Dena DeRose Trio at Stanford Jazz Festival

Lots of singers can play the piano. Some pianists can sing. Very few can do either as well as Grammy-nominated Dena DeRose. “She both sings and plays the piano like a million bucks,” says DownBeat, which also named her Live at Jazz Standard Vol. 2 as one of the Top Ten CDs of 2008 (as did All About Jazz and the Jazz Journalists Association). Her playing features hip modern harmonies, dazzling improvisation and a joyful sense of swing. She can scat intricate bebop lines one minute and break your heart with a wistful ballad the next. Joel E. Siegel calls her “the most creative and compelling singer-pianist since Shirley Horn.”...

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Lots of singers can play the piano. Some pianists can sing. Very few can do either as well as Grammy-nominated Dena DeRose. “She both sings and plays the piano like a million bucks,” says DownBeat, which also named her Live at Jazz Standard Vol. 2 as one of the Top Ten CDs of 2008 (as did All About Jazz and the Jazz Journalists Association). Her playing features hip modern harmonies, dazzling improvisation and a joyful sense of swing. She can scat intricate bebop lines one minute and break your heart with a wistful ballad the next. Joel E. Siegel calls her “the most creative and compelling singer-pianist since Shirley Horn.”

For more information on this event or to purchase tickets please visit http://www.stanfordjazz.org/jazzfestival/07_26.html or call (650) 725-ARTS [2787]

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