Ingrid Jensen (born January 12, 1966) is a Canadian

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trumpeter.

Music career

Jensen was born in North Vancouver and grew up in

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. She received a scholarship to the

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in Boston. After graduating from Berklee, she toured with the Vienna Art Orchestra and taught at the Bruckner Conservatory in Austria when she was 25. She went back to the U.S. in 1994 and became a member of the DIVA Big Band. During the same year, her debut album ''Vernal Fields'' (Enja, 1994) appeared and won a Juno Award. Jensen has worked with Maria Schneider, Steve Wilson, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Dr. Lonnie Smith,

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, Gary Bartz, Bill Stewart,

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, Geoffrey Keezer,

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, George Garzone,

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, and

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, as well as her sister Christine Jensen. She has performed on ''

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'' with the British soul singer Corrine Bailey Rae and in the horn section backing actor

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Discography

As leader

* ''Vernal Fields'' ( Enja, 1995) * ''Around the World I'' (ACT, 1997) * ''Leave It to DIVA'' (DIVA 1997) * ''Here on Earth'' (Enja, 1997) * ''Higher Ground'' (Enja, 1999) * ''Now as Then'' with Gary Versace, Jon Wikan ( Justin Time, 2003) * ''At Sea'' (

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, 2005) * ''Flurry'' (ArtistShare, 2007) * ''Kind of New'' with Jason Miles (

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, 2015) * ''Infinitude'' with Christine Jensen, Ben Monder (

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, 2016) * ''Invisible Sounds'' with Steve Treseler (

, 2018)

As guest

With Maria Schneider * ''Allegresse'' (ArtistShare, 2000) * '' Days Of Wine And Roses - Live at the Jazz Standard'' (ArtistShare, 2000) * ''Concert in the Garden'' (ArtistShare, 2004) * ''Sky Blue'' (ArtistShare, 2007) With others * Darcy James Argue, ''Infernal Machines'' (New Amsterdam, 2009) * Darcy James Argue, ''Brooklyn Babylon'' (New Amsterdam, 2013) *

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, ''ARTEMIS'' (Blue Note, 2020) * Otto Brandenburg, ''Otto Brandenburg'' (Mermaid Music, 1989) * Canadian Brass, ''Canadiana''; one track - "Both Sides Now" (Linus Entertainment, 2021) *

, ''The Mosaic Project'' (Concord Jazz, 2011) * Terri Lyne Carrington, ''The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul'' (Concord, 2015) * George Colligan, ''The Newcomer'' (SteepleChase, 1997) *

, ''Haunted Heart'' (HighNote, 2001) * Dena DeRose, ''Another World'' (Sharp Nine, 1999) * Peter Herbert, ''B-A-C-H A Chromatic Universe'' (Between the Lines, 2000) * Monika Herzig, ''Sheroes'' (Whaling City Sound, 2018) * Anne Mette Iversen, ''On the Other Side'' 2003 * Christine Jensen, ''Collage'' (Effendi, 2000) * Christine Jensen, ''Treelines'' (Justin Time, 2010) * Mimi Jones, ''Balance'' (Hot Tone Music, 2013) * Geoffrey Keezer, ''Falling Up'' (2003) * Virginia Mayhew, ''A Simple Thank You'' (Renma, 2007) * Sarah McKenzie, ''We Could Be Lovers'' (2014) *

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, ''Shine On'' (Universal, 2014) * Chris McNulty, ''Whispers of the Heart'' (2006) * Tobias Meinhart, ''Natural Perception'' (Enja, 2015) * Tobias Meinhart, ''Silent Dreamer'' (Enja, 2015) * Eric Person, ''Rhythm Edge'' (2007) * Karl Ratzer, ''Bayou'' (Bellaphon, 1993) * Dianne Reeves, ''Beautiful Life'' (Concord, 2013) *

Rufus Reid Rufus Reid (born February 10, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. Biography Reid was raised in Sacramento, California, where he played the trumpet through junior high and high school. Upon graduation ...

, ''Quiet Pride'' (Motema, 2013) * George Schuller, ''Round 'Bout Now'' (Playscape, 2003) * Judi Silvano, ''Let Yourself Go'' (Zoho, 2004) * Ike Sturm, ''Jazz Mass'' (2009) * Helen Sung, ''Sung Without Words'' (Stricker Street 2018) *

Roseanna Vitro Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro (born February 28, 1951) is a jazz singer and teacher from Arkansas. Biography Born Roseanna Elizabeth VitroScott Fredrickson and Gary W. Kennedy.Vitro (Wickliffe), Roseanna" In ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2 ...

, ''Catchin' Some Rays'' (Telarc, 1997) *

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, ''Off the Wall'' (Enja, 1997)

References

External links

Official Site

Podcast
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