{"title":"Renee Rosnes","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"renee-rosnes-beloved-of-the-sky-2lp","title":"Renee Rosnes - Beloved of the Sky 2LP","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1043575840\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reneerosnes.bandcamp.com\/album\/beloved-of-the-sky\"\u003eBeloved of the Sky by Renee Rosnes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLimited Edition 140-gram+ double LP in gatefold tip-on jacket. Mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI. Features cover artwork “Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky” by Emily Carr, photography by Jimmy Katz, and liner notes by David Hajdu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“For those not familiar with the Tyner-esque bop flourish and Horace Silver-like subtlety of Canadian pianist\/composer Renee Rosnes, then the rollicking Beloved of the Sky may be the disc to begin the discovery.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz, 29 May 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Few jazz pianists are as scarily satisfying. Even when the tempo goes down a notch the intensity remains. The fast numbers may bubble, but the slower ones simmer.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Chris Pearson, The Times (UK), 4 May 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe worth of a thing is not only to be found in its bottom-line value. That’s the idea at the heart of Canadian artist Emily Carr’s painting “Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky,” which depicts a solitary tree, rejected by loggers who have clear-cut its neighbors, stretching improbably but majestically into the heavens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIt’s a sentiment that resonates deeply with pianist\/composer Renee Rosnes. On her album, BELOVED OF THE SKY–where Carr’s painting provides the inspiration for the title track, album title, and cover art–Rosnes explores the beauty and wonder to be found in life’s more elusive, intangible joys. The album’s nine pieces ruminate on pleasures and inspirations that don’t come with a price tag–the splendor of nature, the mysteries of the universe, the comforts of home, the treasured memories of lost loved ones, the simple warmth of an inside joke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBELOVED OF THE SKY also celebrates the chemistry and discovery made possible by a band of truly remarkable musicians: saxophonist Chris Potter, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Lenny White. “The beautiful thing about working with such masters,” Rosnes says, “is that when we play new music, they all bring their wealth of experience, taste, skill and imagination to the music. It’s exciting for me as a composer to write something and then see how it blossoms, because inevitably it’s going to sound a little different than what I imagined – in a great way.”\u003cbr\u003e\ncredits\u003cbr\u003e\nreleased April 6, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRenee Rosnes – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nChris Potter – saxophones \u0026amp; flute\u003cbr\u003e\nSteve Nelson – vibraphone\u003cbr\u003e\nPeter Washington – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nLenny White – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live on October 16 \u0026amp; 17, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\nat Systems Two, Brooklyn, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded by Max Ross\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistant: Andrew Cavaciuti\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed \u0026amp; Mastered by Christopher Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Jimmy and Dena Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith and Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCover Artwork: Emily Carr, Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky, 1935, oil on canvas, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust, Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCarr extract from Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr, Emily Carr, 2006, Douglas and McIntyre. Reprinted\u003cbr\u003e\nwith permission from the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSpecial thanks to Vivian Chiu and Bradley Curtin at Steinway \u0026amp; Sons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eChris Potter appears courtesy of ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e\nSteve Nelson appears courtesy of HighNote Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRenee Rosnes is a Steinway Artist\u003cbr\u003e\nAll Titles Composed by Renee Rosnes except “Rosie” by Bobby Hutcherson and “The Winter of My Discontent” by Alec Wilder and Ben Ross Berenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Rosie” is dedicated to the memory of Rosemary and Bobby Hutcherson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382099194238,"sku":"SSR-1801-LP","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1801-LP.jpg?v=1760095023"},{"product_id":"renee-rosnes-kinds-of-love-cd","title":"Renee Rosnes - Kinds of Love CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3543395335\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reneerosnes.bandcamp.com\/album\/kinds-of-love\"\u003eKinds of Love by Renee Rosnes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Every year, there are many jazz albums that, from their opening bars, demonstrate admirable creativity. Every year, there are a few jazz albums that, from their opening bars, engulf your listening room in flames. KINDS OF LOVE is the latter. Renee Rosnes assembled a world-class band and wrote nine new tunes, especially for them. The risk of bringing in heavy hitters like Chris Potter and Christian McBride is that they will eclipse the leader, but Rosnes is the star of her own show. Her compositions are striking, and her piano improvisations kill.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Thomas Conrad, Stereophile\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Just when you thought pandemic-related albums were becoming downers, Renee Rosnes offers the perfect elixir with KINDS OF LOVE…If anyone needs a joyous soundtrack for reflection and celebration as we hopefully exit from this horrific pandemic, this is it.