In Paris France since 2002, Canadian double bassist CHRIS JENNINGS has established himself as double bassist with guitarist Nguyen Lê’s New Quartet (with Rita Marcotulli and Danny Gottlieb/Roberto Gato), Nguyen Lê’s « Fragile Beauty Project, » the Dhafer Youssef Quartet (with Tigran Hamasyan and Mark Guiliana) and renowned Turkish Ney musician Kudsi Erguner Group. A performer, composer, leader, arranger and teacher, playing a wide variety of musical genres and styles on both upright and electric basses, he leads the “CHRIS JENNINGS TRIO• with Pierre Perchaud on acoustic guitar and Leon Parker on drums, as well as the “JENNINGS/PERCHAUD• acoustic duo. Other projects include the Jacek Kochan/Dave Liebman Quartet in Eastern Europe and the Lee Konitz/Giovanni Ceccarelli Quartet. He performs as a sideman with Rick Margitza, Paul McCandless, Danny Gottlieb, Marçin Wasilewski, Karim Ziad, Andy Milne, Satoshi Takeishi, Nelson Veras, Mike Murley, Bojan Z, ‘El Gusto’ (Algerian Orchestra) to name a few. Since 1996 Mr. Jennings completed numerous self-study/project residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts Canada, a Bachelors (B.A.) in Jazz Performance from the University of Toronto, Canada (2000), and a Masters (M.A.) in Music from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, Holland (2004).