From the CD 'Bridges' by Tin/Bag (Kris Tiner-trumpet; Mike Baggetta-guitar)
2011 MabnotesMusic MMCD002
Recorded in Brooklyn, NY on January 16, 2010
Composition by Kris Tiner

Maslow

Aurobindo

Sadness Variations (after Ornette Coleman)

NOT TWICE
Kris Tiner - trumpet, compositions
Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone
Motoko Honda - keyboard and electronics
Jordan Aguirre - keyboard and electronics
Andrew Koeth - keyboard and electronics 
Allen D. Glass - 16mm film projection

Thursday, August 2, 2012
Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series
San Francisco, CA

Sadness Variations

From the limited edition LP on Prefecture Records "Empty Cage Quartet"

Kris Tiner - trumpet, composition
Jason Mears - alto sax
Ivan Johnson - bass
Paul Kikuchi - drums

Recorded at Jack Straw Productions in Seattle, January 23, 2011

www.emptycagequartet.com
www.prefecturerecords.com

Oblige the Oblivious

For C Flute and Piano
By Kris Tiner, July 2012
Commissioned by Reiko Manabe & HIBARI
http://hibari-charity.com

Sky Folding Over

From the Rude Awakening CD "Take Care of Floating"

Empty Cage Quartet & Soletti/Besnard

Kris Tiner - trumpet, composition
Jason Mears - alto sax
Aurelien Besnard - bass clarinet
Patrice Soletti - electric guitar
Ivan Johnson - bass
Paul Kikuchi - drums

Recorded at Studio Lakanal in Montpellier, France, June 2008

www.emptycagequartet.com

Carry The Beautiful

Title track from the debut CD by Tiner and Baggetta (Tin/Bag) on pfMENTUM Records.

Kris Tiner - flugelhorn, composition
Mike Baggetta - prepared acoustic guitar

Recorded at pfMENTUM World Headquarters in Ventura, CA, June 20, 2004

www.tinbag.net
www.pfmentum.com

There, Just As You Look For It

From the CD "And Begin Again" by Tin/Bag on Evander Music.

Kris Tiner - trumpet, composition 
Mike Baggetta - prepared acoustic guitar

www.tinbag.net 
www.evandermusic.com

Fishers of the Star

Recourse to Unison

Don't Hesitate to Change Your Mind

KRIS TINER is a California-based trumpet player, composer, and educator. Featured on NPR Music as one of a handful of new trumpet voices impacting modern music, his playing has been described as “extraordinarily inventive” in Signal to Noise Magazine, and the LA Weekly claims “Trumpeter Kris Tiner can turn barbed wire to beauty.” His music has been performed on five continents, his 60+ recordings have been enthusiastically reviewed in the international jazz press, and he has performance credits on MTV, NBC, PBS and Comedy Central. Tiner has been recognized with awards from ASCAP, IAJE, the American Composers Forum, Chamber Music America, Montalvo Arts Center, KCMEA, and the Kennedy Center. He is a member of the acclaimed Empty Cage Quartet, and he collaborates with New York guitarist Mike Baggetta in the duo Tin/Bag. Tiner also performs regularly with the Industrial Jazz Group, Chris Schlarb’s Psychic Temple, pianist Cathlene Pineda, the Los Angeles Trumpet Quartet and the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. He holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and a BA in Music from CSU Bakersfield. He is an Associate Professor of Music and the Director of Jazz Studies at Bakersfield College, and has also taught at CalArts, CSU Bakersfield, Taft College, and the Academy of Creative Education in Los Angeles. Tiner is the founder of Epigraph Records, an independent label dedicated to the documentation of new creative music recorded in Bakersfield.

Kris Tiner

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