Expressive and strong jazz vocalist from Portland
author: John Book, Music For America
Sandy Dennison has been singing in Portland, Oregon for the last few years. Growing up listening to the music of Chris Connor, Helen Merrill, and Doris Day, it was inevitable that she would take that admiration of jazz, pop, and other forms of music into eventually defining her own sound. She had left the music business to raise a family, never considering she would be moved to sing again professionally. This lead her to Oregon, and eventually back into the clubs, and the studio for her debut album in 2003. Four years later, she hits record stores again with the brand new Jazzed! (Sandy Dennison Records).
Her debut album honored the legacy of Duke Ellington, but for Jazzed! she gets a chance to expand her repertoire by touching on various jazz standards, everything from "Primrose Color Blue", "On The Street Where You Live", "Like Someone In Love", "I Get The Blues When It Rains", and "Ooh, Whatcha' Doin' To Me", and I definitely hear a bit of Lena Horne, whom she also cites as an influence. Dennison's voice is confident and strong, while her band (Vincent Frates on piano; Mark DiFlorio on drums; Derek Sims on trumpet; David Evans on sax; and Andre St. James on bass) are very powerful and expressive in their own right (all of them have worked extensively in jazz circles over the years), which only helps to make Dennison sound more expressive and strong.
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Sandys voice and band makes you crave more! Wonderful CD
author: Tim Carlson
Sandys voice and band makes you craving for more...a wonderful cd. Letting friends here in the south hear her music off this cd...they feel the same...her singing talents and her band make this a great cd!! Good Job ....Keep those cd's coming!
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