Dena DeRose

DIGIPACK EDITION

PERSONNEL:

DENA DeROSE, vocals, piano
MARTIN WIND, bass
MATT WILSON, drums

Live "The Jazz Standard", New York, March 1-3, 2007

TRACKS:

01 The Ruby & the Pearl
02 When Lights Are Low
03 Detour Ahead
04 I Fall In LOve Too Easily
05 In Your Own Sweet Way
06 I Can't Escape From You
07 Laughing At Life
08 We'll Be Together Again

"Dena DeRose sings jazz as if she had been at it her whole life long, and then some. She interprets standards in a deliciously laconic, no-nonsense manner, accompanying herself on piano with hard swinging grace."
-New York Times

DownBeat
"Double-threat DeRose is an energetic pianist and ebullient vocalist."

Dena DeRose is a swinging jazz pianist, a gifted vocalist, and a talented composer and arranger. She returns with the second set of her critically acclaimed 2007 release Live at Jazz Standard Volume One. This accomplished musician performs distinctive arrangements of standards with her top-notch trio consisting of Martin Wind (b) and Matt Wilson (d).

"Jazz singer Dena DeRose has all the vocal skills needed to rise to the top level of her field…Singing beautifully, arching through fascinating alterations of melody…she is a fluent pianist with facile technique, an imaginative approach to improvisation and a jaunty sense of swing."

-Los Angeles Times