- Dennis Rowland
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Dennis Rowland Birth name Dennis Rowland Born February 3, 1948 Origin Detroit, Michigan Genres Jazz Instruments Jazz singer Associated acts Count Basie Dennis Rowland is a jazz vocalist born and raised in Detroit, MI. Having grown up in a household of jazz enthusiasts, Rowland developed an appreciation for Jazz music at an early age. At the age of five or six Rowland heard the vocals of Joe Williams of the Count Basie Orchestra, which has influenced his approach to singing ever since.[1] Rowland's voice is rich and deep, and throughout the early 1970s, Rowland worked Detroit's local jazz and acting scene. In 1977 Rowland was hired by Count Basie as a vocalist on his tours, filling the same role his idols Joe Williams and Jimmy Rushing had occupied for so many years. For Rowland, it was a dream come true and he would tour with Basie for the following seven years. During his time with Basie, Rowland had the chance to share the stage with such icons as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett.[2] Rowland was seen recently as Jimmy Baker in the film Real Gone Cat by film director Robert Sucato. He currently resides and performs regularly in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Discography
Studio albums
Album Year Label Rhyme, Rhythm & Reason 1995 Concord Records Get Here 1996 Concord Records Now Dig This 1997 Concord Records Credits
Count Basie Album Year Label Count Basie: The Golden Years — Pablo Records On the Road 1979 Pablo/Original Jazz Classics Kansas City Shout 1980 Pablo Records Wendell Harrison Album Year Label Birth of a Fossil 1985 Rebirth Records Ray Anthony Album Year Label Swing Back to the 40s 1991 Aerospace Records Joe Sample Album Year Label Sample This 1997 Warner Bros. Records Frank Foster Album Year Label We Do It Diff'rent 2003 Mapleshade Records Notes
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Dennis Rowland Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll.
- ^ Carr, et al.; pp. 682-683
References
- Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides. ISBN 1843532565. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59279592&referer=brief_results.
External links
Categories:- American jazz singers
- American soul musicians
- African American musicians
- American rhythm and blues singers
- Living people
- 1948 births
- Concord Records artists
- American jazz singer stubs
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