Lewis Nash Quintet -][- The Highest Mountain – [Cellar Live, 2012] –

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African American, Bandleader, Cellar Live, Drummer, Educator, Jeremy Pelt, Jimmy Greene, Lewis Nash, PETER WASHINGTON, Renee Rosnes

Lewis Nash Quintet, The Highest Mountain

Lewis Nash Quintet -][- The Highest Mountain –Mp3– [Cellar Live, 2012]

“Universally recognized as the great drummer of his generation — resourceful, inventive, subtle and infallibly tasteful.” – The Village Voice

A veteran of the international scene, Nash has played with many jazz greats, from Betty Carter and Dizzy Gillespie to Diana Krall and Branford Marsalis. He rose to particular prominence during his decade in Tommy Flanagan’s trio. Noted for his subtle, melodic playing, Nash is also an accomplished bandleader and educator.

Musicians:
LEWIS NASH – drums
PETER WASHINGTON – bass
RENEE ROSNES – piano
JIMMY GREENE – tenor & soprano saxophone
JEREMY PELT – trumpet & flugelhorn

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Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes -||- Double Portrait [Blue Note Records]

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Bill Charlap, Jazz, Piano, Renee Rosnes

Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes - Double Portrait

Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes -||- Double Portrait [Blue Note Records, 2010]

Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, two of the premiere pianists in Jazz, and also husband and wife, have joined forces to record their first collaborative album, Double Portrait. The album is a sparkling set of four-hand piano duets that traverses many of the couple’s musical touchstones including the great jazz composers (Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson), Great American Songbook composers (George & Ira Gershwin, Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz), and one of Rosnes’ own striking original compositions.

The depth of musical experience shared between Charlap and Rosnes is truly staggering. Charlap is a two-time Grammy Award nominee and the son of two renowned musicians (Broadway composer Moose Charlap and pop singer Sandy Stewart) who has performed with icons such as Tony Bennett, Phil Woods and Gerry Mulligan, and served as the musical director of The Blue Note 7. The Canadian-born Rosnes is a four-time Juno Award winner who has collaborated with legends the likes of Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson and J.J. Johnson, and has also been the pianist and contributing composer in the dynamic SFJAZZ Collective. It’s a happy musical marriage that both proclaim is “a natural evolution of our partnership and love for each other.”

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