Pamela Rose

Pamela Rose is a little-known jazz/blues/funk singer from the Bay Area. Pamela Rose is a San Francisco jazz and blues vocalist with her swinging, soulful style. Originally from Southern California, Rose attended UC Berkeley and quickly met up with Hammond B-3 organist Merl Saunders, wriho took her on tour in 1977. This expeence helped to define the strong passions that keep music fresh for Pamela today: writing and developing songs which are personal to her, a strong love for improvisation and spontaneity that comes with performing live...

Pamela Rose is a San Francisco jazz and blues vocalist with her swinging, soulful style.

Originally from Southern California, Rose attended UC Berkeley and quickly met up with Hammond B-3 organist Merl Saunders, wriho took her on tour in 1977. This expeence helped to define the strong passions that keep music fresh for Pamela today: writing and developing songs which are personal to her, a strong love for improvisation and spontaneity that comes with performing live, and a crazy adoration for the soulful sounds of Hammond B-3 organ.

Home from the road, Rose teamed up with guitarist Chris Cobb and formed the Eights, then Wild Kingdom, both all original dance bands that dominated the club scene of the early '80s. During this period Rose also met vocalist Glenn Walters (of the Hoo Doo Rhythm Devils) and together they mounted a show of R & B duets called ?When a Man Loves a Woman.? They joined the Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra, the 14 piece Motown Dance Band who were the darlings of the corporate party circuit and dance clubs throughout the '80s.

Pamela began a collaboration with pianist Nate Ginsberg, penning tunes and arranging 1930's style jazz standards. This led to two recordings, the first ?On the Jazzy Side of Blue? (1993) which was nominated for two BAMMIE Awards (Best Jazz CD, Best Vocalist), and the second, ?Every Time I'm With You,? which had the distinction of being featured in the Sharper Image National catalogue as the only vocal jazz CD offered. Both of these recordings garnered tours in Denmark and France.

Now that she had found her footing in jazz performances and clubs, Rose reached back to her love of Hammond B-3 Organ and teamed up with organist Tony Stead (Gospel Hummingbirds, Family Stone) to create an all original soul jazz CD ?You Could Have it All.? With B-3 master Jimmy Pugh (Robert Cray) producing, and featuring a duet with Glenn Walters on the title track, this funk splashed, soul jazz CD garnered Rose a feature on NPR's ?All Things Considered? in recognition of her effort to compose new material to show off both Hammond Organ and her expressive voice.

Her fourth and latest release, ?Just For a Thrill,? Rose delivers a thoughtful, romantic and intimate album that shows off a wonderful collaboration with Rose's songwriting and production partner, guitarist Danny Caron (Charles Brown). Rose also enticed some of the best musicians on the West Coast to join her on this recording date, John R. Burr on piano, John Wiitala on bass, Jason Lewis and Bryant Mills on drums, Tony Stead and Wayne De La Cruz on Hammond Organ, Charles McNeal and Jeff Ervin on saxophones.

?Just For a Thrill? is currently playlisted on more than 150 jazz stations nationally, and streamed throughout Ireland, Germany and Denmark. It has also received a number of enthusiastic reviews.