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— John Murph, Downbeat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Rosnes is a pianist of quiet depth. Always elegant in style, her marriage of technique and immense soul often gives an ethereal quality to her music. She has got a harder edge in KINDS OF LOVE; a pandemic and the existential crises it brings can do that.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Marilyn Lester, The New York City Jazz Record\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRenowned pianist and composer Renee Rosnes’s album, KINDS OF LOVE, honors and celebrates love through nine brilliant compositions performed with a stunning all-star band featuring some of her favorite collaborators, Chris Potter, Christian McBride, Carl Allen, and Rogério Boccato.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis staggering all-star quintet represents a deep web of friendships and collaborations stretching back decades for Rosnes, and she seized the opportunity to craft a full album’s worth of new compositions, conceived with these extraordinary artists, and their singular voices in mind. She emerged from the year of relative isolation, experienced by so many, with a reinvigorated appreciation for the many different shapes that love can take. This breathtaking new music is both a celebration of and a meditation on the myriad forms it’s taken in her own life – romantic love, love of family, of nature, of the arts and of close relationships she’s forged with many of her fellow musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“I’ve tried to look at the pandemic as a gift of time, and the knowledge that I would soon be recording with my friends inspired much of the music,” Rosnes says. “It was thrilling to experience the humanity of making music again, in the moment. Each of these musicians are profound, humble virtuosos and, on a human level, enlightened spirits.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased September 3, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRenee Rosnes – piano \u0026amp; Fender Rhodes\u003cbr\u003e\nChris Potter – saxophones, flutes \u0026amp; bass clarinet\u003cbr\u003e\nChristian McBride – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nCarl Allen – drums\u003cbr\u003e\nRogério Boccato – percussion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded March 31 \u0026amp; April 1, 2021\u003cbr\u003e\nat Sear Sound Studio C, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded, Mixed \u0026amp; Mastered by Christopher Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Shervin Lainez\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotos of Renee Rosnes shot on location at\u003cbr\u003e\nGreen River Project LLC’s studio wearing BODE\u003cbr\u003e\nPackage Design by Damon Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eChris Potter appears courtesy of Editions Records\u003cbr\u003e\nChristian McBride appears courtesy of Mack Avenue Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRenee Rosnes is a Steinway Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAll compositions and arrangements by\u003cbr\u003e\nRenee Rosnes – Native Colors Music (BMI)\u003cbr\u003e\n“In Time Like Air” vocals by Renee Rosnes \u0026amp; Rogério Boccato\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Paul Stache \u0026amp; Molly Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382100210046,"sku":"SSR-2104-CD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-2104-CD.jpg?v=1760095074"},{"product_id":"renee-rosnes-beloved-of-the-sky-cd","title":"Renee Rosnes - Beloved of the Sky CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1043575840\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reneerosnes.bandcamp.com\/album\/beloved-of-the-sky\"\u003eBeloved of the Sky by Renee Rosnes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“For those not familiar with the Tyner-esque bop flourish and Horace Silver-like subtlety of Canadian pianist\/composer Renee Rosnes, then the rollicking Beloved of the Sky may be the disc to begin the discovery.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz, 29 May 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Few jazz pianists are as scarily satisfying. Even when the tempo goes down a notch the intensity remains. The fast numbers may bubble, but the slower ones simmer.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Chris Pearson, The Times (UK), 4 May 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe worth of a thing is not only to be found in its bottom-line value. That’s the idea at the heart of Canadian artist Emily Carr’s painting “Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky,” which depicts a solitary tree, rejected by loggers who have clear-cut its neighbors, stretching improbably but majestically into the heavens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIt’s a sentiment that resonates deeply with pianist\/composer Renee Rosnes. On her album, BELOVED OF THE SKY–where Carr’s painting provides the inspiration for the title track, album title, and cover art–Rosnes explores the beauty and wonder to be found in life’s more elusive, intangible joys. The album’s nine pieces ruminate on pleasures and inspirations that don’t come with a price tag–the splendor of nature, the mysteries of the universe, the comforts of home, the treasured memories of lost loved ones, the simple warmth of an inside joke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBELOVED OF THE SKY also celebrates the chemistry and discovery made possible by a band of truly remarkable musicians: saxophonist Chris Potter, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Lenny White. “The beautiful thing about working with such masters,” Rosnes says, “is that when we play new music, they all bring their wealth of experience, taste, skill and imagination to the music. It’s exciting for me as a composer to write something and then see how it blossoms, because inevitably it’s going to sound a little different than what I imagined – in a great way.”