Acman3, excellent Renee Rosnes clip; up there with Bill Charlap (her husband) as one of my very favorite of the new crop of piano players.
There is a truism in music, applicable to any genre, that a musician plays the way that he/she is as a person. Rosnes is a wonderful player with a clear Bill Evans influence who plays in a way that is, dare I say it?, feminine in the approach to the keyboard and to rhythm. Lest I upset those with a pc sensibility, I mean that only as a compliment based on my sensibilities and I am obviously generalizing; I appreciate the differences between the feminine and masculine approach to things. There is a gentle and "sexy" approach to rhythm in her playing that I love. She is the opposite of percussive on the keyboard and her rhythmic feel has a wonderful light touch that draws you in and doesn't hit you over the head. Beautiful player.
With her husband Bill Charlap on the Joe Henderson classic:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dsiDkEuxM1c
Would love to know the inside scoop of the reason for the choice of this tune on their album together:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xgya62mb1NU
Also, thanks for the Lage and Frisell clips; great stuff. Lage has such a distinctive tone; and Frisell is, of course, brilliant as always.
There is a truism in music, applicable to any genre, that a musician plays the way that he/she is as a person. Rosnes is a wonderful player with a clear Bill Evans influence who plays in a way that is, dare I say it?, feminine in the approach to the keyboard and to rhythm. Lest I upset those with a pc sensibility, I mean that only as a compliment based on my sensibilities and I am obviously generalizing; I appreciate the differences between the feminine and masculine approach to things. There is a gentle and "sexy" approach to rhythm in her playing that I love. She is the opposite of percussive on the keyboard and her rhythmic feel has a wonderful light touch that draws you in and doesn't hit you over the head. Beautiful player.
With her husband Bill Charlap on the Joe Henderson classic:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dsiDkEuxM1c
Would love to know the inside scoop of the reason for the choice of this tune on their album together:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xgya62mb1NU
Also, thanks for the Lage and Frisell clips; great stuff. Lage has such a distinctive tone; and Frisell is, of course, brilliant as always.