ARTEMIS – Artemis (2020) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

ARTEMIS – Artemis (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:50 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

All-star collective featuring Renee Rosnes, Anat Cohen, Melissa Aldana, Ingrid Jensen, Noriko Ueda, Allison Miller & Cécile McLorin Salvant release their debut album ‘Artemis’, a superb nine-song set that features material composed and/or arranged by each of the band’s six instrumentalists. ‘The group identity emerged organically’, Rosnes says, and Artemis discovered a thrilling collective vision early in its lifespan. ‘We are seven leaders, each with our own vision and personal point of view, but we play with a unified conception.’

Super groups are often over marketed and rather dull. However, this appears to be the complete opposite with Artemis’s debut album, released on Blue Note Records. Behind the Artemis name, Greek Goddess of nature, the hunt and childbirth, are seven internationally acclaimed female musicians, each masters of their craft. At the head of this multi generational roundup, the Canadian pianist and musical director of the project, Renee Rosnes has brought together the Israeli clarinetist Anat Cohen, the Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, the Canadian trompettiste Ingrid Jensen, the Japanese double bassist Noriko Ueda, the American drummer Allison Miller, and on two tracks, the Franco-American vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant. ‘Each member of Artemis is a unique individual, and this is what music needs, artistic versatility!’, explains Cohen. ‘It’s the people that make life interesting and that make music captivating’. The group’s identity has flourished organically thanks to the seven musicians, each expressing their own vison and perspective yet maintaining a strong homogeneity throughout the record. For Jensen, ‘the character of the Greek Goddess Artemis reveals the energy and the broad musical horizons that our band brings on stage’. This is where the success of the record, focused on natural unification, shines. This vast album, comprised mainly of original compositions also features eclectic covers of The Fool On The Hill by the Beatles, Cry Buttercup, Cry, popularised by Maxine Sullivan, The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan and If It’s Magic by Stevie Wonder. Expert in her field, Renee Rosnes’ musical arrangements capture and cement the artistic creativity of each member. This super group, entirely female in its line-up, sends a strong message to the male dominated jazz world. Artemis’ music is beautiful, intelligent, and challenges the preconceived ideas of the jazz genre. – Marc Zisman

Tracklist

1. ARTEMIS – Goddess Of The Hunt
2. ARTEMIS – Frida
3. ARTEMIS – The Fool On The Hill
4. ARTEMIS – Big Top
5. ARTEMIS – If It’s Magic
6. ARTEMIS – Nocturno
7. ARTEMIS – Step Forward
8. ARTEMIS – Cry, Buttercup, Cry
9. ARTEMIS – The Sidewinder

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