Jazz Articles about Joe DeRose

Joe DeRose and Amici: Peace Streets

by Dan Bilawsky
February 5, 2014

Drummer Joe DeRose and guitarist Hristo Vitchev seem to be attached at the hip. DeRose was an important presence on Vitchev's Songs For Messambria (First Orbit Sounds, 2009) and The Perperikon Suite (First Orbit Sounds, 2011), and the guitarist is a fixture in this band. Bassist Dan Robbins also appears with both leaders, raising the odds that their respective outfits may sound wholly similar; surprisingly, they don't. A pristine and poetic aesthetic often surrounds Vitchev's work when ...