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Atlantis Jazz Ensemble

Country: Canada

Atlantis Jazz Ensemble is a group from Ottawa, Canada, led by keyboardist Pierre Chrétien. The band plays spiritual and soul jazz built around electric piano, horns and percussion, and it is known for a trilogy of suite-form albums that began with Oceanic Suite in 2016. Atlantis Jazz Ensemble's core line-up has Chrétien on electric piano and percussion, Ed Lister on trumpet and flugelhorn, Zakari Frantz on alto saxophone, Chris Pond on bass and Mike Essoudry on drums. Celestial Suite followed on Marlow Records in 2023.