DENISE DONATELLI
Genres: Vocal Jazz, Pop, Art Song, Folk • United States

Denise Donatelli, the Grammy® nominated and critically acclaimed award winning Savant recording artist, has become one of today’s premiere jazz vocalists. Her 2010 release When Lights are Low — which received two nominations, one for Best Jazz Vocal Album and one for pianist/producer/arranger Geoffrey Keezer's arrangement of "Don't Explain" — confirms Denise's status in the upper echelons of talented and engaging jazz artists in the country.     Denise's three recordings, In the Company of Friends (Jazzed Media 2005), What Lies Within (Savant Records 2008), and When Lights are Low (Savant Records 2010) have consistently topped the National Jazz Week radio charts. Her fourth recording, Soul Shadows is scheduled for release by Savant Records on September 11, 2012.    Described as "a musician's singer" by Grammy Award winning saxophonist, Phil Woods, Denise has appeared as guest vocalist with Roger Kellaway, Terry Trotter, Christian Jacob's Big Band Theory, Alf Clausen's Jazz read more...