Jazz Articles about Dee Cassella

About Dee Cassella

Album Review

After careers as a psychotherapist and a real estate business owner, Dee Cassella takes a late detour in the journey of life by plunging headfirst into the world of jazz when, in 2008, she launched the release of I'm Here Now at New York's Metropolitan Room, notifying the world that she has, indeed, arrived. Possessing a mature seasoned voice, Cassella delivers a dozen select songs in a repertoire consisting of well-known standards to lesser-known compositions from the likes of pianists ...

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Album Review

Dee Cassella: I'm Here Now

Read "I'm Here Now" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman
October 6, 2008

There is some advantage in being a late bloomer. Late bloomers are able to garner more nourishment and life experience. In the case of Dee Cassella this means knowing how to sing a song. Cassella has had several other lifetimes before finally committing to a singing career and her first CD. Backed by Dena DeRose on piano, Jed Levy on sax and flute, Martin Wind on bass, Matt Wilson on drums and Gene Bertoncini on guitar, she sings ...