Justin Chart & COLORSTORM

Universal Music Group artist Justin Chart is a visionary alto saxophonist, acclaimed for his elegant and enticing extemporization and electrifying hard bop. Chart pushes the boundaries of jazz, relying completely on improvisation, creating beautifully wrought pieces of jazz with spellbinding spontaneity.

With an infinite improvisational vocabulary, intricate compositional changes and emotive eloquence, Chart welcomes the audience on a musical odyssey. He invites them to be fully in the moment, immersed in the magic that arises as Chart engages with their energy – fueling exuberant riffs sizzling with passion, and orchestrating enchanting balladry imbued with tenderness and longing.

An artist of intense vision who has developed his own sound and unique musical identity, Chart is known in West Coast Jazz circles as “The Blizzard” because of his electrifying Hard Bop, firing off riffs “like a peregrine falcon flying through the canyons.” Chart is a fiery player, passionate and exquisitely in-the-moment, who is not afraid to push himself and his art forward.

Justin Chart’s musical career spans over four decades, with performances throughout the world. He has amassed nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram and over 12 MILLION views on YouTube. His new album “Night Heat” is available on all major streaming platforms