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… Read moreShow less
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, Carl Allen, and Joe Farnsworth; 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, among others. 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.
