The piano chair went to Marianne Trudel, who is on the jazz faculty at McGill University with Jensen and who performs in contexts ranging from solo to big band.
The piano chair went to Marianne Trudel, who is on the jazz faculty at McGill University with Jensen and who performs in contexts ranging from solo to big band. The new gender-parity ensemble, which Jensen eventually named Equal=Orchestra, had male players in key roles — bassist Adrian Vedady, drummer Rich Irwin, all four trombonists. But it plays music by women composers: Jensen, of course, but also Davidson and Trudel.