Pamela Rose

Pamela Rose

Pamela Rose

and the Wild Women of Song

with special guest Denise Perrier

Saturday, November 12, 8:00pm
at Herbst Theatre

Pamela Rose
Tin Pan Alley Revisited Series: Dedications  

Performance includes a Pre-Concert Talk that begins one hour before show time. > See all PCTs

Pamela Rose and the Wild Women of Song

With this delightful multi-media performance celebrating the history of female songwriters from the Tin Pan Alley era, Wild Women of Song, veteran San Francisco jazz and blues vocalist Pamela Rose makes a compelling case for the enduring contributions of women to America’s treasure trove of popular music. Boasting a big, bold voice and blues-infused sensibility, Rose brings a vast array of musical experience to songs by more than a dozen gifted but lesser-known tunesmiths. “Dorothy Fields should be as familiar as Ira Gershwin or Johnny Mercer,” says Rose, a Los Angeles native who first gained notice on the Bay Area scene in the late 1970s through her work with organist Merl Saunders and later with the Motown revue ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra. Immersing herself in jazz over the past two decades, she’s the rare singer who can belt sassy golden age blues by Alberta Hunter and Ida Cox as easily as crooning a torchy Peggy Lee lament. Completing the package, Rose also possesses enviable songwriting skills, and she throws her own well-crafted originals into the mix.

Artist Personnel

Pamela Rose vocals, narration
Kristen Strom saxophone
Jeff Massanari guitar
Tammy Hall piano
John Shifflett bass
Allison Miller drums
with
Denise Perrier vocals

Artist Website

"Rose infuses her live and recorded performances with non-stop energy and... heartfelt, female-centric jazz anthropology. " — JazzTimes
"It’s more than a jazz concert. It’s a swinging honors course in Womankind! " — San Francisco Magazine