Chris Tarry

Chris Tarry (born 24 August 1970) is a Canadian bass guitarist who is a member of the band Metalwood. Since moving from Canada to New York in 2003, he has worked with George Benson, Wayne Krantz, My Brightest Diamond, John Scofield, Paul Shaffer, Mahavishnu Project, and the Oz Noy Trio.. Since 1993 he has led the Chris Tarry Group. His album Almost Certainly Dreaming featured New York musicians Pete McCann, Dan Weiss, Henry Hey, Canadian saxophonist Kelly Jefferson, and was released by American record label Nineteen Eight Records. His album Rest of the Story was released by Nineteen Eight on 3 March 2011. The band line up remained unchanged. The album is a jazz CD and book combination featuring nine music tracks and four short stories written by Tarry. Tarry is a fiction writer and podcast producer whose work has appeared in Mad, The Literary Review, and Monkeybicycle. His first book, How to Carry Bigfoot Home, was published by Red Hen Press in March 2015.