Dick Hyman, Bob Haggart, Mark Murphy, Eric Marienthal, Marcus Printup, and Bunky Green to name a few.

Christian has performed as a guest artist with Dave Brubeck, as a solo percussionist with Michael Feinstein, and opened for Harry Connick, Jr.

In 2005, Christian performed with his quartet on the Main Stage of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, the Atlanta Jazz Festival, The Cocoa Beach Jazz Festival, and the Gulf Coast Jazz Festival. In December of 2005 Christian and bassist Elisa Pruett were hired to play for NBA legend Micheal Jordan in Charlotte, NC. In 2002 as a member of the Noel Friedline Quintet, Christian was hired to perform for Julia Roberts at her highly publicized, surprise birthday party in New York City.

Christian works as a producer, arranger, and writer for many groups of all styles around the country. He was hired by famed magicians Penn and Teller to write and teach them music for they’re stage show in Las Vegas. Off the stage, Christian also works as a clinician, teaching for high school and college students all around the country. Clinics vary from working with jazz big bands, small groups, and improvisation, to percussion technique for mallets in the concert or marching idiom. Christian is endorsed by Promark sticks and mallets and plays exclusively Musser vibraphones.

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