2019
Terrence Brewer & Pamela Rose 'Don't Worry 'Bout Me'
One guitar, one voice, all swinging!
"Jazz guitarist Terrence Brewer called on jazz and blues vocalist Pamela Rose to lovingly rejoice in the vocal/guitar duo work of Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass from 1970. Swinging and intimate, supple and urgent, their new recording Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Remembering Ella & Joe is a jazz lovers dream."
"They are an orchestra of two, both storytellers, she a master through song and he, a guitarist of unusual grace and versatility!"
San Diego Voice
2017
Blues Is a Woman - Original Cast Recording
Celebrating great Blueswomen with: Tammy Lynne Hall, Daria Johnson, Pat Wilder, Kristen Strom, Ruth Davies
"A woman's place is among the Blues greats!"
Andy Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle (Datebook cover feature)
"Musically compelling, and wonderfully entertaining!"
Lee Hildebrand, Berkeleyside
"The entire ensemble is stellar - giving Women Blues greats their due!"
Leslie Katz, San Francisco Examiner
2013
Hammond Organ Party!
With Wayne De La Cruz
Jazz, Blues
"Outstanding vocals...Rose hits that jazz & soul sweet spot with organist Wayne De La Cruz! Loose and limber, moving and grooving, the album feels like a Saturday night celebration, with Rose and her top-shelf cast romping through swinging jazz standards, blues hits, and R&B classics.
Frank-John Hadley, Downbeat
"Hammond Organ Party! is an exceptional collaboration…Rose and De La Cruz have hit a home run!"
Pete Fallico, Doodlin' Lounge, KCSM radio
2011
Wild Women of Song: BOOK & CD
(with Bonus Tracks)
Over 100 photo archives, sumptuous color layout and rich biographical detail. This 80 page book comes with a bonus re-mastered audio CD. Each chapter includes a suggested listening guide, and bibliography.
"A delightful romp through the history of the Jazz Age!"
Frances Dinkelspiel, San Francisco Chronicle
"A tribute to women songwriters in jazz. I LOVE it! Pamela lifts our souls and teaches us something about the music that fundamentally influenced who we are."
John Rothman, KGO radio
"Shedding much-needed light on the great women of popular song. Rose's multimedia show is equal parts concert and history lesson. Rose and her talented band routinely draw rave reviews from fans and critics...notably, her set at Monterey Jazz Festival had people buzzing!"
Jim Harrington, San Jose Mercury News
2009
Wild Women of Song:
Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era
Jazz - celebrating the women songwriters of Tin Pan Alley
"A real gift…playful, sure and sassy."
Downbeat Magazine
"She brings to light many of the songs of the 20's, 30's and 40's written by women. This is a great CD, and great session…filled with life and fun."
Melanie Berzon, KCSM
"Beautiful music, great arrangements, and swings hard!"
Afrikahn Jahmal Dayvs, KKUP Radio and Jazzline
2006
Just For a Thrill
Blues/funk/soul/jazz, all original tunes
"'Just For a Thrill' is a cup of slowly simmered jazz. Song after song features Rose at her finest. Intimate, at times hushed, deeply romantic…these are fully absorbed pearls and phrasings of a singer and composer who now knows she needs no improvement. And the band can't be beat!"
Bruce Kelly, San Francisco Magazine
2001
You Could Have it All
Blues/funk/soul/jazz, all original tunes
"Rose has hit her stride with these ten soulful tracks…intelligent, hip songs, penetratingly soulful!"
Paul Liberatore, Marin Independent Journal
"A remarkable, talented Bay Area singer/composer...great groove-oriented funk and jazz"
Rick Nelson, Tacoma News Tribune
1996
Every Time I'm With You
with the Nate Ginsberg Trio
Swinging jazz
"She sings with a confident, soul-drenched style...downright sassy, with attitude to spare."
Jazz Now Magazine (Cover story)
"Pamela Rose turns jazz into her own brand of soul music...and she swings!"
Ben Fong Torres
1993
On The Jazzy Side Of Blue
with the Nate Ginsberg Trio
Swinging jazz
"Pamela Rose & The Nate Ginsberg Trio...a pleasure in every regard...old chestnuts from early Nat King Cole and Sinatra to Cab Calloway, played to perfection."
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David Plotnikoff, San Jose Mercury News
"Lots of sexy, soulful swing...with a dash of Dinah Washington thrown in...the Jazz crowd should pay attention to Pamela Rose!"
Phil Elwood, San Francisco Examiner
""Pamela Rose has a great voice, range and phrasing and on-the-mark intonation recalling Nancy Wilson"
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