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In 1990, Rosnes released her eponymously-titled debut album on Blue Note Records, and went on to record ten albums for the storied label. To date, she has released 19 solo albums, and appeared on countless recordings as a sought-after sideperson.
As a composer, Rosnes has written over one hundred compositions for small and large groups, as well as repertoire specifically for vocalists. She has been commissioned by SFJAZZ, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Tisch Center for the Arts, and the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra. Her music has been performed by such artists as Paquito D’Rivera, Phil Woods, JJ Johnson, Joe Locke, and Michael Dease among others.
In 2020, she returned to Blue Note with ARTEMIS, the acclaimed ensemble she founded, featuring trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, bassist Noriko Ueda, drummer Allison Miller and Rosnes, as pianist and musical director. ARTEMIS was named Jazz Group of the Year for three consecutive years (2023-2025) in Downbeat’s Annual Readers Poll. The band’s third release, Arboresque was widely praised by critics for its “cliché-free individuality and congenial collective spirit radiantly combined” and hailed as, “one of the year’s best.” In May 2025, the band appeared on NPR’s popular Tiny Desk Concert Series, and will be performing at Zankel Hall on March 5, 2026 as part of Carnegie Hall’s “United in Sound: America at 250” concert series.
In 2018, the Montréal Jazz Festival honored Rosnes with the Oscar Peterson Prize in recognition of her exceptional contributions to jazz. She is also a 15-year member of legendary bassist Ron Carter’s Foursight Quartet; Ron Carter: Live in Stockholm, Vol. 1. & Vol. 2 (In+Out Records) was released in 2020.
Rosnes’ 2021 release, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions) won Rosnes her 7th JUNO Award with All About Jazz writing, “Rosnes elicits some of the most emotive and enthralling music of her career.” Her 2025 recording, Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) is a Brazilian-inspired project featuring Chico Pinheiro on guitar, Chris Potter on saxes, John Patitucci on bass, and legendary singer-songwriters, Edu Lobo and Joyce Moreno. The album spent six weeks at No. 1 on the JazzWeek National Radio charts, and has been nominated for a 2026 JUNO award for Jazz Album of the Year. Rosnes was also featured on the cover of Downbeat magazine’s January 2025 issue accompanied by the cover story: “Brazilian Dreams Come True.”
Rosnes is married to renowned pianist Bill Charlap. The Charlap/Rosnes duo was featured on four tracks of the 2015 GRAMMY winning album: Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap: The Silver Lining, The Songs of Jerome Kern. Of the couple’s piano duo recording, Double Portrait (Blue Note), the Globe and Mail observed, “That the two are husband and wife makes this session extra special. Both are exceptional players, matching flawless technique with effortless lyricism, and their playing intermingles beautifully, with one phrase sparking another and ideas bouncing from soloist to accompanist and back.”
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Press Quotes
“She clearly has the world at her own fingertips.”
The Village Voice
“The instrument was scarcely large enough to contain her imagination.”
The Globe and Mail
“If you looked closely, you would have sworn you saw steam rising from the piano at the Village Vanguard.”
The New York Sun
“Rosnes and company produce glorious, soulful and deep modern jazz that is firmly rooted in the tradition while showcasing a truly inspired original voice.”
The Times Colonist
“No rhythmic inflection went unexplored, harmonies within a tune kept changing, and the formal elements were simply signposts for the soloists…she’s a virtuoso, but a quiet one.”
New York Times
“Rosnes offers exquisite balances of delicacy and power, witty and weighted ideas, assertiveness and deference.”
Downbeat
“It was one of the more exciting entries any band had made at this festival, and the momentum never sagged for the rest of the concert.”
The Montreal Gazette
“Life On Earth is an important album, not just for Rosnes, but for jazz as a whole. With this recording, she makes a persuasive case for the music’s capacity to interface in meaningful creative fashion with elements of other musical cultures. Life On Earth is a musical mosaic shimmering with dazzling combinations of sound and rhythm on virtually every track.”
Los Angeles Times
“Rosnes is her own woman. An extended solo on the quartet’s opening night was breathtaking, both in concept and execution.”
San Francisco Examiner
“Rosnes combines a muscular forthright style with an awesome ability to navigate complex shoals of far-out freewheeling improvisations: a paradoxical amalgam of passion and precision.”
Winnipeg Sun
“Rosnes has carved out for herself a reputation as one of jazz’s new bright lights. She has impressed veterans of the bebop and free jazz wars with a crisp, uncluttered approach to improvisation that respects, but doesn’t genuflect to, the music of the past. Her exposure to a variety of artists has prodded her to develop a clear voice all her own.”
The Boston Globe
“An absolutely stunning achievement. Rosnes has grown and matured into one of the finest pianists in jazz. Her playing is inventive, complex and always illuminating.”
The Jazz Report
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