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Dena DeRose: I Can See Clearly Now
by David Adler
Dena DeRose’s third CD for Sharp Nine boasts some uncommonly clever arrangements. The biggest surprise is “Detour Ahead," which gets a double-time treatment. Dwayne Burno plays electric bass, Matt Wilson funks it up with a syncopated snare drum rhythm, and Joe Locke weighs in with an adroit vibes solo. On the second A section, when DeRose ...
Dena DeRose: I Can See Clearly Now
by C. Andrew Hovan
Without any doubt, pianist/vocalist Dena DeRose has come up with another winner and possibly her finest album yet to date. That’s saying a lot too because her previous two sessions for Sharp Nine, Introducing Dena DeRose and Another World, have been critically lauded while also setting a new standard among the female jazzer cum hip vocalist ...
I Can See Clearly Now
By Dena DeRose
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: If I Should Lose You; Detour Ahead; I've Never Been In Love Before; I Can See Clearly Now; With a Smile; Day In Day Out; If You Love Me; Touch of Your Lips; Alone Together; What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
Dena DeRose: I Can See Clearly Now
by David A. Orthmann
The marriage of the American Popular Songbook and the jazz tradition of improvisation and innovation continue to bear exquisite fruit on singer/pianist Dena DeRose’s third recording for the Sharp Nine imprint. DeRose uses the basic structure of the songs as a point of departure in fashioning treatments that retain the spirit of the material while taking ...
Dena DeRose: Another World
by Jack Bowers
In his liner notes to Another World, singer/pianist Dena DeRose’s second Sharp Nine release, Bruce Crowther affirms that DeRose is a superb Jazz pianist. Not much cause for argument there. He goes on to say she’s a superb Jazz singer too. Well . . . I haven’t heard many of those lately, and good as she ...
Dena DeRose: Another World
by Joel Roberts
The story goes that Dena DeRose took up singing when a hand injury kept her from playing the piano for two years. Today she probably looks on that injury as a blessing, since she has developed into one of the hottest young singer-pianists in jazz. Like the best jazz singers, from Anita O'Day to Betty Carter ...
Dena DeRose: Another World
by C. Andrew Hovan
Without fear of sinking into the depths of hyperbole, let it be said that Dena DeRose is really a major discovery. An extremely adept pianist and an equally compelling singer, she has the appeal and talent to run with the best of them, including giving modern day diva Diana Krall a good run for her money! ...
