The Weekend Planet

It's "a delicate business", there's "a lot of nonverbal communication" & "clarity" is crucial when husband & wife apply 20 fingers to 176 keys. Renee Rosnes & Bill Charlap's loving hands make sublime duo music on Double Portrait, the heart of our piano-focused weekend's 2nd chapter.

Individually, each is one of the finer, more sensitive jazz pianists.

"Bill Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved" said Time magazine.

"Rosnes offers exquisite balances of delicacy and power, witty and weighted ideas, assertiveness and deference" said Down Beat magazine.

Together, they are a very special duo.

A revealing, interview-based article about Renee Rosnes & Bill Charlap:
http://jazztimes.com/articles/18490-bill-charlap-and-and-renee-rosnes

Renee Rosnes site:
http://www.reneerosnes.com

Bill Charlap site, which includes link to audio interview with him & Renee:
http://www.billcharlap.com

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Details of each track are presented in the following order:

BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
distributor/ source details, like this, in lower-case
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs

'THE WEEKEND PLANET' SUN 25.710

2205
THEME:
details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - 'Nuevos Medios Coleccion' - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm
and ' Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate' (Hannibal 334352 )

CD CUT 1, 'JARABI'
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - 'SONGHAI'
0: 20 ( excerpt )
retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate's kora, Danny Thompson's beautiful double bass and Ketama's flamenco guitars

2206
CD CUT 2, 'DOUBLE RAINBOW'
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
SONY ATV MELODY ( BMI )
BLUE NOTE 50996 27560 2 0
Through EMI
http://www.bluenote.com
BILL CHARLAP, RENEE ROSNES - 'DOUBLE PORTRAIT'
5: 00
Husband & wife, alone together, playing two fine pianos. Beautiful, shimmering, lyrical, lightly virtuosic, limber version of a great Brazilian song. This album is a superb set of piano duos.

SEGUE

2211
CD CUT 8, 'ENDLESS ( SEM FIN) '
NOVELLI & CACASO
PUB NOT SPEC
COLUMBIA RECORDS CD 45239 (US IMPORT)
MILTON NASCIMENTO - "MILTONS"
5: 15
achingly tender ballad in Portuguese: Milton's lustrous voice accompanied solely by Herbie Hancock's piano, in 1989.

2218
CD CUT 4, 'THE SAROS CYCLE'
RENEE ROSNES
NATIVE COLORS MUSIC ( BMI )
BLUE NOTE 50996 27560 2 0
Through EMI
http://www.bluenote.com
BILL CHARLAP, RENEE ROSNES - 'DOUBLE PORTRAIT'
4: 27
Two pianos, alone together. The astronomy-referencing piece is indeed cyclic. It refers The Saros Cycle ( of approximately 18 years 11 days and 1/3 of a day ) which enables one to predict eclipses of the sun and moon.

LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE SAROS CYCLE?

Start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saros_cycle

SEGUE ( same-disc, consecutive )

2222
CD CUT 5, 'MY MAN'S GONE NOW'
GEORGE GERSHWIN, IRA GERSHWIN, DUBOSE HEYWARD, DOROTHY HEYWARD
DUBOSE & DOROTHY HEYWARD MEMORIAL FUND PUB ( ASCAP )/ IRA GERSHWIN MUSIC ( ASCAP )/ GEORGE GERSWHIN MUSIC ( ASCAP ). ALL RIGHTS ADMIN BY WB MUSIC CORP ( ASCAP )
BLUE NOTE 50996 27560 2 0
Through EMI
http://www.bluenote.com
BILL CHARLAP, RENEE ROSNES - 'DOUBLE PORTRAIT'
8: 30
Two pianos, alone together. Spacious, delicate, poignant exploration of an achingly yearning song from Porgy and Bess.

2234
CD CUT 10, 'ON MY MIND THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG'
GEORGE GERSHWIN/ ARTHUR JACKSON
WB MUSIC CORP
ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559-79287-2
Australian distribution currently ambiguous.
Worldwide: worldwide: http://www.nonesuch.com
GEORGE GERSHWIN - 'GERSHWIN PLAYS GERSHWIN: THE PIANO ROLLS'
2: 29
A piano roll - played on a modern 'player' piano - allows us to hear in crackle-free hi-fi how Gershwin actually played a lively 'blues fox-trot' in August 1920.

