ARBORESQUE ARTEMIS

• 1 The Smile of the Snake 05:27
• 2 Komorebi 05:42
• 3 Sights Unseen 04:31
• 4 Petrichor 05:39
• 5 Footprints 05:34
• 6 Olive Branch 05:31
• 7 What The World Needs Now Is Love 05:39
• 8 Little Cranberry 05:06
• Total Runtime 43:09

Info for ARBORESQUE

Fresh off their 2nd consecutive win for “Jazz Group of the Year” in the DownBeat Readers Poll, ARTEMIS returns with their third Blue Note album ARBORESQUE. Featuring a quintet line-up helmed by pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, the band has been deemed “a femme fatale supergroup” by NPR Music with a stellar line-up of pre-eminent jazz musicians: trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, saxophonist Nicole Glover, bassist Noriko Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller. ARBORESQUE is a vibrant 8-song set that presents original compositions by each of the band members as well as arrangements of pieces by Wayne Shorter, Burt Bacharach, and Donald Brown.

"What more is there to say, except that this album is a true joy, one that really makes you want to see this collective live. Luckily, New Yorkers can catch six concerts at the Village Vanguard, March 4th through March 9th, and on March 13 in Baltimore (see here). We would also love to see them perform in Austin, so we begin to dream, hoping the stars align to fulfill our wishes. In the meantime, this album joins the ranks of our “Indispensables!” (Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move)

Renee Rosnes, piano
Ingrid Jensen, Trumpet
Nicole Glover, tenor saxophone
Noriko Ueda, double bass
Allison Miller, Drums

Produced by Renee Rosnes
Recorded by James Farber

ARTEMIS
is a jazz supergroup featuring pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, clarinetist Anat Cohen, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, bassist Noriko Ueda, drummer Allison Miller, and vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant who will release their debut album on Blue Note Records in 2020. Each renowned for her outstanding solo work, the band members form an unparalleled international line-up hailing from the US, Canada, France, Chile, Israel, and Japan. The musicians first assembled for a European festival tour in summer 2017, and eventually named themselves after the Greek goddess Artemis who was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, the twin sister of Apollo, the patron and protector of young girls, and the goddess of hunting, wild nature, and chastity. ARTEMIS has been featured in Vanity Fair and on NPR’s Jazz Night In America, who broadcast the band’s tremendous 2018 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival.

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