Dena DeRose

USA

Born: 15 February 1966

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Vocal, Jazz

Styles: Standards, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Vocal Jazz

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Dena DeRose overcame a debilitating disease to become a significant force in jazz as both a pianist and a singer. She began playing piano when she was three and, in addition to her piano lessons, she studied classical organ and percussion. In school DeRose performed with the orchestra, the marching band, and the jazz band, and accompanied musicals. She took classes in classical piano at SUNY Binghamton and worked as a jazz pianist in upstate New York. But in the mid-'80s she was struck with a combination of arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome ...

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