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| Dena DeRose CD Release at Birdland "We Wont Forget You...An Homage to Shirley Horn" Come celebrate the CD release of Dena DeRose's We Won't Forget You... An Homage to Shirley Horn. Join Dena, David Wong and Matt Wilson With Special Guests Eric Alexander tenor saxophone, Gary Smulyan baritone saxophone, Ingrid Jensen trumpet. Tuesday, September 23rd One Show Only! 6:00pm Birdland (315 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036). Dena DeRose We Won't Forget You... An Homage to Shirley Horn HighNote Records HCD 7263 The Dena DeRose Trio Dena DeRose, vocals, piano & B3 organ Martin Wind, bass; Matt Wilson, drums With special guests Eric Alexander, tenor saxophone Jeremy Pelt, trumpet Gary Smulyan, baritone saxophone Tracks: You Stepped Out of a Dream Sunday in New York Quietly There A Time For Love Don't Be on the Outside You Won't Forget Me I Just Found Out About Love Big City You're Nearer Wild is Love The Great City It's no small thing to be called "The most creative and compelling singer-pianist since Shirley Horn, " but that's how Joel Siegel, Washington City Paper, described Dena DeRose. It is with great pleasure that HighNote Records welcomes Dena to their roster with her label debut recording "We Won't Forget You...An Homage To Shirley Horn" which features the understated, swinging side of the late, great Horn. As this year would have been Ms. Horns 80th birthday, it seems only appropriate for DeRose, also a triple threat vocalist, pianist, and arranger, to pay tribute to one of her major idols. Joining her trio of 15+ years - Martin Wind, bass and Matt Wilson, drums - are trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan. Boasting an imaginative set list of some lesser recorded gems and varied use of the instrumental colors available, Dena DeRose's first release on HighNote is jazz singing and playing of the highest order. With this being her 11th recording, Dena's performance credits range from appearances at NYC's Blue Note, Smoke, and Jazz Standard, The Kennedy Center Jazz Club"(D.C.), The Jazz Showcase (Chicago), The Widderbar (Zurich), The Pitt Inn and Body and Soul (Tokyo), among others. Major Jazz Festival performances world-wide include The Red Sea (Israel), San Francisco, Monterey, The North Sea and The Hague (Holland), Santiago (Chile), and has been a returning artist many times on The Jazz Cruise. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |