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Renee Rosnes On Piano Jazz

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Renee Rosnes On Piano Jazz

On this 1990 episode of Piano Jazz, Renee Rosnes plays Monk's "Four in One" then improvises with McPartland on her own tune, "Fleur De Lis."

Renee Rosnes On Piano Jazz

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A Jazz Piano Christmas 2016

Bill Charlap, Willie Pickens, Renee Rosnes and Bethany Pickens performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington for the annual public radio special A Jazz Piano Christmas. Jati Lindsey/Courtesy of the Kennedy Center hide caption

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Holiday Music

A Jazz Piano Christmas 2016

Father-daughter duo Willie and Bethany Pickens, along with husband-wife duo Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, played holiday favorites live at the Kennedy Center in Washington Dec. 10.

A Jazz Piano Christmas 2016

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Bill Charlap And Renee Rosnes On Piano Jazz

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Bill Charlap And Renee Rosnes On Piano Jazz

It's rare to have three great pianists at three pianos in one studio. Charlap and Rosnes join host Marian McPartland in this 2008 session for a trio of "You and the Night and the Music."

Bill Charlap And Renee Rosnes In The Studio

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Bill Charlap And Renee Rosnes On JazzSet

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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

Bill Charlap And Renee Rosnes On JazzSet

Rosnes and Charlap just finished a six-concert season of Jazz in July at the 92Y in New York City. Hear the two-piano duo make a "unique sound that is the sum of both of us" at the Kennedy Center.

Bill Charlap And Renee Rosnes On JazzSet

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Wilson, Rosnes, Washington: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Live At The Village Vanguard

Wilson, Rosnes, Washington: Live At The Village Vanguard

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A saxophonist, a pianist and a bass player walk into a bar. But the bar happens to be one of the world's preeminent jazz clubs. And they're working as a collective band: no drummer, no hierarchy.

Wilson, Rosnes, Washington: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Renee Rosnes Quartet On JazzSet

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Concerts

Renee Rosnes Quartet On JazzSet

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Hear Rosnes lead her quartet in New York at the world-famous Village Vanguard — where, she says, "I can turn to my left" and right, and over her shoulder, "and see the face of a jazz fan sitting a few feet away from me."

Renee Rosnes Quartet On JazzSet

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A Jazz Piano Christmas

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Holidays 2010

A Jazz Piano Christmas

Live from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., it's NPR Music's annual celebration of seasonal music in swing time. A public radio holiday tradition returns with Kenny Barron, Renee Rosnes, Helio Alves and Freddy Cole.

Listen Now: A Jazz Piano Christmas 2010

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Renee Rosnes Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Live At The Village Vanguard

Renee Rosnes Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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A standout straight-ahead jazz pianist on the New York scene for nearly a quarter-century, Rosnes puts together a quartet of veterans and frequent collaborators for a run at the famed club.

Renee Rosnes Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Bill Charlap, Renee Rosnes Duet In 'Double Portrait'

Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes' Double Portraits is a new album of piano duets featuring American popular music and more. Clay Patrick McBride hide caption

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Music Interviews

Bill Charlap, Renee Rosnes Duet In 'Double Portrait'

The pianists were already powerhouse jazz musicians when they married three years ago at The Jazz Club at Lincoln Center in New York. Now, they've released a new album of piano duets. Double Portrait revisits classics from the American songbook, Brazilian music and jazz standards.

Bill Charlap, Renee Rosnes Duet In 'Double Portrait'

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Stars Celebrate 30 Years Of Piano Jazz: Set III

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Concerts

Stars Celebrate 30 Years Of Piano Jazz: Set III

The anniversary concert featured offerings by Randy Weston, Karrin Allyson, Cedar Walton and more.

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Stars Celebrate 30 Years Of Piano Jazz: Set I

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Concerts

Stars Celebrate 30 Years Of Piano Jazz: Set I

For three decades, Marian McPartland has showcased both jazz veterans and young stars on Piano Jazz, her hour-long NPR program. For the anniversary, past guests Kurt Elling, Karrin Allyson, Randy Weston and many others showed up at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola to celebrate a jazz radio institution.

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