Daily Dose Of Jazz…

Renee Rosnes was born Irene Louise Rosnes on March 24, 1962 in Regina, Saskatchewan but grew up in North Vancouver, B.C. where she attended Handsworth Secondary School. She was three when she began taking classical piano lessons and became interested in jazz in high school. She went on to the University of Toronto pursuing classical performance, was awarded a Canada Council of the Arts grant in 1985 and moved to New York City to further her studies.

Saxophonist Joe Henderson hired her to play with his quartet that kick-started her international career. Since then, Rosnes has worked with many of the top names in jazz including J.J. Johnson, Wayne Shorter, James Moody, Bobby Hutcherson and Jon Faddis among others.

Renee is a founding member of the San Francisco Jazz Collective, whose members have included the likes of Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Bobby Hutcherson, Dave Douglas, Eric Harland, Nicholas Payton, Joe Lovano, Stefon Harris and others.

The pianist, composer and arranger performs and records in the hard bop and post-bop mediums, has nearly two dozen albums as a leader and several more as a sidewoman with her latest project “Double Portrait” recorded with her husband Bill Charlap. Renee Rosnes continues to perform, tour and record.

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