Memories, Dreams, Reflections Nicole Glover

• 1 Obsidian 05:39
• 2 No. 2 05:25
• 3 Petrichor 03:53
• 4 Resilience 05:27
• 5 Spy 02:34
• 6 Androgeny 00:46
• 7 Broken 05:28
• 8 II for Richard Davis + Henry Grimes 03:04
• 9 March 04:24
• 10 Bird Feathers 04:55
• 11 Tell Him I Said Hello 05:37
• Total Runtime 47:12

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"Nicole Glovers Arbeit verkörpert ein wirksames Paradoxon im Herzen der Kunstform, bekannt als Jazz: In dieser Musik geht es bei dem Prozess der Individuation genauso um Zugehörigkeit und Teilen wie um Differenzierung und Eigenart. Zu diesem Zweck ist dieses Album für Glover und ihre Bandkollegen ebenso ein Tour-deforce wie ein Wandteppich oder Familienbaum von Mentoren, Ältesten und Kollegen, deren Geister im Klang des Trios schwingen. Glovers Wahl, mit einer breiten Palette kompositionell zu arbeiten (mit Ausnahme der Glover-Originale, jedes Stück auf dieser Schallplatte wurde von einem anderen Komponisten geschrieben) trägt dazu bei, die unverwechselbare Persönlichkeit dieses Trios noch mehr in den Fokus zu rücken. "Glovers Beherrschung ihres Instruments ist so vollständig und selbstverständlich, dass es in dieser Schallplatte keinen Versuch gibt, Virtuosität um seiner selbst willen auszuüben - wenn überhaupt, hört man Zurückhaltung, Pflege, Absicht und Orchestration in jeder Note und jeder Stille. (From the liner notes by Or Bareket)

Nicole Glover, Tenorsaxophon
Lester St. Louis, Cello (Tracks 1 & 8)
Tyrone Allen, Bass
Kayvon Gordon, Schlagzeug

Nicole Glover
is a saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and educator based in New York City. A rising star and sought-after collaborator, she is currently a member of Ursa Major, led by bassist Christian McBride, and a core member of the supergroup ARTEMIS, directed by Renee Rosnes. She appears on both of the group’s latest Blue Note releases — In Real Time (2023) and Arboresque (2025). In 2025, ARTEMIS was named Best Jazz Group in DownBeat Magazine’s Critics Poll for the second consecutive year. She has performed and toured with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), including a 2023 tour of Australia featuring Marsalis’ symphonic work All Rise with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. She appears on JLCO’s 2024 Blue Engine release The Shanghai Suite.

Nicole has worked under the leadership of drummers Al Foster, Victor Lewis, Lenny White, Kenny Washington, and Carl Allen; Grammy-winning vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Buika; bassists Reggie Workman, Ben Wolfe, Harish Raghavan, and Or Bareket; vibraphonist Joel Ross; and pianists Bill Charlap, Geoffrey Keezer, Luis Perdomo, Aaron Diehl, Micah Thomas, and George Colligan. Nicole is featured on several of Colligan’s releases.

She leads her own trio with bassist Tyrone Allen II and drummer Kayvon Gordon. Their previous release, Plays, featuring vibraphonist Steve Nelson, was described by DownBeat Magazine as “The State of the Tenor circa 2024.” In May 2025, the trio headlined the legendary Village Vanguard, and their upcoming album, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, will be released on HighNote-Savant Records in June 2025.

Nicole is on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and has taught masterclasses and private lessons to students around the world.

"Glover's set was something else entirely, damn near the stuff of which legends are made." - All About Jazz

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