Dena Derose - Travelin' Light - Live in Antwerp, Belgium

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:10
Size: 144,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:27)  1. Nice 'n Easy
(4:23)  2. 'S Wonderful
(4:11)  3. Two Different Worlds
(5:29)  4. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
(7:03)  5. Portrait in Black and White
(2:53)  6. Why Did I Chose You?
(3:17)  7. How Little We Know
(3:57)  8. Travelin' Light
(6:24)  9. Blue in Green
(4:26) 10. I'm Old Fashioned
(3:21) 11. I Never Told You
(6:59) 12. Twilight World
(6:15) 13. We Will Meet Again

DeRose made an auspicious entry into the jazz market with her 1998 debut, Introducing Dena DeRose (Sharp Nine). Since that time, the pianist/vocalist has split her recordings between Sharp Nine and MAXJAZZ, where she has recorded several critically acknowledged discs including her two-volume trio live set recorded at New York City's Jazz Standard Volume 1 (2007) and Volume 2 (2008).

True to the title, DeRose travels light to Antwerp to record a baker's dozen of standards, just her and her piano. DeRose performs with complete confidence in her acutely fine talent for arrangement. DeRose propels "Nice N' Easy" with a firm, walking left hand while caressing the piano through "Two Different Worlds." Her wordless vocals on "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" and "I'm Old Fashioned" and near whispered delivery of the title piece juxtapose well with her relaxed, conversational singing on "S'Wonderful" and "Why Did I Choose You?"

DeRose steps out of the box for an overtly impressionistic reading of Miles Davis's "Blue in Green" (lyrics by Meredith d'Ambrosio). Her piano introduction is lengthy, fully establishing a dream sequence before she sings the brief lyrics. It is a satisfying nap on a rainy day.  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=43750#.Um2D8BAueZc

Personnel: Dena DeRose: piano, vocals.

Travelin' Light - Live in Antwerp, Belgium

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