We Won’t Forget You. Dena Derose
Label: Highnote Catalog: HCD7263 Format: CD Dena DeRoseWe Won’t Forget You It's no small thing to be called, "The most creative and compelling singer-pianist since Shirley Horn," but that's how Joel Siegel of the Washington City Paper described Dena DeRose. Her performance credits range from appearances at the Blue Note, Smoke, Jazz Standard, the Kennedy Center, clubs as far flung as Tokyo and Rome and major jazz festivals worldwide. DeRose finds time to teach and has been on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music, NYU, The New School, and others and is currently head of the jazz vocal department at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. Her HighNote Records début featured songs associated with, appropriately enough, Shirley Horn. Joining her usual trio are trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan. |