Brett Hansen’s - Confluence
A six-person ensemble featuring some of Canada’s greatest Jazz musicians
Possessing “one of the purest sounds on the six string” (The Listening Sessions), guitarist-composer Brett Hansen has boldly stepped out from his work as one of Canada’s first-call session musicians with a striking debut album of his own, Confluence. Hansen’s compositions showcase his fleet technical skill and cinematic sonic palate, but perhaps most notable is his emotional and dynamic capacity to tell stories without words. Influences from his work in folk, rock, jazz, and orchestral ensembles shine across the album, which has remained on the international jazz charts since its release in 2024 and has garnered critical acclaim, drawing comparison to Pat Metheny and John Abercrombie. Brett Hansen has studied with the likes of Mike Stern, Julian Lage, Oz Noy, Matthew Stevens, Nir Felder, Jim Head, and Rez Abassi. He performs regularly as a part of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, has toured internationally through Asia, Europe, and Canada, and has performed on hundreds of recordings across genres with some of Canada’s finest musicians across many genres of music. Without a doubt, Brett Hansen a guitarist “deserving of your attention” (The Intelligencer).
Brett Hansen’s Confluence is a live show experience that brings together folk-inspired sensitivity, muscular rock phrases, and Latin rhythms to conjure a sound both atmospheric and powerful, while showcasing a six-person ensemble featuring some of Canada’s finest jazz musicians: Mallory Chipman on vocals, Luis Tovar on percussion, Murray Wood on bass, Joel Jeschke on drums, and Chris Pruden on keyboards.
Drawing comparison to the likes of Pat Metheny and John Abercrombie, Brett’s skills as a guitarist are only met by his expressivity as a composer, weaving together years of influence and experience from his work as a side person with award-winning and internationally touring ensembles across genres, and resulting in a sound that is simultaneously sophisticated and raw.