Come and hear this amazing new album performed LIVE at Birdland on Monday, October 15, 2018! ONE SET ONLY at 7PM featuring four incredible vocalists: Janis Siegel, René Marie, Karen Oberlin and Darius de Haas, backed by Steve Wilson (saxes), Rubin Khodeli (cello), Renee Rosnes (piano), Sean Smith (bass) and Carl Allen (drums)! The official ICE ON THE HUDSON CD release date is October 12, 2018, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon or iTunes!  
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The seven-piece, all-women super-group performed songs from the Beatles to Wayne Shorter -- but it was their duo take on the Stevie Wonder classic, which itself has jazz ties thanks to original harpist Dorothy Ashby, that proved irresistible. Cécile McLorin Salvant, accompanied by Renee Rosnes, performed the song simply and beautifully, creating a perfect pairing with the inimitable Fort Adams park vista.
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This year, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal highlighted the exceptional contributions to music made by Zakir Hussain, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Renee Rosnes, George Thorogood, Ben Harper and Ry Cooder. Renee Rosnes is the 30th artist to receive the Oscar Peterson Award. This prize was created on the 10th anniversary of the Festival in 1989 to salute a Canadian musician who has made outstanding contributions to jazz in this country and for the quality of his or her art. Born in Canada, Renee Rosnes studied classically before turning towards jazz…
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