Brent Jensen’s Pure Desmond Band | Full Performance On KNKX Public Radio

Alto and soprano sax player Brent Jensen says no matter which horn he plays, people often tell him he sounds like Paul Desmond. That’s a high compliment indeed, but live in the KNKX studios Jensen showed he’s no imitator. You’ve probably heard Brent Jensen playing around the Northwest, or from his hit debut album on Seattle’s Origin Records, The Sound of a Dry Martini: Remembering Paul Desmond from 2002. But he’s only just recently moved to the Puget Sound region about a year ago and says he loves having a