Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Renee Rosnes [videorecording].

Author

Rosnes, Renee.

Publication

2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Friedwald, Will, 1961-
• Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Description

2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Renee Rosnes speaks with Will Friedwald about the origin of her name, Renee (taken from Irene); growing up in Vancouver; studying piano from the age of three years; playing violin as a child; introduction to jazz in high school; attending the classical performance program at the University of Toronto for two years and then returning to Toronto to enter the jazz performance scene; seeing musicians like Sarah Vaughn, Oscar Peterson, and Monte Alexander at Toronto's Plazazz Room; playing at Toronto after-hours club Basin Street; the influence of bassist Wyatt Ruther; moving to New York in 1985; playing in after-hours sessions at the Blue Note; appreciation of Art Blakey; touring with Joe Henderson in an all-female group; reception of the all-female group; Joe Henderson as a musician and as a person; playing with Out of the Blue (OTB), a supergroup assembled by Blue Note records; working with Wayne Shorter; playing a synthesizer for the first time with Shorter; Shorter's influence; Shorter's methods of communication; how all of the musicians she worked with early on shared a trust in the musicians they hired and an ability to direct musicians nonverbally and how this has influenced her style as a composer and bandleader; her first album for Blue Note; recording a duet with Herbie Hancock for this album; playing with J. J. Johnson and how the beauty of his playing inspired her; working with John Faddis and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band; playing with the Danish Radio Big Band; performing with Gerald Wilson and his performance style; her other recordings for Blue Note; doing an album with stringed instruments; her "Life on earth" and "As we are now" recordings; how she enjoys writing for different formats, how each of her albums has a distinct personality; playing with Richie Perry; her albums with trio The Drummonds; the "Ancestors" album and how it related to her personal life; the 100 Fingers tour in Japan; how she met her husband, pianist Bill Charlap; composing and performing as part of the San Francisco Jazz Collective; working with vibist Bobby Hutcherson and the compatibility between the piano and vibraphone; playing with Bill Charlap; the influence of James Moody on her work; upcoming projects including a recording with Bill Charlap; an album in tribute to Joe Henderson; and a performance at the Vanguard in June 2009.

Series Statement

Duke jazz histories

Uniform Title

Duke jazz histories.

Subjects

• Henderson, Joe, 1937-2001
• Blue Note (Firm)
• Jazz musicians > Interviews
• Pianists > Interviews
• Hutcherson, Bobby
• Rosnes, Renee > Interviews
• Charlap, Bill

Note

• Interview with Renee Rosnes conducted by Will Friedwald, in New York, N.Y., on May 14, 2009.

Event (note)

• This interview was videotaped at the Oral History Studio of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on May 14, 2009, by Gary Shinn.

Funding (note)

• Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Call Number

*LDV 1244

OCLC

423398715

Author

Rosnes, Renee. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Renee Rosnes [videorecording].

Imprint

2009.

Series

Duke jazz histories

Duke jazz histories.

Event

This interview was videotaped at the Oral History Studio of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on May 14, 2009, by Gary Shinn.

Funding

Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

System Details

DVD.

Added Author

Friedwald, Will, 1961- Interviewer

Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research Call Number

*LDV 1244