Pamela Rose - Morpheus

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:30
Size: 139,2 MB
Art: Front

(1:30)  1. Into The Dream
(4:38)  2. My Beloved
(3:45)  3. Walls
(4:01)  4. I Knew You When
(0:43)  5. Into The World
(3:46)  6. Guns of Love
(4:57)  7. Please Don't Make Me Say Goodnight
(4:32)  8. Into The Glade/I'll Get Over You
(5:31)  9. Old Ones
(5:21) 10. Louise, Louise
(5:00) 11. Into The Heart/That Ain't No Way To Treat A Lover
(4:34) 12. You Have No Idea
(0:39) 13. Into The Wood
(3:19) 14. Always
(1:14) 15. Into The Moon
(6:54) 16. Bring Down The Moon

An acoustic masterpiece, a journey through time, joined together with rich hypnotic segues, strong songs (featuring co-writers Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch, Randy Sharp, Terry Burns and others), and powerful production...a classic work by a classic artist. Pam is a Two Time Grammy Nominee, whose songwriting and performing come full circle in this classic debut solo record. After two CD with Mary Ann Kennedy as duo Kennedy Rose (signed to Sting's private label Pangaea Records), Rose releases "Morpheus", which combines the powerful Kennedy Rose influence with shades of Eva Cassidy to Samuel Barber. Woven together with rich orchestral sequence segues "Morpheus", is captivating, from beginning to end....a "must have" for anyone who likes the individual strong song, or the uniquely produced body of work...a musical journey of the heart. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/pamrose2

Morpheus

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Pamela Rose - On The Jazzy Side Of Blues

Styles: Vocal Jazz, Swing 
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:34
Size: 114,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:19)  1. Three-Handed Woman
(2:41)  2. Ain't-Cha Glad?
(2:37)  3. Oh Grandpa
(2:08)  4. No Moon At All
(3:55)  5. I Was Just Hoping You'd Have Me Again
(4:17)  6. Is You Is (Or Is You Ain't My Baby)
(3:59)  7. Slipper
(3:49)  8. Take Me Back
(5:05)  9. Please Don't Do It Again
(2:43) 10. A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird
(3:58) 11. The Tender Trap
(3:01) 12. A Little Better Soon
(4:10) 13. Say It
(2:46) 14. On The Jazzy Side Of Blue

Joined by the Nate Ginsberg Trio, augmented on some tracks by horns, vocalist Pamela Rose tackles a program of original compositions plus some modern blues pieces. Despite her self assessment that she "is a blues singer who loves jazz," the amount of the blues present depends a lot on the song. "Three-Handed Woman" gets that down-and-dirty treatment with a bit of the torch with Jeff Ervin's salty tenor in the background. Other cuts, such as "No Moon at All," are delivered with a loose and easy exuberance. On "Slippery," Rose shows off her swinging qualifications as she moves sprightly through this tune backed by the clarinet of Kent Cohea. Everyone has a lot fun with the novelty tune "A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird," with Nate Ginsberg kicking things along with his barrelhouse piano. Then there's some singalong on an upbeat and another fun tune, "Take Me Back," where Rose calls off a laundry list of promises if she can come home. Of the Rose/Ginsberg-composed material, "Say It" stands above the rest with some of the blues inflection promised by the album's title. Here, Rose is joined not only by Ginsberg's trio, but by the horns that help put her singular trademark on this piece. Rose is a talented singer blessed with a unique vocal timbre (a little from both Kay Starr and Dinah Washington, perhaps), excellent diction, and a feel for the music. As this, her inaugural album, demonstrates, she is at home with any type of tune played with any kind of tempo. A singer with panache and flair, this album is recommended. ~ Dave Nathan http://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-jazzy-side-of-blue-mw0000586917

On The Jazzy Side Of Blues

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Pamela Rose - You Could Have It All

Size: 109,3 MB
Time: 47:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Jazz/Blues Vocals
Art: Front & Back

01. The One That Got Away (4:43)
02. You Could Have It All (3:37)
03. Walk On (5:55)
04. See You In Your Dreams (5:59)
05. Wake Up (3:52)
06. You Got Me Good (3:42)
07. This Love Is Gonna Do Me In (5:13)
08. She's Not Dressed Up For You (3:06)
09. Same Ol' Story (4:38)
10. Mama Needs A Little Day (6:14)

