Artist:Jason Miles Ingrid Jensen
Song:The Faction of Cool
Album:Kind of New
Jazz pianist Jason Miles started out as a sideman. He has recorded as a leader since the 90s. He has recorded a lot of tribute albums. On this 2015 album, he records with Canadian trumpeter Ingrid Jensen. They recorded three albums and toured. She is currently in the all female jazz group Artemis. Miles was born June 30, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Indiana State University. Jazz fusion was very popular in the 70s. So Miles got into a lot of synthesizer work like on the 1986 Miles Davis album Tutu. He played keyboards on albums by Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross and Michael Jackson. Miles has recorded tribute albums to Weather Report, Ivan Lins, Grover Washington Jr., Miles Davis and Marvin Gaye. He has recorded for Telarc, Narada Jazz and Shanachie. The 2015 album Kind of New is on Whaling City Sound. Ingrid is billed as co-leader. The two write most of the songs together including The Faction of Cool. Musicians are Jay Rodriguez on sax, Amanda Ruzza on bass and Jim Wilson on drums. Wilson co-wrote The Faction of Cool. Miles recorded three albums with Ingrid. It looks like the pandemic put an end to their partnership. Miles has been working on an album with singer Rebecca Angel. Ingrid is in the all female jazz group Artemis. They released an album on Blue Note. Here's Jason Miles and Ingrid Jensen performing The Faction of Cool. The musicians are identified at the end of the video.
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