Jane Bunnett

Among the finest soprano saxophonists in jazz, Jane Bunnett originally studied classical piano but tendonitis trim short that profession. After viewing the Charles Mingus group in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, Bunnett was motivated to try out advanced jazz. On soprano, she recalls Steve Lacy a little (whom she examined with), while her flute playing is fairly distinctive. Bunnett provides always had main players on her behalf records: furthermore to her hubby, trumpeter Larry Cramer, pianist Don Pullen have been a fixture on her behalf information; her 1988 debut for Dark Light also presented Dewey Redman; and she used Sheila Jordan and Jeanne Lee. Her daring 1991 work, Spirits of Havana, discovered her using a lot of Cuba’s best jazz music artists. After shifting to Paris within the middle-’90s, Bunnett continuing to explore Afro-Cuban jazz, liberating many critically acclaimed discs for Blue Notice, including Chamalongo, Ritmo & Spirit, and Alma de Santiago. In 2002, Bunnett got a short sabbatical from Afro-Cuban music and released Spirituals & Dedications, highlighting her fascination with both traditional gospel and contemporary compositions with religious styles by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Stanley Cowell, and Charles Mingus. The next year, she got house Juno and Grammy honours for her recording Cuban Odyssey. She after that collaborated using the Penderecki String Quartet for 2004’s Crimson Dragonfly (aka Tombo) and became a member of the Afro-Cuban/Haitian ten-voice a cappella choir Grupo Vocal Desandann for 2006’s Embracing Voices. In 2011, Bunnett combined with Cuban pianist Hilario Durán for Cuban Rhapsody. She after that collaborated on two albums using the all-female Cuban jazz sextet Maqueque: 2014’s Jane Bunnett & Maqueque and 2016’s Oddara.