Dena DeRose - Ode to the Road

[GA Russell]

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Artist Title Time           Dena DeRose Ode to the Road 04:01       Dena DeRose Nothing Like You - featuring Jeremy Pelt 05:35       Dena DeRose Don't Ask Why 06:14       Dena DeRose All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - featuring Sheila Jordan 06:47       Dena DeRose That Second Look 05:26       Dena DeRose Small Day Tomorrow - featuring Sheila Jordan 05:28       Dena DeRose The Way We Were - featuring Houston Person 06:28       Dena DeRose Cross Me Off Your List - featuring Jeremy Pelt 06:06       Dena DeRose I Have the Feeling I've Been Here Before 05:55       Dena DeRose A Tip of the Hat 05:29       Dena DeRose The Days of Wine and Roses - featuring Houston Person 06:48     New from Dena DeRose Dena DeRose - Ode to the Road • HighNote Records HCD 7323 Dena DeRose, vocals & piano Martin Wind, bass  • Matt Wilson, drums with Sheila Jordan, vocal • Jeremy Pelt, trumpet Houston Person, tenor saxophone Dena DeRose’s music is like a cool breeze; she’s wry, wise, impeccably musical, no-nonsense, and fun. After her three decades as a pianist-singer, DeRose’s voice and her fingers are on the most harmonious of terms. She’s not afraid of simplicity; DeRose has no time for hollow sentiment, nor does she feel a compulsion to outsmart the makers of the Great American Songbook. Her approach to jazz resides mainly in her swinging rhythm and pianistic phrasing. Her eleventh album as a leader takes its name from a breezy tune, full of hip changes, that was composed by Alan Broadbent. The lyrics, provided by the legendary Mark Murphy, resonated deeply with DeRose since when she’s not teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, she’s frequently on tour. Appropriately enough she is joined by three other HighNote artists—singer Sheila Jordan, saxophonist Houston Person, and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt—all of whom have appeared with DeRose on her global travels.  With her long-time rhythm section of Martin Wind and Matt Wilson, DeRose delivers a recording that celebrates the life of the jazz artist and the friendships they make.   Like our stuff?  Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. www.jazzdepot.com