Jazz Articles about Dena DeRose

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Album Review

Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose: Out of the Past

Read "Out of the Past" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 2, 2026

Although trumpeter Jim Rotondi and pianist-singer Dena DeRose had wanted to record together for years, life always seemed to get in the way. Finally, when they were both on faculty at the University for Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria, Rotondi decided to make it happen. He booked a studio in Vienna, enlisted the services of esteemed Austrian bassist Danny Ziemann (his studio) and drummer Mario Gonzi, and on June 23, 2024, the quartet recorded Out of the Past. ...

Radio & Podcasts

Dawn Clement, Dena DeRose, Antonio Adolfo, MzVal and more

by Benjamin Boddie
July 25, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Scott Reed, Dawn Clement, Dena DeRose, Antonio Adolfo, Marcello Carelli, Robert Turner, Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, Brandee Younger, Nicholas Payton, Albare, Alon Farber & Hagiga, Alan Broadbent, Marina Pacowski, Isaiah J.Thompson, Michael Dease, Pete McGuinness, MzVal, Benny Benack III, Mike Clark & Mike Zilber, Royce Campbell and Vosbein Magee Big Band, and more. Playlist Cyrus Chestnut “Ami's Dance" from Rhythm, Melody And Harmony (HighNote) 00:00 Eric Scott ...

Live Review

Dena DeRose at The Buffalo AKG Art Museum

by Frank Housh
February 28, 2025

Dena DeRose Trio The Buffalo AKG Art Museum Auditorium Buffalo, NY February 2, 2025 Binghamton native Dena DeRose returned to upstate New York February 2, 2025 to kick off the 2025 “Art of Jazz" series at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. She and her trio heated up the newly renovated Lipsey Auditorium on a snowy Sunday with her unique take on the American Songbook. Dena DeRose is a pianist and vocalist in the ...

Interview

Blindfold Test: Dena DeRose

by Mathew Bahl
September 4, 2023

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 ...

Profile

Dena DeRose: No More Detours Ahead

by Mathew Bahl
August 21, 2023

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 ...

Interview

Dena Derose: Keeper Of The Song

by R.J. DeLuke
September 7, 2020

Dena DeRose has established a reputation as one of the finest jazz singers today--though never exclusively that. As others have done--Shirley Horn, a predecessor, or Karrin Allyson, a contemporary, among others--DeRose, 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. ...

Radio & Podcasts

Nothing Like You - A Birthday Shoutout to Dorothy Parker

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 31, 2020

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 ...