Six modern jazz masters hailing from around the world join forces for a spectacular evening of passion, power and extraordinary music
Courtesy photo.
SUMMARY
- UCSB Arts & Lectures presents ARTEMIS
- Sunday, April 23 | 7 p.m. | Campbell Hall
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- Each member a composer and bandleader in their own right, join these six jazz all-stars as they draw from modern compositions to classics by Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk and Wayne Shorter
- Arrive early to join ARTEMIS at 4 p.m. for a free Q&A and behind-the-scenes open sound check experience Register today
- Enjoy dinner before the show Elubia’s Kitchen will be serving from 5 PM to 7 PM
- Event Sponsor: Luci & Rich Janssen
- Jazz Series Lead Sponsor: Manitou Fund
- $30-$45 General Public / $15 UCSB Students and All Students (Current student ID required)
- Tickets & Info: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
“A killer line-up of players… they all converge on this extremely cosmopolitan, sleek, rhythm-forward, modern sound.” NPR
SANTA BARBARA — UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) presents ARTEMIS on Sunday, April 23 at 7 p.m. at Campbell Hall. ARTEMIS is an international ensemble of modern jazz masters named for the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt. Founded in 2017 under the banner of International Women’s Day, it made a memorable splash at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival, followed by a debut recording on Blue Note in 2020. Each member is a composer and bandleader in their own right, and the collective’s repertoire draws from new compositions written expressly for them, to classics by Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk and Wayne Shorter.
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ABOUT ARTEMIS
Throughout its eight-decade history, Blue Note Records has been celebrated as a home for the leading voices in jazz. The label continues that tradition with the release of the self-titled debut from ARTEMIS, a band comprised of six modern jazz masters. Featuring pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, alto saxophonist/flutist Alexa Tarantino, bassist Noriko Ueda and drummer Allison Miller, ARTEMIS conjures a powerful collective voice from this sextet of visionary bandleaders and composers.
The band initially assembled at Rosnes’ behest for a European festival tour three years ago. “I chose musicians whom I respected and wanted to make music with,” the pianist says, “and after performing together, I realized we had a brilliant chemistry. We decided to explore the possibilities of what might develop over time – and that’s how ARTEMIS was born.”
The group is distinctive not only for bringing together six singular artists, each renowned for their own remarkable solo careers; but for its multi-generational and multinational line-up, with members hailing from America, Canada and Japan.
Despite its relatively brief existence, ARTEMIS has already been featured in Vanity Fairand 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, SFJAZZ, Chicago Orchestra Hall to the Newport Jazz Festival.
“On a sunny August afternoon in 2018, I was among the thousands of fans attending the Newport Jazz Festival who had their minds blown by ARTEMIS,” says Blue Note President Don Was. “Although each individual member of this supergroup is a bona fide jazz titan, these incredible musicians dwell in the rarefied air of bands whose whole is greater than the sum of its already sublime parts. Their musical conversation is sophisticated, soulful and powerful and their groove runs deep.”
The band’s debut album is a superb nine-song set that features material composed and/or arranged by each member of the band. ARTEMIS unfurls with a dynamic flow, stunningly eclectic yet entirely cohesive.
This is a group of extraordinary women whose combined energies and skills cannot be stifled into the label of an all-star band. Every time they perform, their fluid and inspired communication leads to magical musical events.
About UCSB Arts & Lectures
Founded in 1959, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) is the largest and most influential arts and lectures organization between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A&L annually presents more than a hundred public events, from critically acclaimed concerts and dance performances by world-renowned artists to talks by groundbreaking authors and film series at UCSB and Santa Barbara-area venues. With a mission to “educate, entertain and inspire,” A&L also oversees an outreach program that brings visiting artists and speakers into local classrooms and other venues for master classes, open rehearsals, discussions and more, serving K-12 students, college students and the general public.
Tickets are $30-$45: General Public / $15: UCSB Students and All Students (Current student ID required)
For tickets or more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
Event Sponsor: Luci & Rich Janssen
Jazz Series Lead Sponsor: Manitou Fund
Special Thanks: KCSB 91.9 FM
UCSB Arts & Lectures gratefully acknowledges our Community Partners the Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli for their generous support of the 2022-2023 season.