Hot & Cool Jazz: The Renee Rosnes Duo Featuring Peter Washington

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Wilton Library
Brubeck Room

Event Details

Please join us for an afternoon of jazz featuring the Renee Rosnes Duo featuring virtuoso bassist Peter Washington. The two have a deep musical relationship that spans decades and he is featured on numerous Rosnes recordings.

Reception following the concert.  Suggested donation: $10.  Funded by the William and Karen Tell Foundation with special thanks to Ed & Catherine Romer and Chris & Tish Brubeck.  Advance registration strongly suggested. Pre-registrants should arrive by 3:50pm to be guaranteed seating; wait-listed and walk-in registrants will be admitted after 3:50pm if space is available. Register online or call 203-762-6334.

Renee Rosnes is one of the premier jazz pianists and composers of her generation. Upon moving to New York City from Vancouver, she quickly established a reputation of high regard, touring and recording with such masters as Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, J.J. Johnson, Ron Carter and the all-star ensemble, the SFJAZZ Collective. Her 2016 recording Written in the Rocks was named one of the ten Best Jazz Albums of the Year by The Chicago Tribune, one of the Best Albums in all genres of music by The Nation, and was honored with a 2017 Canadian Juno Award. JazzTimes wrote: 'Ms. Rosnes delivers conceptual heft, suspenseful compositions and mesmerizing performances.'

Rosnes is married to pianist Bill Charlap [who played the Brubeck Room in our 2014-15 Hot & Cool season] and the husband/wife duo was featured on four tracks from the Grammy Award-winning album Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap: The Silver Lining, The Songs of Jerome Kern.

Peter Washington is perhaps the most recorded bassist of his generation with a discography of more than 500 recordings. Having played with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the Tommy Flanagan Trio, and the critically acclaimed Bill Charlap Trio, Washington has been the bassist of choice for such artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Johnny Griffin, Tony Bennett, Jackie McLean and Cedar Walton, among many others. With his emphasis on creative, supportive playing as well as inventive and intelligent soloing, he has rightly been compared to the likes of such legends Milt Hinton and Ron Carter.

Event Type(s): Music
Age Group(s): Adults

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