Musician

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, the supergroup comprising seven of the most acclaimed musicians in modern jazz. Featuring pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, clarinetist Anat Cohen, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, bassist Noriko Ueda, drummer Allison Miller, and featured vocalist C��cile McLorin Salvant, ARTEMIS conjures a powerful collective voice from this septet of visionary bandleaders and composers

Album

Arboresque

By Artemis

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Smile of the Snake; Komorebi; SIghts Unseen; Petrichor; Footprints; Olive Branch; What The World Needs Now Is Love; Little Cranberry.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sheila Jordan (RIP), Phil Haynes, Jason Kao Hwang, and Sarah Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
September 4, 2025

This episode pays tribute to the recently deceased Sheila Jordan by playing music from the early and later parts of her long career. It also features music from Sarah Wilson, Jason Kao Hwang, and Phillip Haynes among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & ...

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Alisa Clancy Served Cheer and Empathy with Her Morning Cup of Jazz During COVID, Then Signed Off

by Joan Merrill
August 4, 2025

Bay Area jazz lovers were shocked to learn that “the voice of jazz" would no longer help them greet the day with her blend of jazz and good humor in a voice like no other. After 35 years as KCSM's premiere host, Alisa Clancy announced her retirement after almost single-handedly keeping the radio station ...

Video

Empress Afternoon

Featuring the music of Artemis
Duration: 05:07
July 13, 2025

Artemis is an all-star group that is brimming with musicality and technique. It happens that the group is all-female. The band members�� each are first-call performers: Renee Rosnes on piano, Ingrid Jensen on trumpet, Nicole Glover on tenor sax, Allison Miller on drums, Noriko Ueda on bass, and��in different time periods��Anat Cohen or Alexa Tarantino on additional woodwinds. Several members share compositional duties, but what connects their songs is an intense energy as well as appealing lead lines that are catchy while sounding outside-the-box. On "Empress Afternoon," Rosnes has rearranged her piece from the early 2000s to make the most of a robust horn section and set the tune alight.

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New Releases From Tyler Henderson, Sandra-Mae Lux, Zohar Amar Mokady, Chloe Youtsey, Ryan Truesdell & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 9, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Tyler Henderson, Sandra-Mae Lux, Zohar Amar Mokady, Chloe Youtsey and Ryan Truesdell, with birthday shoutouts to Miles Davis, Clora Bryant, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jenny Scheinman, Amanda Ekery, Adison Evans, Samantha Boshnack, Lynne Arriale, Kate Baker, Denise Donatelli, Alexa Tarantino, Yissy Garcia, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists ...

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Kandace Springs, Brandee Younger, Melissa Kassel, Atlantic Jazz Collective With Norma Winstone, Joe LaBarbera & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 12, 2025

This broadcast celebrates the beginning of May with new releases from Kandace Springs, Brandee Younger, Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group and the Atlantic Jazz Collective featuring Norma Winstone and Joe LaBarbera, with birthday shoutouts to Connie Crothers, Shirley Horn, Angela Bofill, Andrea Brachfeld, Liz Terrell Brydge, honorable men Duke Ellington and Keith Ganz, among others. ...

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by Benjamin Boddie
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Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Charles Rouse, Jed Levy, Bill O'Connell, Gina Saputo, Sean Nelson, Doug Wyatt, Joe Lovano, Igmar Thomas, Reginald Cyntje, Franck Amsallem, Russ Spiegel, Dave Robbins, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Lyn Stanley, Reid Hoyson, Nels Cline, Thomas Marriott, Aron!, Nancy Kelly, Triology, Altin Sencalar, Sharel Cassity, Hiromi, John Ellis, Jeff Libman, Nnenna Freelon, ...

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by Benjamin Boddie
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Streaming on demand with today's music by Silvano Monasterios, Phil Brown, Reggie Watkins, Lorraine Feather, Sean Imboden, Jeff Libman, Triology, Jonah David, Peter Smith, Shelley Yoelin/Gabriel Datcu, Eric Alexander, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Rodney Whitaker, Nnenna Freelon, Chad LB, and more. Playlist Silvano Monasterios “The River Between Us" from The River (Silvano Monasterios) 00:00 Phil ...

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by Benjamin Boddie
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Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Branford Marsalis, Altin Sencalar, Reginald Cyntie, Marianne Solivan, Thomas Marriott, Mitch Towne, Paul Hecht, Lorraine Feather, Eric Alexander, Geoffrey Dean, Jackson Potter, Willie Morris, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Jerry Gimble, Allan Chaubert, Billy Hart, Russ Spiegel, Elaine Dame, MTB, Posi-Tone Swingtet, The Empress, Nnenna Freelon, Rachel Therrien, Yellowjackets, and more.