Pamela Rose has returned to her blues/R&B side for her third release with a program of red beans and rice, chitlins', and greens -- tunes all of which Rose wrote in collaboration with someone else, mostly Jeff Ervin. The R&B, bluesy surrounding is given credibility by the instrument that is the bulwark of that genre, the Hammond B3 organ, played by Tony Stead. But there's plenty of help from the dripping guitars of Carl Lockett and Danny Caron and the honking tenor and baritone saxophones of Ervin and Johnny Bamont, recalling the likes of Heywood Henry, Leslie Johnakins, and Buddy Lucas, who regularly accompanied the best of the singers of this type of music. Rose has that pleading, catch-in-the-voice style that makes R&B funk work to its best advantage. She uses these devices to advantage on her uncomplicated, earthy tales of romance, unrequited love, and other day-to-day situations which R&B describes best. There is no doubt of the high level of Rose's performance and the way she has taken to the blue-tinged material. She is wise enough to offer a break or two from the doleful material. In fact, one of the best tracks on the CD is a swinging "Wake Up," where she demands that people get off the couch, away from the TV screen, and "Drop the mouse/Leave the house/Come on, get out and make a scene." This track is also noted for some exiting but loose ensemble playing. You Could Have It All offers just the right blend of the melancholy side of the blues with the more upbeat side of that genre performed by outstanding musicians. This is an album you'll want for both the vocalizing and the instrumentalists. ~by Dave Nathan

Personnel: Pamela Rose - Vocal; Tony Stead - B3 Hammond Organ/Backup Vocals; Carl Lockett - Guitar/Backup Vocals; Bryant Mills - Drums/Backup Vocals; Jeff Ervin - Alto & Tenor Sax; Johnny Bamont/Rob Sudduth - Baritone Sax; Marty Werner - Trombone; Jeff Lewis, Marvin McFadden - Trumpet; James Levi - Congas

You Could Have It All

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Pamela Rose - Every Time I'm With You

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:33
Size: 95,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:11)  1. Every Time I'm With You
(4:51)  2. On the Sunny Side of the Street
(3:21)  3. Whether to Stay or Go
(3:34)  4. Consider Me
(5:09)  5. Bye Bye Blackbird
(5:04)  6. Love For Sale
(2:51)  7. It's Only a Paper Moon
(5:21)  8. Never Known a Morning
(4:08)  9. You Came a Long Way From St. Louis
(2:59) 10. I'm Just a Lucky So and So

For her second CD, San Franciscan Pamela Rose has shifted the emphasis away from original material and blues to more familiar standard staples. While there are still a few originals, it's tunes by such major contributors to the Great American Songbook as Duke Ellington and Jimmy McHugh who get the singer's attention. And she does very well with them. "Bye Bye Blackbird," with Rob Sudduth's tenor laying down a soulful backdrop, is done at a much slower tempo than usual. Its arrangement and tempo are much like Mel Tormé's rendition, with Phil Woods' alto doing the sax honors. A jauntily arranged "Consider Me" is the best of the very good Rose/Nate Ginsberg originals with its catchy, swinging rhythms. Close behind is a graceful ballad, "Never Known a Morning." This time it's Jeff Ervin providing the necessary tenor sax backdrop over Ginsberg's piano. Another difference from Rose's first is that her voice has lost some of its nasal quality, becoming richer and fuller. This may well be due to the different kind of songs on this play list when compared to the previous CD. She is much more a torch singer with such songs as "On the Sunny Side of the Street," with an arrangement that transforms this old warhorse into a highly charged, emotional vehicle for Rose. But she still brings to the up-tempo material the same exuberance and sass that pour from the speakers in joyful vocal celebration. In addition to the tenor help, Ginsberg's trio, sometimes sounding like the old Art Van Damme Trio, does the bulk of the support work. This CD is another solid vocal outing for the very talented Pamela Rose and is recommended. ~ Dave Nathan http://www.allmusic.com/album/every-time-im-with-you-mw0000648604

Every Time I'm With You

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Pamela Rose - Just For A Thrill

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:09
Size: 123,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:03)  1. Just For A Thrill
(4:39)  2. He Knows Me Well
(3:36)  3. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
(5:17)  4. Don't Let The Moment Slip Away
(3:37)  5. Lover Come Back To Me
(3:44)  6. Old Piano Plays The Blues
(4:39)  7. Learning The Blues
(5:02)  8. That's What My Baby Does For Me
(3:49)  9. La Vie En Rose
(5:21) 10. Yes, Yes
(3:44) 11. You Never Remember My Birthday
(4:32) 12. I Surrender Dear

Pamela Rose has a strong and versatile voice that is heard at its best on slower material when she expresses beauty through long notes. However, she also swings well at medium tempos. On Just for a Thrill, a wide-ranging program conceived by Rose and guitarist Danny Caron, she is joined on various selections by two different organ groups, a pair of excellent saxophonists, and a piano trio.

The music ranges from Lil Armstrong's "Just for a Thrill" and "Lover Come Back to Me" to a version of "Learning the Blues" that recalls Dinah Washington, a heartfelt "La Vie en Rose," and some saucier material. The sidemen are uniformly excellent (both Jeff Ervin and Charles McNeil have spots on different selections to take saxophone solos), the organists keep the music grooving, and Pamela Rose shows that she is comfortable in several musical genres. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/just-for-a-thrill-mw0000354967

Personnel: Pamela Rose (vocals); Jeff Ervin, Charles McNeal (saxophone); John Burr (piano); Jason Lewis (drums); Danny Caron (guitar).

