Jon Bentley is a professional Canadian jazz saxophonist based in Vancouver, BC. He is a two time Juno Awards nominated artist as well as a four time recipient of Western Canadian Music Awards nominations. Bentley is known for performing and/or recording with artists such as Kenny Wheeler, Dave Douglas, Seamus Blake, Brad Turner, Eddie Daniels, Jodi Proznick, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Metalwood, John Korsrud, Hard Rubber Orchestra, Mark Helias, Steve Kaldestad, The Temptations, and Frankie Valli.
Since 1995, he has performed professionally in concerts across Canada, USA, England, and Europe and has been featured on CBC Radio with live and studio recordings for Tonic, The Signal, Jazzbeat, West Coast Performance, Hot Air, and Arts National.
Bentley received his bachelor's degree in Saxophone Jazz Performance from Capilano University in Vancouver in 1998. He has studied the tenor saxophone both in Vancouver and in New York with saxophonist Seamus Blake. Bentley has received numerous studying, recording, performing, and travel Canada Council for the Arts awards, including an extended grant to study composition and arranging with Canadian trumpeter/ composer Kenny Wheeler in London, England. +DiscographyYear releasedTitleArtistLabelNotesRef2025Go Ahead!Jon BentleyCellar Music GroupWestern Canadian Music Awards Nominated2023Dark Night, Bright StarsSharon MinemotoCellar Music Group2023A Walk To MerytonArne EigenfeldtRedshift Records2023A Giving WayPeggy Lee BandSonglines Recordings2022String SongsLaura Crema & Bill CoonIndependent2022IguanaHard Rubber OrchestraRedshift RecordsJuno Awards Nominated2021Flicker DownWaxwingSonglines RecordingsWestern Canadian Music Awards Nominated2020Crossing TimeChris GestrinPhonometrograph2019Sweetest ThingKatherine PenfoldNettwerk Music Group2018Echo PaintingPeggy LeeSonglines Recordings2016Safe TravelsSharon MinemotoPagetown Records2015A Bowl Of Sixty TaxidermistsWaxwingSonglines Recordings2015Ancient LightsPaul KeelingIndependentWest Coast Music Award Nominated2012InvitationPeggy Lee BandDrip AudioJuno Awards Nominated2009New CodePeggy Lee BandDrip Audio2007After the City Has Gone: QuietChris GestrinSonglines Recordings2007Escondido DreamsWilson/Lee/BentleyDrip Audio2007Songs and MelodiesJillian LebeckTalie Records2007Forward MotionFred Stride Jazz OrchestraCellar Live2006Live at the CellarUGETSUCellar Live2004MotionsJon Bentley QuintetIndependent2003Living in PiecesJillian LebeckTalie Records2002StillpointChris GestrinSonglines Recordings2000SimulasticityMillennium ProjectMo Funk1998American ProphecyDiversionsIndependentWest Coast Music Award Nominated
Jon Bentley Videography as a Digital Artist “Highway Of Tears - Waxwing & Christi Belcourt” (2021) In collaboration with Michif (Métis) visual artist Christi Belcourt. “On This Day - Waxwing” (2021) “The Pandemia Hatch - Jon Bentley” (2020)
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