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Chicago based singer-songwriter Denise La Grassa continues her inspiring musical journey with the release of "The Flame." This powerful album is a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit - attributes that embody her own 'North of 40' journey, itself ignited by the closing of Lincoln College in Central IL. “I was heading into my 6th year of transforming the former jazz studies program into one with more practical music production and business degrees. The closing was a shock to everyone as the college had been around for 157 years,” said La Grassa. “It was then I decided I was going to follow my own dream by focusing full-time on songwriting and performance.”

The Burt Bacharach canon has always been fertile ground for artists of all kinds to explore. Stan Getz devoted an entire album to his fare. The big Bacharach hits are branded deep in the cultural psyche. Thus, the challenge that Grammy-nominated vocalist Denise Donatelli and producer Larry Klein have here is how to use a different ladle to invite you to imbibe from their recipe for Bacharach's musical champagne.

Denise King is a singer whose naturally beautiful voice, vibrato and phrasing please musicians as well as fans. In the past 25 years, Ms King has sung at almost all of the top venues in Philadelphia, several in New York, Paris, Turkey, Brazil, Africa, Germany and Japan. This album for Venus Records was recorded in Italy with Massimo Farao' Trio. "Denise King sings pop and jazz standards with touches of the blues, soul and even gospel in a voice steeped in a sophisticated, swinging, sometimes soulful, satin style much like one of her idols, Sarah Vaughan".

Did it get worse? The Bad Tape is amongst denise’s most popular plugins and focuses on recreating tape artifacts in a controlled way: tape stops, slight slow-downs and speed-ups, multiple ways to go out of tune and off the grid. Now denise wanted to take the Bad Tape to the next level, giving you more FX and a new level of flexibility to shape the tape degradation of your sound. With the Bad Tape 2, it gets even worse!

Canadian cellist Denise Djokic has earned worldwide acclaim for her sincere, powerful interpretations and her bold command of the instrument. For her second solo album on ATMA, she has chosen works for cello and piano by Frédéric Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninov; she is joined by her regular chamber music partner, pianist David Jalbert.

Denise Donatelli is a mesmerizing jazz vocalist, in command of her expressive instrument while offering her heart and soul with each note. Joined by a company of Los Angeles jazz session players, Donatelli takes the forefront with style and panache, providing illuminating vocals that gently walk the line between energetic jazz-singing and luminous balladry. She accomplishes a warm balance with her singing, offering something for everyone. There is a thread of kind-heartedness and sincerity running throughout the diverse and unique set list, which allows a true sense of artistry to emerge at any tempo or dynamic level. Featuring the arranging talents of Geoffrey Keezer once again and the artistry of Brazilian guiartist Leonardo Amuedo, Jay Leno drummer Marvin “Smitty” Smith and others, Denise Donatelli delivers one elegantly beautiful jazz album.