Eitan Kenner & Natalie Tenenbaum - Duets / Solos (2023)

During the years and months leading up to the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Natalie Tenenbaum & Eitan Kenner were both living in New York City. The two were circling in sometimes overlapping music scenes yet had never met and did not know each other.
The two connected in August 2020 after discovering each other's playing on Instagram posts. Both artists living in Manhattan, they soon realized that they share a common background, having attended the same high school in Tel Aviv. They also realized that they both had found success in rather unusual career paths; unlike certain other musicians on the New York scene who stick to one musical lane and its afforded opportunities, both pianists enjoyed very versatile careers; although nowadays Kenner is one of the most in-demand jazz musicians on the scene, he had spent several years stepping away from Jazz and working on a prog-rock album which resulted in him performing with Gentle Giant, among others. Natalie, a Juilliard-trained classical pianist and composer, has been busy working as a composer and as an arranger/orchestrator and music director across recording projects, film, TV and Broadway. Another common thread the two discovered is that they both share a musical as well as a spiritual passion being involved with the black Christian church. Kenner states: “My church is the closest thing I have to a family in this country”.
Tracklist
1. Eitan Kenner - Home Away From Home
2. Eitan Kenner - Stride Etude
3. Eitan Kenner - Jester's Dilemma
4. Eitan Kenner - Pizza
5. Eitan Kenner - Rhythmlude I
6. Eitan Kenner - Waltz For Debby
7. Eitan Kenner - Different Strokes For Different Folks
8. Eitan Kenner - Body and Soul
9. Eitan Kenner - Prélude
10. Eitan Kenner - Reflets Dans L’eau
11. Eitan Kenner - Rhythmlude II
12. Eitan Kenner - Chords
13. Eitan Kenner - Knocks Me Off My Feet
14. Eitan Kenner - Fugue in C Major, BWV 952
15. Eitan Kenner - Billie's Bounce
16. Eitan Kenner - Wutaishan
17. Eitan Kenner - Rhythmlude III
18. Eitan Kenner - Avinu Malkeinu
19. Eitan Kenner - Always Remember