(Vocal Jazz) [WEB] VA - Ice on the Hudson: Songs by Renee Rosnes & David Hajdu (feat. Rene Marie, Janis Siegel, Karen Oberlin & Darius De Haas) - 2018, FLAC (tracks), lossless

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01 -=- 01 - A Tiny Seed (feat. Rene Marie).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
02 -=- 02 - I Used to Like to Draw (feat. Janis Siegel).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
03 -=- 03 - Trotsky in Mexico (feat. Darius De Haas).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
04 -=- 04 - All But You (feat. Karen Oberlin).flac -=- CDDA (99%)
05 -=- 05 - To Meet My Brother (feat. Darius De Haas).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
06 -=- 06 - The Passage (feat. Janis Siegel).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
07 -=- 07 - Little Pearl (feat. Rene Marie).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
08 -=- 08 - I Like Pie (feat. Karen Oberlin).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
09 -=- 09 - Ice on the Hudson (feat. Janis Siegel).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
10 -=- 10 - I Still Feel the Same (feat. Karen Oberlin).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
11 -=- 11 - Confound Me (feat. Darius De Haas).flac -=- CDDA (100%)
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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)

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)