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Blindfold Test: Dena DeRose
by Mathew Bahl
With Dena DeRose you get the best of both worlds--a first rate jazz pianist who understands how to explore the rhythmic and harmonic potential of a song, and a superior singer capable of expressing every nuance in a lyric with intelligence and subtlety. Throw in her formidable skills as a composer, and you have a jazz artist to be reckoned with. DeRose's multiple talents are all on display on her fourth album, the superb Love's Holiday. Dena recently ...
read moreDena DeRose: No More Detours Ahead
by Mathew Bahl
A pianist by instinct, a jazz musician by choice and a singer by accident, Dena DeRose has emerged as one of the most captivating and distinctive new voices in mainstream jazz. Anyone who has not heard her music should not be misled by her status as a singer/pianist specializing in the Great American Songbook. DeRose is neither a Shirley Horn clone nor a Diana Krall wannabe. Although she admires a wide range of singers, including Horn ("definitely on the top ...
read moreDena Derose: Keeper Of The Song
by R.J. DeLuke
Dena DeRose has established a reputation as one of the finest jazz singers todaythough never exclusively that. As others have doneShirley Horn, a predecessor, or Karrin Allyson, a contemporary, among othersDeRose, in addition to her alluring voice, is a highly accomplished pianist who accompanies herself. Often that's in a trio setting, but she easily extends it to larger groups when the situation calls for it. She has ascended to the top of her field in a slow progression. ...
read moreNothing Like You - A Birthday Shoutout to Dorothy Parker
by Mary Foster Conklin
This week we feature new releases from trumpeter Eddie Henderson, vocalist Allegra Levy, trombonist Emily Asher's Garden Party and drummer John Hollenbeck with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Parker (pictured), Carolyn Leigh, Adrienne Fenemor, Dinah Washington, Charlie Parker (100!), Alice Coltrane, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Mimi Fox and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown. Playlist Adrienne Fenemor Mo' Puddin'" from Mo' Puddin' (Self released) 00:00 George ...
read moreDena DeRose: Ode to the Road
by Jack Bowers
To those who may have wondered what ever happened to singer / pianist Dena DeRose, the answer is nothingand everything. DeRose has lived for the last fifteen years in Graz, Austria, where she is professor of jazz voice at the University of Music and the Performing Arts. She still tours frequently, sometimes returning home" to the states for gigs and / or record dates. Along the way, DeRose has met and befriended a sizable number of talented artists, three of ...
read moreIt Might Be You in the Dark - Celebrating Dave Grusin and Big Bill Broonzy
by Mary Foster Conklin
The end of June broadcast included a new single from trombonist and vocalist Aubrey Logan with Hagelslag, plus new releases from the Vanessa Perica Orchestra, with birthday shoutouts to vocalists Madeline Eastman, Tierney Sutton and Gillian Margot, composer and pianist Dave Grusin, harpist Brandee Younger and bluesman Big Bill Broonzy. Playlist Rachel Z Artemisia" from Room of One's Own (NYC Music) 00:00 Madeline Eastman Pent Up House" from Can You Hear Me Now? (Mad-Kat Records) 06:32 Cathy Segal-Garcia ...
read moreDena DeRose: United
by C. Andrew Hovan
Loathe as one might be to admit it, there are far too many singers today who consider themselves jazz vocalists. The fact of the matter is it is far too easy to scat a few lines, come up with some nouveau riche lyrics, and press your album at 45 rpm than to really function as a vital musician that also happens to vocalize. Herein rests the problem, often abetted by the hype that only the media can do far too ...
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