recent projects

Chris Walden embarks on a new musical adventures as he founded the PACIFIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA, LA’s resident 40-piece ensemble for jazz and beyond. The upcoming 2025-26 season features concerts with Lisa Fischer, José James, Veronica Swift, Sean Jones, Emmet Cohen, Aloe Blacc, and many more.

Chris Walden served again as the lead arranger for the 98th OSCARS® telecast and he recently composed the score for the upcoming feature film BAD NEWS ON THE DOOR STEP with Chazz Palminteri and Robert Davi.

Chris wrote arrangements for the recent album releases of:

JOSH GROBAN - Cinematic
PJO feat. Rufus Wainwright - Wainwright Does Weill
HAUSER - Cinema
CLIFF RICHARD - My Kinda Life
DAVID FOSTER & KATHARINE MCPHEE - Christmas Songs
LEANN RIMES - God’s Work
IL VOLO - Sings Morricone

Chris recently conducted the Metropole Orkest in Holland, as well as WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany.

BIG BAND ALBUM

Our new album MISSA IUBILEUM AUREUM, a jazz mass for big band, choir, and organ, feat. TIERNEY SUTTON & KURT ELLING was released on Origin Records.

Listen to previous Chris Walden Big Band albums on Spotify or AppleMusic.
PDF charts of Chris’ arrangements are available on sheetmusicplus.com