Nicole Rampersaud — Saudade

Out: November 3rd, 2023 on Ansible Editions (LP/DL)
Nicole Rampersaud: nicolerampersaud.com
Ansible Editions: ansibleeditions.com | ansibleeditions.bandcamp.com

Since 2008, Canadian trumpet player and composer Nicole Rampersaud has relentlessly probed the sonic boundaries of her instrument, crafting exploratory works for it alone that she montages spontaneously into riveting solo performances.  On her debut LP Saudade for Toronto imprint Ansible Editions, she ventures further along this trajectory, augmenting her brilliant, individualistic playing with textural electronic treatments. Her capacious repertoire of sounds is mirrored in the remarkably broad scope of the vignette-like compositions themselves.  Eruptive cybernetic jazz splatters down right beside a digitally-botched ballad or slices through quivering ambient mists.

Rampersaud is recognized internationally as a singular improviser. Her adventurous versatility has led to collaborations with notable figures such as Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, Ra-kalam Bob Moses, Joe Morris, Roscoe Mitchell, Nate Wooley, Sylvie Courvoisier, Anthony Coleman, Raven Chacon, and Ig Henneman. She’s been heard at key venues and festival including Toronto Jazz Festival, Suoni per il Popolo, the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Massey Hall, Aga Khan Museum, National Art Gallery of Canada, Guelph Jazz Festival, Cornell University’s Symposium – After Experimental Music, and  Göteberg Art Sounds Festival (Sweden). 

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