Atlantis Jazz Ensemble
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.
Mystic Suite, Celestial Suite, Oceanic Suite
Few groups working today have built their catalog with this kind of sustained intention. Founded in Ottawa in 2013, Atlantis Jazz Ensemble have spent a decade assembling one of the most coherent bodies of work in contemporary spiritual jazz - three albums, each mapped to a mythological realm, each pushing further than the last.
Oceanic Suite charted the tides: a debut of remarkable assurance that quietly became an underground classic, establishing the group's language of modal fire and Afro-infl…
Mystic Suite
Let us take you back. Waaay back. According to early Greek mythology, the three powerful sons of the god Kronos divided up the cosmos after overthrowing their father: Poseidon ruled the sea, Zeus commanded the heavens, and Hades reigned over the underworld. Conversely, this latest offering from the Atlantis Jazz Ensemble completes the group's corresponding trilogy - Oceanic Suite (2016), Celestial Suite (2023), and now Mystic Suite (2026). As you might expect, this Mystic Suite, inspired by Hade…
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Celestial Suite
On Celestial Suite, Atlantis Jazz Ensemble stretch their spiritual soul-jazz into a full skyward arc, an unbroken studio suite where modal grooves, Afro-Latin currents and meditative codas move like one long, rising breath.
Oceanic Suite
On Oceanic Suite, Atlantis Jazz Ensemble ride a warm, late‑night current of modal grooves and spiritual inflections, with trumpet, alto, Rhodes, bass and drums flowing together in live‑off‑the‑floor conversations that feel both loose and meticulously steered.