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| San Francisco Singer Denise Perrier Has Died  San Francisco's jazz and blues vocalist Denise Perrier died peacefully Wednesday evening, December 8, surrounded by friends and family. She was 82 and had had health issues for a few years. There will be no funeral service, per Denise's wishes. Her ashes will be scattered by her family.When Denise learned she had just a few more months to live, she decided to record a legacy CD. She enlisted saxophonist Howard Wiley to produce and gathered together some of the city's finest musicians: Tammy Hall, George Cables, and Glen Pearson on piano, Ron Belcher and Marcus Shelby on bass, drummer Darrell Green, Howard Wallace on sax, and harpist Abby Harp. They recorded enough tracks for an album, selecting such iconic songs as "Body and Soul" and "'Round Midnight." Funding is needed to complete the project, say executive producers Catherine Cusic and Christine Harris. If you would like to support Denise's legacy CD, you can contribute in two ways: one, write a tax-deductible check in any amount to:"Plymouth United Church of Christ" Put "Denise Perrier Legacy CD" in the memo line. And mail to The Jazz and Justice Church, 424 Monte Vista Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611 And the second is to contribute through GoFundMe gofundme.com/f/help-denise-perrier-create-a-legacy-cd To learn mure about, Denise, go to https://www.deniseperrier.com photo by Angela Lilley Bennett write your comments about the article :: © 2021 Jazz News :: home page |