Ice on the Hudson: Songs by Renee Rosnes & David Hajdu 2018

I C E ' O N ' T H E ' H U D S O NSongs by Renee Rosnes and David Hajdu'

Жанр: Vocal Jazz
Год издания: 2018
Издатель (лейбл): SMK Jazz/Smoke Sessions
Номер по каталогу: SMKJ 001
Страна исполнителя: USA
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 51:12
Наличие сканов: front
Треклист:

01. René Marie - A Tiny Seed

02. Janis Siegel - I Used to Like to Draw

03. Darius de Haas - Trotsky in Mexico

04. Karen Oberlin - All But You

05. Darius de Haas - To Meet My Brother

06. Janis Siegel - The Passage

07. René Marie - Little Pearl

08. Karen Oberlin - I Like Pie

09. Janis Siegel - Ice on the Hudson

10. Karen Oberlin - I Still Feel the Same

11. Darius de Haas - Confound Me

Об альбоме
No one working in the jazz idiom has ever attempted to write songs like these. They stretch well beyond the boundaries of jazz songwriting as we know it from the work of artists such as Jon Hendricks, Oscar Brown, Jr., and Bob Dorough. I hear echoes of such outstanding musical-theater writers as Stephen Sondheim and Jason Robert Brown, as well as Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, and their peers among the best singer-songwriters. The songs on Ice on the Hudson are remarkable and could be written by no one other than Renee Rosnes and David Hajdu.
Rosnes, the composer of this music, and Hajdu, the lyricist, had long and successful careers on their own before they started collaborating, about five years before the making of this album. Rosnes has been world recognized as a major jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader; Hajdu has been esteemed as an award-winning critic and historian of music and culture. I've known them both and admired them for many years. Taking in this smart and complex, barrier-breaking music, I have come to the realization that their long separate histories explain how this team of recently united collaborators have been able to make the music they have made. Their deep experience with many kinds of music, tapped and employed with the high standards they have always applied as a musician and a writer, has made this work uniquely rich.
The synergy between these songwriting partners is a marvel. The music of Renee Rosnes and the lyrics of David Hajdu are simply perfect for each other and come together to produce something greater than the product of any single mind I know. I only wish they had started writing together sooner. (Will Friedwald)

Состав

Janis Siegel - vocals
Karen Oberlin - vocals
René Marie - vocals
Darius de Haas - vocals
Renee Rosnes - piano
David Hajdu - lyrics
with
Sean Smith - bass
Carl Allen - drums
Steve Wilson - alto & soprano sax (1, 3, 10)
Seamus Blake - tenor sax (6, 11)
Ken Peplowski - clarinet (5)
Erik Friedlander - cello (2, 7, 8)
Rogerio Boccato - percussion (1, 6-8, 11)