Derose,Dena Love'S Holiday CD

This is the fourth Sharp Nine release by nationally acclaimed (Sunday New York Times, NPR Morning Edition) singer/pianist Dena DeRose. It finds her working her arranging magic on Great American Songbook standards in the company of New York's finest jazz musicians, including Matt Wilson, Joe Locke, Peter Washington, Steve Davis, Brian Lynch and special guest Bill Charlap. She presents a haunting version of "I Thought About You," plus stunning arrangements for brass choir on "The Good Life" and "Lamp Is Low," as well as an instrumental paean to Marian McPartland, and finally a vocal and piano duet with Bill Charlap.

1. Lover 2. I Thought About You 3. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 4. The Good Life 5. Close Your Eyes 6. The Iris 7. On Green Dolphin Street 8. Birks Works 9. But Beautiful 10. Marian's Mood 11. Lamp Is Low 12. The Nearness of You