Feb 3, 2015
The Pace Report: "We Won't Forget You Mrs. Horn" The Dena DeRose Interview wsg Jeremy Pelt Jazz vocalist and pianist Dena DeRose recently played a weeklong engagement at the famed Birdland Jazz Club with her trio featuring special guest, trumpeter, Jeremy Pelt. Dena's latest HighNote Records release "We Won't Forget You", is a tribute record paying homage to jazz icon Shirley Horn. Horn was one of Dena's main influences in jazz and features special guests Jeremy Pelt and Eric Alexander. Dena and I sat down and talked about the impact of Mrs. Horn's music and her contributions to jazz piano as well as Dena's heavy New York City music roots. Enjoy!