In 2019 Petr Cancura, who programs the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, asked the Montreal saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen whether she would lead an all-women big band at that year’s festival.
In 2019 Petr Cancura, who programs the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, asked the Montreal saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen whether she would lead an all-women big band at that year’s festival. It made sense. Jensen is probably the most prominent resident large-ensemble bandleader in Canadian jazz. She is often the only woman in the band, but she’s also played in all-female contexts, often with her sister, the trumpeter Ingrid Jensen.