When I discovered the dual definition of “Renderings” above, I knew I had found the title for this project! Yes, I rediscovered the joy (and challenge!) of being an arranger – or re-interpreter – rather than the principal composer, if you will. More importantly, it was the immediacy, imagination, sensitivity, and musical vision of the band’s “rendering” of my lifeless notes on a page, while most of the world was still in Covid hibernation, that defines this recording.  Read More