Ingrid Jensen

Ingrid Jensen is a Canadian jazz trumpeter widely regarded as one of the most gifted trumpeters of her generation. Born in 1966 in North Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, she studied at Berklee College of Music and taught in Austria before settling in New York in 1994. She became a longtime member of Maria Schneider's and Darcy James Argue's jazz orchestras and is a founding member of the all star band ARTEMIS, while leading her own groups and recording acclaimed albums for the Enja label. Named Trumpeter of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, she also teaches at the Manhattan School of Music.