\u003cbr\u003e\ncredits\u003cbr\u003e\nreleased April 6, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRenee Rosnes – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nChris Potter – saxophones \u0026amp; flute\u003cbr\u003e\nSteve Nelson – vibraphone\u003cbr\u003e\nPeter Washington – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nLenny White – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live on October 16 \u0026amp; 17, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\nat Systems Two, Brooklyn, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded by Max Ross\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistant: Andrew Cavaciuti\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed \u0026amp; Mastered by Christopher Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Jimmy and Dena Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith and Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCover Artwork: Emily Carr, Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky, 1935, oil on canvas, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust, Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCarr extract from Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr, Emily Carr, 2006, Douglas and McIntyre. Reprinted\u003cbr\u003e\nwith permission from the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSpecial thanks to Vivian Chiu and Bradley Curtin at Steinway \u0026amp; Sons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eChris Potter appears courtesy of ECM Records\u003cbr\u003e\nSteve Nelson appears courtesy of HighNote Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRenee Rosnes is a Steinway Artist\u003cbr\u003e\nAll Titles Composed by Renee Rosnes except “Rosie” by Bobby Hutcherson and “The Winter of My Discontent” by Alec Wilder and Ben Ross Berenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Rosie” is dedicated to the memory of Rosemary and Bobby Hutcherson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382105190782,"sku":"SSR-1801-CD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1801-CD.jpg?v=1760095186"},{"product_id":"renee-rosnes-written-in-the-rocks-cd","title":"Renee Rosnes - Written in the Rocks CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4139815200\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reneerosnes.bandcamp.com\/album\/written-in-the-rocks\"\u003eWritten in the Rocks by Renee Rosnes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2017 Juno Award Winner, “Jazz Album of the Year: Solo”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e#1 on JazzWeek radio chart, 14, 21 \u0026amp; 28 March 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Veteran pianist and composer Renee Rosnes delivers conceptual heft, suspenseful compositions, and mesmerizing performances on her first album for the Smoke Sessions label.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— John Murph, JazzTimes, 25, April 2019 (updated)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“This unit gels with the common purpose of putting Rosnes’ work into the best possible light. They wholeheartedly succeed.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— C. Andrew Hovan, All About Jazz, 8 March 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Rosnes long ago earned a reputation as a first-rate pianist, but with WRITTEN IN THE ROCKS, she affirms her gifts as a composer with a fertile imagination and a technique to match. Rosnes’ score benefits greatly from the contributions of vibraphonist Steve Nelson, flutist-saxophonist Steve Wilson, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Bill Stewart, but it’s the inventiveness of Rosnes’ concept and writing that stand out.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune, December 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePianist and composer Renee Rosnes takes an intimate look at the wondrous sweep of the natural world on WRITTEN IN THE ROCKS, including an ambitious suite inspired by the evolution of life on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA sense of discovery lies at the core of “The Galapagos Suite,” which makes up the bulk of the recording and is named for the island chain that inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution. From the origins of life in the ocean billions of years ago through the unearthing of the human ancestor known as “Lucy” to the recent discovery of Tiktaalik, one of the earliest animals to venture out of the sea and onto the land, the progress of evolution and our own ever-evolving understanding of it, serves to inspire Rosnes’ compositional mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDiscovery is also a key element of the music created by Rosnes and her bandmates. Saxophonist and flutist Steve Wilson, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Bill Stewart excavate the riches and mysteries from the pianist’s gorgeous, densely layered compositions. “All of us have personal and musical relationships that have been growing for decades,” Rosnes says. “As a band, we’ve developed a focused sound with a wide and nuanced palette of colors and rhythms. 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The two converge with stunning results on CROSSING PATHS, instantly marking a highlight of her already remarkable career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCROSSING PATHS finds a stellar band exploring masterpieces from the songbooks of Brazil’s most revered composers, entrancingly melding the beguiling rhythms of bossa nova, frevo, samba, afoxé, and other styles with Rosnes’ visionary approach to modern jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pianist is joined by a phenomenal band mixing American jazz masters (saxophonist Chris Potter, trombonist Steve Davis, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Adam Cruz) with contemporary Brazilian voices (guitarist Chico Pinheiro, percussionist Rogério Boccato and vocalist Maucha Adnet) and the classical flutist Shelley Brown. 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