Denise Perrier - Live At Yoshi's : Blue Monday Party

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:18
Size: 154,7 MB
Art: Front

(11:18) 1. Ellington Medley: Don't Get Around Much Any More/Do Nothing Til ..
( 5:13)  2. All Of Me
( 5:51)  3. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
( 6:25)  4. Ain't Misbehavin'/I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter
( 6:19)  5. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
( 6:18)  6. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
( 4:01)  7. I'll Take Romance
( 7:57)  8. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
( 5:47)  9. More Today Than Yesterday
( 8:06) 10. Big Long Slidin' Thing

Denise Perrier has spent most of her thirty-year career performing in the San Francisco Bay  Area and touring    Europe,  Latin America and Asia. With her latest CD, "Denise Perrier and the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra," she has moved to  a higher level of artistry and popularity.  Harkening back to the time when a singer told the story and left the rest to the instrumentalists, Denise has a very  welcoming straight-ahead style, concentrating on the standards and adding blues and Latin for variety. Her  musical configuration, Denise connects with audiences - that’s her forte.  She is known as  “the voice with a  heart.”  Blessed with a rich contralto voice and the ability to sing ballads and blues with equal artistry, Denise has performed in the theatrical revue "In the House of the Blues,"  portraying Bessie Smith; and the vaudeville “One Mo’  Time.”

She was featured in the Grammy-nominated CD, "Color Me Blue," with Brother Jack McDuff and, in addition to the latest one,  has produced four CDs: "The Second Time Around" (2008),  "I Wanna Be Loved" (1997), also with Houston Person, and  "East Meets  West" (2001) which includes sides performed in Russia.  In 2004, she came out with "Live at Yoshi's; Blue Monday Party," which received much critical acclaim and reached high on the jazz charts.   Denise was born in Louisiana but moved to the East Bay Area with her family at the age of five.  Denise didn't sing extensively in church, but her family had a jukebox, and she heard records by Billie Holiday and the other great early jazz singers.  Denise started singing in public when she was in a Haitian and Afro-Cuban dance group, obtaining her first professional engagement with a vocal ensemble called the Intervals.  Louis Armstrong saw the group and put them in his entourage for a performance in Las Vegas.  Shortly afterwards, Denise was recruited for a three-month gig in Australia, which turned into an extended stay in the Far East. 

She performed in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan,    Formosa, Japan, Guam, and other Asian cities, staying for    almost five years with Hong Kong as her home base. She also spent a year and a half in Vietnam during the war touring military bases. Denise returned to the United States, lived in New York for five years, and then settled in San Francisco, where she became one of its most popular performers. She performs extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area's most prestigious venues as well as touring Latin America and Europe.  http://www.deniseperrier.com/BIO.htm

Personnel: Denise Perrier (vocals); Ray Loeckle (saxophone); Steve Campos (trumpet); Bryan Gould (trombone); Al Plank (piano); Harold Jones (drums).

Live At Yoshi's : Blue Monday Party

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Denise Perrier - East Meets West

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:18
Size: 122,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:10)  1. Fool On The Hill
(6:11)  2. Don't Explain
(4:18)  3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
(5:26)  4. Day Dream
(7:07)  5. What A Difference A Day Made
(5:23)  6. Drinking Again
(5:34)  7. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewilder
(6:42)  8. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
(6:22)  9. Besame Mucho

Denise Perrier has spent most of her thirty-year career performing in the San Francisco Bay  Area and touring    Europe,  Latin America and Asia. With her latest CD, "Denise Perrier and the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra," she has moved to  a higher level of artistry and popularity.  Harkening back to the time when a singer told the story and left the rest to the instrumentalists, Denise has a very  welcoming straight-ahead style, concentrating on the standards and adding blues and Latin for variety. Her  musical configuration, Denise connects with audiences that’s her forte.

