Renee Rosnes
Renee Rosnes ( born March 24, 1962 in Regina, Saskatchewan as Irene Louise Rosnes ) is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer -.
Rosnes grew up in Vancouver, had later trained from the age of three piano lessons and was also a violinist. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and at the University of Toronto. She then worked with her trio as a companion of guest soloists like Joe Farrell, Woody Shaw, Dave Liebman and Steve Turré, but also as a ship's musician. In 1985, she moved to New York City and played with Out of the Blue, Gary Thomas, Robin Eubanks, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, JJ Johnson, James Moody and Wayne Shorter. On their debut album, they played with Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Branford Marsalis a duo. Then they regularly presented their own productions, which were very successful in North America. She also worked with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band from Jon Faddis and The Drummond (together with her ex-husband Billy Drummond and the non - intermarried Ray Drummond ). From 2004 to 2009 she performed with the San Francisco Jazz Collective. In addition, she was involved in recordings by Vincent Herring, Greg Osby, Bobby Watson, Marian McPartland, George Mraz, Niels -Henning Ørsted Pedersen and the SFJAZZ Collective.
Since 1991 she has been repeatedly honored in Downbeat poll as an important new talent. So far she has been nominated six times for the Canadian Juno Award, which she for three of its record productions in contemporary, partly also received the mainstream jazz. His second wife is married to the jazz pianist Bill Charlap.