Just For A Thrill

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Pamela Rose - Wild Women Of Song: Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:38
Size: 145,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:10)  1. I Don't Know Enough About You
(5:09)  2. That Ole Devil Called Love
(5:55)  3. Down Hearted Blues
(5:02)  4. I'm Not Missing You
(4:46)  5. What A Difference A Day Makes
(4:09)  6. Wild Women (Don't Have The Blues)
(4:58)  7. Bruised Around the Heart
(4:25)  8. And Then Some
(3:31)  9. A Fine Romance
(4:30) 10. My Silent Love
(5:01) 11. I'm In the Mood For Love
(3:36) 12. Can't We Be Friends
(5:03) 13. Close Your Eyes
(4:17) 14. If You're So Special

Pamela Rose would make one helluva politician. She's already a firmly established jazz and blues vocalist bearing a slight physical and musical resemblance to Bette Midler. And like Midler, Rose infuses her live and recorded performances with non-stop energy. The political reference involves her fifth release, sub-titled "Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era." She is not only paying lip service to the likes of Peggy Lee and the lesser-known Dorothy Fields, but the seldom-heard-of Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and (thanks to Lee Hildebrand's encyclopedic notes) Bernice Petkere, once known as "the queen of Tin Pan Alley," who wrote "Close Your Eyes;" "The Girl Gershwin," Dana Suesse, who wrote "My Silent Love;" and one who actually worked with Gershwin, Kay Swift, who wrote "Can't We Be Friends." Pam has become a swinging lobbyist, and we're the beneficiaries. No attempt here to channel anyone; Pamela Rose simply honors them with her own approach to all 15 tracks. 

Pianist Tammy Hall provides a 1920s environment for Rose on "Down-Hearted Blues. Mat Catingub comes up with an R & B big band sound for the title track; and he is literally beside himself for "I Get The Blues When It Rains," playing keyboards, saxes, and dubbing a number of voices (himself and Gayle Wilhelm), for a hip vocal cushion behind, and with, Rose. Don't think the accent is on blues. Rose pulls out all the stops for this session: scatting with Hammond B-3 organist Wayne De La Cruz on "I'm In The Mood For Love;" alternating between Latin and straightahead jazz with De La Cruz on "Close Your Eyes;" tenorist Joe Cohen helps Pamela get down and dirty on "If You're So Special," one of three originals by Rose. As infectious as her raucous numbers are, her most memorable singing is devoted to ballads such as "What A Difference A Day Made," "Can't We Be Friends," "And Then Some," and particularly "My Silent Love." The latter is heightened by the sensitive backing of guitarist Mimi Fox. It all adds up to nearly 69 minutes of well-balanced entertainment mixed with heartfelt, female-centric jazz anthropology. ~ Harvey Siders   

http://jazztimes.com/articles/25543-wild-women-of-song-pamela-rose

Wild Women Of Song: Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era

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Pamela Rose & Wayne De La Cruz - Hammond Organ Party!

Size: 98,1 MB
Time: 42:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Vocal Jazz/Blues/Soul, Hammond B3
Art: Front

01. How Little We Know (5:17)
02. Nobody But Me (4:44)
03. It's Raining (4:06)
04. September In The Rain (5:32)
05. My Babe (5:29)
06. Too Close For Comfort (6:13)
07. Where Or When (5:19)
08. God Bless The Child (5:52)

Personnel:
Pamela Rose vocals
Wayne De La Cruz Hammond B-3
Kristen Strom saxophones
Jeff Massanari guitar
Kent Bryson drums

With flaming red hair to match her fiery style, San Francisco jazz and blues vocalist Pamela Rose channels her life-long affair with the Hammond B-3 organ with the release of a brand new CD Hammond Organ Party! Co-produced with B-3 master Wayne De La Cruz, the duo have created a rare encounter between a soul-drenched singer and a prodigious B-3 practitioner. Known for her celebration of female songwriters Wild Women of Song, Rose shows yet another facet of her musical identity with this delightful new CD and concert. Boasting a big, bold voice and blues-infused sensibility, Rose is a Los Angeles native who first gained notice on the Bay Area scene in the late 1970s through her work with organist Merl Saunders and the Motown revue ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra. Immersing herself in jazz over the past two decades, she’s the rare singer who can belt sassy golden age blues by Alberta Hunter and Ida Cox as easily as crooning a torchy Peggy Lee lament. For this special event in the Joe Henderson Lab, Rose celebrates her new CD release with a groove-heavy night of sweet soul.

Hammond Organ Party!

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