“Anna Webber is a rare musician that can comfortably combine intellectual curiosity with pure emotion. Each time I've performed with her, a completely new sound was revealed. She is confident in her path and I am always anxious of her next moves. A brilliant player.” — Jason Moran, MacArthur Fellow and ECM Recording Artist

New York-based flute and saxophone player Anna Webber is a versatile improviser holding both an open respect for the tradition of jazz and a healthy disregard for its more worn conventions.

Her critically acclaimed first album as a leader, Third Floor People (Nowt Records, 2010), is an adventurous release featuring two bassless quartets – one from Montreal, the other from New York. Made up of musicians drawing from diverse influences and backgrounds, Third Floor People is unique in its palpable emotional energy and fearless experimentation.

“Anna Webber’s wildly creative debut, Third Floor People, defies categorization. This talented tenor player/flutist boldly deconstructs jazz and other genres. Anyone seeking solace in the arms of a theme-solos-theme format need not apply.” — Terrell Holmes, All About Jazz New York

In addition to leading her quartets, Webber also plays in the collective Field Vision; the Martin Krümmling Ensemble, which recently recorded with Mark Turner; the Daniel Jamieson Danjam Orchestra, in which Webber performed with Tony Malaby and recorded with Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra mainstay John Riley; the Ben Bryden Flying Scot Quintet and Fabian Almazan’s wind sextet, among many others. She appears on the Grammy-nominated album Urbanus (Concord Records, 2009) by Stefon Harris & Blackout, and has performed with such diverse talents as David Liebman, Ben Street, Lage Lund, and Dave Douglas.

She has toured throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe as a leader and a sideperson. She is the winner of the Prix François-Marcaurelle 2010 at the OFF Festival of Jazz in Montreal. She received national recognition as a finalist in the Mary Lou Williams Saxophone Competition in Washington, D.C. In addition, she has been honoured with grants from both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

As an educator, Webber has taught private lessons to students of all ages and skill levels in music academies, and public and private schools. She has been on faculty as a woodwind, band, and theory instructor at Manhattan School of Music’s summer camp, and has been a featured clinician for jazz ensembles at schools both in the USA and Canada.

Originally from British Columbia, Webber studied jazz at McGill University in Montreal before moving to New York City in 2008 to pursue a Master’s Degree as a scholarship student at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. Her teachers have included Mark Turner, Jason Moran, George Garzone, and John Hollenbeck.

Awkward (New York People)  |   play
Parallelissimo (Montreal People)  |   play
Plateau (Field Vision)  |   play
I Don't Want to Be Happy (Webber/Larsson/Weniger/
Friedman/Simonsen/Hollenbeck)  |   play

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Field Vision
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Nowt Records
Canada Council for the Arts

Alex Kern (WWW)
Jonno Rattman (Photography)

Matt Holman
Fred Kennedy
Owen Stewart-Robertson
Erik Hove
Martin Kruemmling
Can Olgun
Des White
Jarrett Cherner
Ben Bryden
Max Andrzejewski

Tim Gowdy
Jonas Beuchert
Alix Maubrey
Jenny Schäfer

Buy Anna's debut album, Third Floor People
@ nowtrecords.com,
@ cdbaby.com,
@ the iTunes store,
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Watch Anna Webber perform
with Fabian Almazan’s Biophilia Winds,
with Tony Malaby and the Dan Jamieson Jazz Orchestra.

Anna Kristin Webber
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www.annakristinwebber.com

Anna Webber's first album, Third Floor People, is now available!

You can buy it @ nowtrecords.com, @ cdbaby.com @ the iTunes store, and lots of other places.
It features two bassless quartets, one from New York, and one from Montreal.

Released in March 2011 on Unit Records

Anna Webber — tenor saxophone, flute,
Mark Turner — tenor saxophone,
Can Olgun — piano,
Desmond White — bass,
Martin Kruemmling — drums

Ben Bryden's 1957 Flying Scot project is a double CD - one CD featuring the sonnet cycle '1957 Flying Scot' by Rab Wilson, the other CD featuring music based on this poetry. The album was designed by Hugh Bryden and is beautiful. Released 2011.

Ben Bryden — tenor saxophone,
Anna Webber — tenor saxophone, flute,
Tim Basom — guitar,
Desmond White — bass,
Martin Kruemmling — drums

Anna is a featured soloist on Daniel Jamieson's Danjam Orchestra featuring John Riley and produced by Jim McNeely. Released 2011.

Anna appears on flute on Stefon Harris and Blackout's album Urbanus, which was released in August 2009. The album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2010.

Anna appears on Montreal/Moncton-based saxophonist André Bourgeois' album Eau de Mai. The album was released in late 2008 and also features Gabriel Lambert on guitar, Sebastien Pellerin on bass, and Alain Bourgeois on drums.

New York People is:

Anna Webber — flute/tenor sax,
Matt Holman — trumpet,
Owen Stewart-Robertson — guitar,
Fred Kennedy — drums

Montreal People is:

Anna Webber — flute/tenor sax,
Erik Hove — alto sax,
Jean-Sebastien Williams — guitar,
Philippe Melanson — drums

Percussive Mechanics is (are?):

Anna Webber — flute/tenor sax,
James Wylie — alto sax/clarinet,
Elias Stemeseder — piano,
Julius Heise — vibraphone,
Igor Spallati — bass,
Martin Kruemmling — drums,
Max Andrzejewski — drums,