Iris Ornig
New York City, New York, United States | SELF
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Press
"One of 10 Future Female Jazz Star..." -– jazz.com
"I absolutely love this CD. It has intelligent, creative arrangements with a diversity that provides interests for a wide spectrum of jazz fans. It is so great to discover someone new to bring a freshness to the sound of radioIO. The tracks of "New Ground" will be on the front burner of radioIO REAL Jazz for a long time.”-- Michael Matheny, Program Director & Host/ radioIO REAL Jazz
"Great stuff!"-- Bob Cochran, Jazz Director / WMPG - Portland, ME
“Speaking of taste, bassist Iris Ornig's New Ground has a gorgeous feel. It's powdery soft and loaded with gentle energy and cat-like exuberance. Ornig has a spiritual sensibility, and her pulse-like bass drives home shrewd originals and cagey harmonies...” -- Marc Myers / Jazzwax
“This album is a nice surprise. It's good to hear a contemporary group that's not just out to peel the paint off the walls. This is a very tasty set.” -- Terry MacDonald, Jazz Director / WSCA - Portsmouth, NH
“I love the bass and female bass players even more and she’s got chops!” -- Elizabeth Farriss, Program Director / KEWU – Spokane, Washington
“...her influences are eclectic, her approach to jazz is straightforward, combining inventive, wistful melodies...”--Madeleine Elfenbein / New Yorker
”Really fine music!”-- Bill King, Producer, Host / ejazzRadio
"Bassist Iris Ornig creates hypnotic harmonies: Especially in a folk ethnic way. She is composing and playing in New York City with a profound harmonic balance." -- Dick Crockett, Host / “The Voice” 88.7 fm
“Iris Ornig is a very talented composer, arranger and Bass player...” -- William Dwyer / Golf Coast Music Review
“New Ground in one word is ‘Elegance’. Superior musicianship, tasteful and beautiful...” -- Echoes / Inside for Independent Artists-blog.discmaker.com
“Ornig's original pieces highlight peaceful settings and convey a smooth landscape...” --Jim Santella / All About Jazz
“Tolle CD!”- Peter Bürli, Redaktionsleiter Jazz / Schweizer Radio DRS2
“Tolle CD!”- Matthias Kirsch, Head of Music / JazzRadio 101.9
- Radio stations in U.S. and Europe
GOINGS ON MAY 26,2009
Iris Ornig is a young German-born, Swiss-trained jazz musician who is carrying on the fine tradition of bassist-composers (Charles Mingus and Jaco Pastorius are two). Her debut album, “New Ground,” out this year, offers up eight original compositions alongside standards from Ellington and Cole Porter, a Johnny Cash tune and a German lullaby. Though her influences are eclectic, her approach to jazz is straightforward, combining inventive, wistful melodies with subtle Latin beats, presented in uncomplicated arrangements (you can listen to one of her best songs, “Grateful Friendship,” here). And she works with great musicians: her quartet includes Brandon Wright on sax, Cecilia Coleman on piano, and McClenty Hunter on drums.
- New Yorker
Discography
New Ground released in Spring 2009
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Bio
Iris Ornig is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer and a charismatic performer.
Her compositions are swinging, stormy, melodic, sensitive, playful, angular and straight-ahead with plenty of twists and surprises.
Iris is originally from Germany. She studied jazz and popular music in St. Gallen Switzerland and went from there to the well known Guildhall School in Music and Drama in London to establish her musical skills. In 2003 she moved to New York City where she is working as an arranger, composer and bandleader.
She has performed at jazz clubs and festivals all over the United States, Europe and East Africa. She can be heard regularly at NYC’s top jazz clubs such as 55 Bar, Zinc Bar, Garage and Kitano. Since arriving in New York, Iris has had the pleasure to work with such jazz notables as Gretchen Parlato, Mike Rodriguez, Danny Grissett, Helen Sung, Wycliffe Gordon, Gene Jackson, Tony Jefferson, Rebecca Martin, Sachal Vasandani, Jim Rotondi, Mike Rodriguez, Dan Tepfer, Joel Frahm, Cecilia Coleman, Allison Miller, Roberta Picket, Stacey Dillard, Klaus Mueller.
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