She is known as  “the voice with a  heart.” Blessed with a rich contralto voice and the ability to sing ballads and blues with equal artistry, Denise has performed in the theatrical revue "In the House of the Blues,"  portraying Bessie Smith; and the vaudeville “One Mo’  Time.”  She was featured in the Grammy-nominated CD, "Color Me Blue," with Brother Jack McDuff and, in addition to the latest one,  has produced four CDs: "The Second Time Around" (2008),  "I Wanna Be Loved" (1997), also with Houston Person, and  "East Meets  West" (2001) which includes sides performed in Russia.  In 2004, she came out with "Live at Yoshi's; Blue Monday Party," which received much critical acclaim and reached high on the jazz charts.   Denise was born in Louisiana but moved to the East Bay Area with her family at the age of five.  Denise didn't sing extensively in church, but her family had a jukebox, and she heard records by Billie Holiday and the other great early jazz singers.  Denise started singing in public when she was in a Haitian and Afro-Cuban dance group, obtaining her first professional engagement with a vocal ensemble called the Intervals.  Louis Armstrong saw the group and put them in his entourage for a performance in Las Vegas.  Shortly afterwards, Denise was recruited for a three-month gig in Australia, which turned into an extended stay in the Far East.

She performed in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan,    Formosa, Japan, Guam, and other Asian cities, staying for    almost five years with Hong Kong as her home base. She also spent a year and a half in Vietnam during the war touring military bases. Denise returned to the United States, lived in New York for five years, and then settled in San Francisco, where she became one of its most popular performers. She performs extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area's most prestigious venues as well as touring Latin America and Europe. ~ Bio  http://www.deniseperrier.com/BIO.htm

Personnel: Denise Perrier (vocals); Tammy Hall, Andrei Kondakov (piano); Jimmy Robinson (drums); Raul Ramirez (percussion)

East Meets West

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Denise Perrier - I Wanna Be Loved

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:23
Size: 124.5 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[5:23] 1. Where Or When
[4:50] 2. Again
[5:16] 3. Easy Street
[5:01] 4. If
[3:48] 5. An Occasional Man
[5:33] 6. I Wanna Be Loved
[3:20] 7. C'est Comme Ca
[4:21] 8. September In The Rain
[7:56] 9. The Masquerade Is Over
[4:42] 10. Salty Papa Blues
[4:08] 11. Don't Go To Strangers

Jane Hasty (p); Stan Hope (p); Ruth Davies (b); Peter Martin Weiss (b); Robert Glenn (v); Cecil Brooks II (d); Calvin Keyes (g); Houston Person (s).

Denise Perrier has spent most of her thirty-year career performing in the San Francisco Bay Area and touring Europe, Latin America and Asia. Harkening back to the time when a singer told the story and left the rest to the instrumentalists, Denise has a very welcoming straight-ahead style, concentrating on the standards and adding blues and Latin for variety. Her musical configuration, Denise connects with audiences - that’s her forte. She is known as “the voice with a heart.”

I Wanna Be Loved

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Denise Perrier - The Second Time Around: Live!

Size: 134,4 MB
Time: 57:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. 's Wonderful (4:12)
02. You Better Love Me While You May (7:21)
03. Don't Touch Me (5:55)
04. Here's That Rainy Day (6:50)
05. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (4:25)
06. Dindi (7:08)
07. Falling In Love With Love (4:52)
08. This Bitter Earth (7:24)
09. The Second Time Around (9:43)

The Second Time Around is the second album that Denise Perrier has recorded with tenor saxophonist Houston Person, and they go together like champagne and caviar.

Denise Perrier, who spent most of her thirty-year career performing in the San Francisco Bay Area and touring Europe, Latin America and Asia, harkens back to the time when a singer told the story and left the rest to the instrumentalists. She has a very welcoming straight-ahead style, concentrating on the standards and adding blues and Latin for variety. Her versatility, choice of material and dynamic stage presence make her very a very appealing and popular performer. No matter what the venue or musical configuration, Denise connects with audiences...that's her forte and why she is known 'the voice with a heart.'

Denise has a rich contralto voice and sings ballads and blues with equal artistry. She has performed in theatrical productions: 'Unforgettable,' a tribute to Dinah Washington, which toured the US and Europe; 'Blues in the Night' and 'In the House of the Blues,' in which she portrayed Bessie Smith; and the vaudeville musical 'One Mo' Time.'

Denise was featured in the Grammy-nominated CD, Color Me Blue, with Brother Jack McDuff, and has produced three previous CDs: I Wanna Be Loved, also with Houston Person, and East Meets West, which includes sides performed in Russia. Last year she came out with Live at Yoshi's; Blue Monday Party, which received critical acclaim and reached high on the jazz charts.

'Listening to her is like sipping the best glass of wine you ever had in your life. You savor every note that comes out of her mouth.'- Dee Spencer, pianist and professor of music.

The Second Time Around

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