Artemis
May 18 @ 7:30 pm
Hold onto your hats – the music of the collective group Artemis can only be performed by the very best musicians who have come together in a perfect storm to present a challenging, appealing repertoire filled with surprises and engaging grooves. Each member of the group is a noted composer, interpreter of the jazz tradition, and master of their given instrument. Their paths crossed as a result of a festival opportunity that was offered to their empathic organizer, pianist Renee Rosnes. After realizing the solid chemistry and delight in playing music as a group, they came up with a good name, recorded a terrific album, navigated Covid and then recorded yet another amazing disc with a few personnel changes. Artemis is distinctive not only for bringing together singular artists, each renowned for their own remarkable solo careers, but for its multi-generational and globe-spanning line-up. Despite its relatively brief existence, Artemis has been featured in Vanity Fair and on NPR’s Jazz Night in America, and has performed on some of the country’s most iconic stages, from Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Tisch Center for the Arts to the Newport Jazz Festival. Since each one of Artemis’ musicians is a busy leader, it is difficult for them to carve out the time to perform as an ensemble. This concert provides a rare opportunity to hear this super-group comprised of jazz-leaders, a “killer line-up of players” (NPR) who “move gracefully through various styles and moods to sound, by turns, authoritative and playful, locked-in or loose-limbed” (Wall Street Journal).
—DownBeat
