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About Darryl
Rowe:
Alabama native
Darryl Rowe feels it is no great mystery why he ended up singing jazz: He loves
jazz and has always been around it. As a member of the Alabama state Jazz Choir,
Rowe became acquainted with an instructor from De Anza College in Cupertino Ca,
where he sang with Colleges Jazz Singers. Darryl Rowe has won both the Pacific
Coast and Fullerton Vocal Jazz awards for outstanding jazz performance. In 1992
the "Darryl Rowe Trio" was featured at the Monterey Jazz festival.
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Darryl has been a presence in the San Francisco Bay area jazz scene for two
decades, with appearances at Keystone Korner, the De Anza Hotel, Yoshi's, and
the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. He has worked with Woody Herman,
Dexter Gordon, Sergio Mendez, Bobby McFerrin, and Patrice Rushin. His voice
moves easily from jazz standards to R&B and soul stylings.
We The People is a jazz project that brings together the talents of an
interesting blend of musical characters, headed by the velvety tones of singer
Darryl Rowe. Darryl was living in San Jose, California, when he was hired to
share the stage with Roxanne in Aspen. He sang there in the winter of 1997-98,
and began his friendship with Russian-American piano virtuoso Vlad Girshevich
and double-bassist David Arend rounding out the group's core, and their first
recording entitled "We the People", features the sensitive swing of drummer
Jason Lewis.
What Is Jazz?
Mix the soul of blues, the harmony of classical music, the rhythmic complexity
of African music and the melodic improvisational qualities of Indian music, and
you'll get somewhere near what has become one of the truest and most original
art forms America has created. Jazz grew out of ragtime and blues music at the
beginning of the 20th century, and has continued to develop under the guidance
of visionaries such as Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock,
influencing classical, rock, and hip-hop music as well as contemporary art and
literature. While it started as dance music, jazz has developed many offshoots
that are meant to be listened to closely, with intensely intricate
improvisations and complex rhythms justified by a natural, inherent swing.
Notable Artists: Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane.
Source: Cnet.com
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