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The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County presents

ARTEMIS: GREAT WOMEN IN JAZZ

JAZZ ROOTS Continues with an All-star Ensemble of

Seven of the Finest Performers in Jazz Today

Friday, December 7, 2018 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $45 - $125*

John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall

MIAMI, FL November 12, 2018 – The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) continues the 11th season of its internationally acclaimed JAZZ ROOTS series with ARTEMIS: GREAT WOMEN IN JAZZ on Friday, December 7, 2018. This new international, all-star band of women hailing from the United States, Canada, France, Chile, Israel and Japan features vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant (@cecilemclorinsalvant), pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes (@reneerosnes), clarinetist Anat Cohen (@anatcohenmusic), tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana (@melissaaldanasax), trumpeter Ingrid Jensen (@ingrid9767), bassist Noriko Ueda (@ueda.noriko) and drummer Allison Miller (@alliboomboom). TICKETS Tickets range from $45 - $125* and can be purchased by phone at (305) 949-6722, online at www.arshtcenter.org or in person at the Arsht Center Box Office, located at 1300 Biscayne Blvd. “We are proud to bring together this stunning ensemble of powerful women artists who will make an amazing evening of jazz,” said Liz Wallace, Arsht Center vice president of programming. “This is truly one of the most anticipated concerts of this season,” says Dean Shelly Berg, JAZZ ROOTS artistic advisor. “Artemis is a supergroup of some of the most talented musicians performing in jazz today. We are excited to present them to our Miami audience and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of women in jazz.”

The unmistakably American art form, from its beginnings, showcased the genius of both women and men. In fact, dozens of thrilling female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday and Sarah Vaughn have become titans of American culture. Too often, however, the role of women instrumentalists and their musical achievements have been overlooked by history. This JAZZ ROOTS concert will celebrate women in jazz with an internationally diverse ensemble of extraordinary 21st Century music makers

Two-time Best Jazz Vocal Album GRAMMY Award winner CÉCILE McCLORIN SALVANT may well be the new voice of women in jazz. “She has poise, elegance, soul, humor, sensuality, power, virtuosity, range, insight, intelligence, depth and grace,” proclaimed no less an authority than Wynton Marsalis. Born and raised in Miami, she graduated from Coral Reef High School and then moved to Aix-en-Provence to study both classical music and law. “If anyone can extend the lineage of the Big Three—Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald,” wrote Stephen Holden of The New York Times after a 2013 performance in Jazz at Lincoln Center, “it is this 23-year-old virtuoso.” “A virtuoso composer,” according to DownBeat magazine, RENÉE ROSNES is one of the premier jazz pianists and composers of the young 21st Century. Upon moving from New York to Vancouver, she quickly established a reputation, touring and recording with such masters as Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, and Ron Carter. She was a charter member of the all-star SFJAZZ Collective, and she has been praised by Jazz Times for her “conceptual heft, suspenseful compositions and mesmerizing performances.” Clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader ANAT COHEN has been praised by DownBeat for her “dark tones and delicious lyricism… a picture of pure joy.” She was born in Israel and studied at the Jaffa Music Conservatory before going on to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She is a frequent collaborator with the Cuban-American clarinetist-saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, who has called her “one of the greatest players ever of the clarinet.” Perhaps The New York Times put it best: “Yes, she is the real deal.” Hailed by NPR as a “bold new talent with her own style,” saxophonist, composer and bandleader MELISSA ALDANA has been acclaimed for the rhythmic élan and spiritual intensity of her music. She was born in Chile to a musical family, moved to Boston in 2007 to study at Berklee, eventually becoming the first South American in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Competition. This “young tenor with a breezy, accented voice,” raved ABC News, “is a hard-toned, unsentimental instrumentalist steeped in classical jazz.” INGRID JENSEN is recognized as one of the most gifted trumpeters in the global jazz scene. She was born in Vancouver, studied at Berklee, and moved to Europe to become the youngest professor in the history of the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, Austria. Settling in New York in the mid-1990s, she has collaborated with jazz legends across generations from Clark Terry to Esperanza Spalding, including a gig on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. “Ingrid plays with all the brilliance and fire of a true virtuoso, following the spirit of the muse as she creates,” said the late doyenne of women in jazz, Marian McPartland, “warm, sensitive, exciting and totally honest.” NORIKO UEDA is originally from Hyogo, Japan, where she began studying classical piano at the age of 4. By 16 she had moved to the bass, receiving a scholarship to study jazz composition at Berklee. For the last decade she has been a regular, often with her own Noriko Ueda Jazz Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, the Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Birdland, as well as touring internationally. Her rousing big band arrangement of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” was featured in Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks celebration and was broadcast on CBS. Raised in Washington, DC, and based in New York City, ALLISON MILLER defies all jazz boundaries while bringing her individual percussion touch to diverse types of music. For her creative, fresh approach to percussion, she was chosen as a “Rising Star Drummer” in DownBeat’s 53rd Annual Critics’ Poll. Showtime network showcased her music in the series The L Word.

