Jazz Articles about Pamela Rose

About Pamela Rose

In Pictures

Popular San Francisco Bay Area vocalist / composer / educator Pamela Rose held court at the recently relocated Sound Room in downtown Oakland. Accompanied by long time musical friends guitarist Danny Caron, B3 organist Wayne De La Cruz and drummer Mark Lee, Rose presented new material nicely sprinkled with some old favorites. Rose's stellar band played “Wake Up" to get the house rocking. When the tune was finished, she thanked them and introduced the individual members. Rose loved ...

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Live Review

Pamela Rose: Tribute To Etta James at The California Jazz Conservatory

by Walter Atkins
February 21, 2015

Pamela Rose Tribute To Etta James California Jazz Conservatory Berkeley CA February 6, 2015 Pamela Rose's tribute to Etta James was a stirring live concert/talk/multimedia celebration of the life and career of the legendary soul, R&B, rock, gospel, and jazz artist. The set was interspersed with discussions of James' life experiences, house sing-a longs, and video clips that established context and acted as preludes to the next track. The soulful performance ...

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Album Review

Pamela Rose: You Could have It All

Read "You Could have It All" reviewed by Dave Nathan

by Dave Nathan
January 1, 2002

Pamela Rose has a great voice, good range and phrasing , on the mark intonation recalling Nancy Wilson. It also drips with soul and funk; no sweet sounding lady she. One might, however, question the arrangements. Too many of the tunes are accompanied by the incessant, never varying back beat of Bryant Mills' drums such as on “The One That Got Away" and “This Love Is Gonna Do Me in". All of the tunes are written by Rose in collaboration ...