A Jazz Celebration of Women's History Month with special guest Ingrid Jensen - trumpet

“The main problem in the public perception of women in jazz is not a resistance to their potential future roles, but a failure to recognize the profound impact those musicians have already had on the game.” Janis Stockhouse, co-author of “Women Jazz Musicians: Conversations with Twenty One Musicians” (IU Press) and Band Director at Bloomington High School North

Ingrid Jensen (trumpet) Born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Ingrid Jensen has been hailed as one of the most gifted trumpeters of her generation. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1989, she recorded three highly acclaimed CDs for the ENJA record label, soon becoming one of the most in-demand trumpet players in the global jazz scene. After a teaching stint in Europe in her early twenties (as the youngest professor in the history of the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, Austria), Ingrid settled in New York City in the mid-1990s where she joined the innovative jazz orchestras of Maria Schneider and Darcy James Argue.

More recently, Ingrid has been performing with the Grammy- winning Terri-Lyne Carrington and her Mosaic Project. Ingrid is a featured soloist on the Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra’s JUNO award winning album Treelines (2011), and its successor, Habitat (2013). She has performed with a multi-generational cast of jazz legends ranging from Clark Terry to Esperanza Spalding. Ingrid has also performed alongside British R&B artist Corrine Bailey Rae on Saturday Night Live and recorded with Canadian pop icon Sarah McLachlan. In addition to her busy sideman and featured soloist schedule, Ingrid leads her own quintet, quartet and organ trio. Her own bands have garnered glowing reviews and a loyal fan base in Australia, South Africa, most countries in Europe, across Canada, the US, South America (including Brazil, Peru and Chile), Japan and Mexico.

Amanda Gardier (saxophone) can frequently be seen in the Indianapolis area with Charlie Ballantine and the Tucker Brothers as well as her own groups. She is a woodwind specialist and teaches at Zionsville Middle School.

Monika Herzig (piano) recently signed with Whaling City Sounds for the release of her new album “The Whole World in Her Hands” featuring female instrumental leaders such as Leni Stern, Jamie Baum, Jane Bunnett, Linda Oh, Lakecia Benjamin, and more. She was also named the 2015 Jazz Journalist Assoication Jazz Hero for the city of Bloomington and is the author of “David Baker – A Legacy in Music”.

Hannah Johnson (drums) is from Wisconsin and currently pursuing a degree in jazz studies at Indiana University where she is a member of numerous ensembles and a member of Steve Houghton’s studio.

Hannah Marks (bass) is from Des Moines, IA and was one of four bassists selected nationwide to attend the Dave Brubeck Institute summer program 2014. She was the Valedictorian of the Theodore Roosevelt High School Class of 2015 and joined the IU jazz studies program Fall 2015.

For interviews contact mherzig@indiana.edu
Further info at www.monikaherzig.com

About The Whole World in Her Hands
The Whole World in Her Hands is a musical collaboration under the leadership of pianist/ composer Monika Herzig featuring outstanding female jazz artists from around the globe and produced by Suzi Reynolds. The music was recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City and released June 2016 on Whaling City Sound. The group completed an extensive Midwest/ East Coast Tour in September 2016 and is preparing for an April 2017 Tour with subsequent second recording to be released Spring 2018. For more information on the project and sound/video samples follow this link , further info at www.monikaherzig.com