SEGUE

2236
CD CUT 8, 'NANA DE LOS LUCEROS'
COMP ( AND ARR ) DAVID PEÑA ' DORANTES' / CO-AUTHORED BY PADRO PEÑA FERNANDEZ
PUB NOT SPEC
HEMISPHERE 7243 5 21864 2 6
through EMI
DORANTES ( AKA DAVID PEÑA ' DORANTES' ) - 'DORANTES'
4: 28
Intensely but elegantly 'tragic' - piano & string trio with female flamenco singer ( Inés Bacán) & arcing melody. Dorantes ( David Peña ) is the one, really respected flamenco pianist.

LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY FLAMENCO VOCALIST?

Click here: www.andalucia.com/flamenco/musicians/ines-bacan.htm

SEGUE

2240
CD CUT 6, 'OSUN'
( NOTE: the title is a typo. The liner notes make it obvious that Chucho is in fact alluding to 'Ochún'/ Oshún rather than to Osun. They are different deities )
JESUS 'CHUCHO' VALDÉS
MSSIDOR MUSIK GMBH
MESSIDOR 115976-2
This may or may not still be available. No current Australian distributor.
JESUS CHUCHO VALDÉS - 'LUCUMI: PIANO SOLO'
7: 34
Cuban: power-packed but also-lyrical solo piano, with the player occasionally vocalising wordlessly. Dedicated to a Yoruba deity; she is goddess of love & waters, among other things.

Chucho recorded this extraordinary, all-solo album in Europe in 1986. Courtesy of the 'Cuban boycott', for some years it was the only readily-available album on which the world in general could hear Cuba's greatest pianist play a really good grand piano, recorded properly.

LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OSUN/ OCHUN AND SANTERIA/LUCUMI?

Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshun

Then, click this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucumi_religion

2249
CD CUT 9, 'CINDERELLA SONG'
VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS
PUB NOT SPEC
ECM 1752
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
ARILD ANDERSEN/ VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS/ JOHN MARSHALL - 'THE TRIANGLE'
4: 30 ( excerpt )
sweet, gently nimble ballad for the Greek composer's piano, with Norwegian ac bassist Arild & English drummer John.

SEGUE

2254
CD CUT 4, 'LORD MAXWELL'S LAST GOODNIGHT'
WORDS TRAD, TUNE TRAD/TABOR. ARR
ARR JUNE TABOR, HUW WARREN, MARK EMERSON & TIM HARRIES
TOPIC RECORDS LTD
TOPIC TSCD 543
In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
worldwide: www.topicrec ords.co.uk
JUNE TABOR - "AN ECHO OF HOOVES"
4: 16
quietly intense, almost-courtly song of the conclusion to what was 'probably the bitterest & bloodiest family quarrel in British history.' The Maxwells & the Johnstones lived & died in 16th/early 17th century Scotland's south-west. June's voice, Huw's piano ( & cello ) with Tim's arco bass, Mark's viola)

LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE ACTUAL FEUD?

As one source says, 'America's most historic feud, the Hatfield and McCoy saga ( decades-long, in eastern Kentucky ) looks somewhat like a Sunday afternoon picnic when compared to the Maxwell family's legendary ( century-long ) feud with its Scottish borderland neighbors, the Johnstones.

Its history is well-told, here:
http://www.scotclans.com/bletherskite/?p=1606

and - more briefly - here:
http://www.clanmaxwellusa.com/Feud.htm

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2305
CD CUT 3, 'III'
PAUL BLEY
PABLO MUSIC
ECM 1786/ 170 9775
in Australia through Fuse Music : www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
PAUL BLEY - 'SOLO IN MONDSEE: MONDSEE VARIATIONS'
2: 00
alone, at a particularly superb piano, beside an Austrian lake, in 2001. Spare, spontaneous improvisation. Paul Bley was born in Montreal in 1932. He's one of the greatest improvising pianists, period.

LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT PAUL BLEY?

His official site: www.improvart.com/bley

2309
CD CUT 9, 'NEVER WILL I MARRY'
FRANK LOESSER
FRANK MUSIC CORP ( ASCAP )
BLUE NOTE 50996 27560 2 0
Through EMI
http://www.bluenote.com
BILL CHARLAP, RENEE ROSNES - 'DOUBLE PORTRAIT'
4: 20
Two pianos, alone together. Limber, deft, playful, lyrical. Tongues are in cheeks - the players are husband & wife.