ARTEMIS: GREAT WOMEN IN JAZZ is presented by the Arsht Center with generous support from Baldwin Richardson Foods, Quint Family Foundation, Steinway & Sons, the official piano of the Adrienne Arsht Center, Sterling Vineyards and EAST Miami. WLRN 91.3 and JAZZIZ Magazine are media sponsors. ABOUT JAZZ ROOTS JAZZ ROOTS has been credited with revitalizing America’s art form in South Florida. More than 90,000 people have attended the annual six-part concert and educational series. JAZZ ROOTS was co-created by the Adrienne Arsht Center in 2008 in collaboration with the late music industry entrepreneur Larry Rosen and since then has presented a rich variety of thematically based concerts exploring the spectrum of jazz. The series has featured more than 160 of the greatest living jazz artists/ensembles on the scene today and has introduced Miami audiences to dozens of rising stars and local talent. JAZZ ROOTS has showcased every unique style and incarnation of jazz – from Latin jazz and fusion to bossa nova and straight ahead. Quincy Jones has heralded JAZZ ROOTS as “the most important new jazz and educational series in America!” This history-making series has sold out dozens of concerts. JAZZ ROOTS also features JAZZ ROOTS: Sound Check, an in-depth educational partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools which has brought more than 9,000 high school music students to the Center for a complimentary and unique behind-the-scenes experience including: a pre-concert sound check; a Q&A session with featured artists followed by workshops with local jazz experts; and free entry to the evening’s performance. The JAZZ ROOTS education program is presented by Baldwin Richardson Foods, and made possible in part by Wells Fargo, Green Family Foundation, Quint Family Foundation, Citizens Interested in Arts, and Encore Circle members. *All programs, artists, ticket prices, availability, dates and times are subject to change without notice. Visit www.arshtcenter.org for up-to-date information for details and schedules.

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The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is made possible by the public support of the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council and the City of Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency, as well as the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. The Adrienne Arsht Center also receives generous support from local, state and national foundations, as well as private contributions to the Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation through corporate and individual giving, Visionary Society membership and the Encore Circle major gifts programs.

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About the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Set in the heart of downtown Miami and designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is one of the world’s leading performing arts organizations and venues. Since opening in 2006, the Arsht Center, a 501C3 non-profit organization, has emerged as a leader in presenting innovative programming that mirrors South Florida’s diversity as well as a catalyst for billions of dollars in new development in the downtown area. Spotlighting legends and serving as a launch pad for local artists to make their mark on the international stage, the Center presents nearly 400 events each year across its flexible, state-of-the-art performance spaces. The Center programs several Signature Series, including the largest jazz series in South Florida, a major annual Flamenco Festival, and a robust program of new theatrical works as well as free programming for the community and an arts education program that serves nearly 30,000 children each year. As Miami’s new Town Square, the Arsht Center also houses BRAVA by Brad Kilgore, a fine dining restaurant; the Café at Books & Books in the historic Carnival Tower and a weekly Farmers Market. Visit http://www.arshtcenter.org for more information.