Written in the Rocks

2016 studio album by Renee Rosnes
Written in the Rocks
Studio album by
Renee Rosnes
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2016
RecordedJune 15–16, 2015
StudioSear Sound Studio C, New York City
GenreJazz
Length56:48
LabelSmoke Sessions
ProducerPaul Stache
Renee Rosnes chronology
Manhattan Rain
(2010)
Written in the Rocks
(2016)
Beloved of the Sky
(2018)

Written in the Rocks is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Renee Rosnes which was released in 2016 by Smoke Sessions Records. It won the 2017 Juno Award for Solo Jazz Album of the Year.[1] It featured Steve Wilson on alto & soprano saxophones, Steve Nelson on vibraphone, Peter Washington on bass and drummer Bill Stewart (musician).

The album repertoire was composed by Rosnes: "The KT Boundary", "Galapagos", "So Simple A Beginning", "Lucy from Afar", "Written in the Rocks", "Deep in the Blue (Tiktaalik)", and "Cambrian Explosion". https://smokesessionsrecords.com/shop/albums/written-in-the-rocks/

References

  1. ^ "Awards - The JUNO Awards".
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Renee Rosnes
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums
  • For the Moment (1990)
  • Ancestors (released 1996)
  • As We Are Now (1997)
  • Art & Soul (1999)
  • Life on Earth (released 2001)
  • Written in the Rocks (2015)
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  • Out of the Blue
  • Superblue
  • SFJAZZ Collective
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