SEGUE

2313
CD CUT 6, 'CANTAR DEL ALMA'
STEFANO BATTAGLIA & MICHELE RABBIA
PUB NOT SPEC
ECM 2120/ 2713764
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
STEFANO BATTAGLIA/ MICHELE RABBIA - 'PASTORALE'
8: 03
Duet. Hushed, spare, meditative … but intense. 'Battaglia's piano, Rabbia's mostly-brushed percussion.

'Song Of The Soul' is the title, in English.

2322
CD CUT 3, 'ANA MARIA'
WAYNE SHORTER
ISKA MUSIC ( BMI )
BLUE NOTE 50996 27560 2 0
Through EMI
http://www.bluenote.com
BILL CHARLAP, RENEE ROSNES - 'DOUBLE PORTRAIT'
8: 50
Two pianos, alone together, lovingly improvising upon a husband's, Brazilian-tinged love song for his wife. Its author - saxophonist Wayne Shorter - was Renee's employer for a year, late in the 1980s.

SEGUE

2331
CD CUT 12, 'SOLITUDE'
DUKE ELLINGTON, IRVING MILLS AND EDDIE DE DELANGE
EMI MILLS MUSIC/ SONY-ATV HARMONY/ SCARSDALE MUSIC CORPORATION
NONESUCH 480380-2
in Australia through Fuse Music
http://www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com
worldwide: http://www.nonesuch.com
ALLEN TOUSSAINT - 'THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI'
5: 25
Sublime: these ears have not heard a lovelier version. No showing off, no lazy or wasted notes. Toussaint's piano, in duo with Marc Ribot's ac guitar.

2338
CD CUT 9, 'THE FIVE ODYSSEY'
BEN WINKELMAN
( PRESUMABLY ) APRA
JAZZHEAD HEAD133
http://www.jazzhead.com
BEN WINKELMAN TRIO - 'ODYSSEYS'
12: 10
AUSTRAL COMP & PERF: very exuberant trio, having lots of conversational, rhythmic fun. The predominant accent - not exclusive - is Afro-Cuban. Ben's piano, San Anning's ac bass, Ben Vanderwal's drums.

BEN WINKELMAN TRIO CD LAUNCH TOUR ALERT ( extensive )

Wollongong - Thursday July 22, 6pm
Wollongong Conservatorium of Music www.wollongongjazz.com

Sydney - Friday July 23, 8.30pm
Venue 505, 280 Cleveland St, Surry Hills. www.venue505.com

Bellingen - Saturday July 24, 7.30pm
Bellingen Golf Club www.bellingenjazz.holidaycoast.com.au

Glen Innes - Sunday July 25, 7pm
New England Club

Lismore - Tuesday July 27, 8pm
Lismore City Bowling Club

Gold Coast - Thursday July 29, 8pm
The Arts Centre Gold Coast www.theartscentregc.com.au

Brisbane - Friday July 30, 7.30pm
Judith Wright Centre www.judithwrightcentre.com

Canberra - Saturday July 31, 8pm
The Street Theatre, 15 Childers St, Canberra City www.thestreet.org.au

Melbourne - Sunday August 1, 8.30pm
Bennnetts Lane Jazz Club www.bennettslane.com

BEN WINKELMAN ABC RADIO NATIONAL ALERT

The trio's new CD is 'album of the week' on The Daily Planet, from tomorrow, Monday July 26.

The Daily Planet, with Lucky Oceans airs Monday to Friday at 2.20pm
Except on Fridays, it has a second airing at 11.20 pm
website ( includes audio ) : www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet

SEGUE

2350
CD CUT 8, 'LITTLE GLORY'
GERRY MULLIGAN
JERUVIAN MUSIC COMPANY ( ASCAP )
BLUE NOTE 50996 27560 2 0
Through EMI
http://www.bluenote.com
BILL CHARLAP, RENEE ROSNES - 'DOUBLE PORTRAIT'
4: 14
Sweet & spacious: two pianos. In the late 1980s the late baritone saxophonist who composed this piece was Charlap's first major-league regular employer.

2355
CD CUT 12, 'AFTER THE RAIN'
JOHN COLTRANE
JOWCOL MUSIC
BLUE NOTE CDP 7 96429 2
Through EMI
http://www.bluenote.com
McCOY TYNER - 'SOLILOQUY'
3: 47 ( complete )
Solo piano in 1991. Meditative, but with a sense of 'strength behind it.' As a young man, Tyner was pianist in the composer's classic quartet.

Presenter

Doug Spencer

Producer

Doug Spencer