ON THE JAZZY SIDE OF BLUE, 1992

Jazz in a swinging, rollicking style, with lots of originals and great horn arrangements. This Bammie-nominated CD (Best Jazz Recording) is a huge, fun hit with all age groups, and garnered Rose a large international listening audience!

Pamela Rose, a San Franciscan jazz/blues singer well known for her powerful stage presence and warm full-bodied vocals, made this jazz/blues recording debut by teaming up with pianist Nate Ginsberg.  

  “Pamela Rose knocks out 14 highly charged rhythm specialties ranging from such Louis Jordan numbers as ‘Three Handed Woman’ and ‘Is You Is (Or Is You Ain’t) My Baby’ to Fats Waller’s ‘Aint-Cha Glad?’ and Cab Calloway’s ‘Oh Grandpa.’”

  “Rose remains an impressive mainstream singer with lots of sexy, soulful swing and a splendid Helen Forrest vocal style, with a dash of Dinah Washington thrown in.”
—Phil Elwood, San Francisco Examiner

  Rose and Ginsberg penned half of the songs, and received a Bammie nomination for Outstanding Jazz Album from Bay Area Music Magazine. 

  Whether teamed up as a piano trio and vocalist, or singing her bluesy renditions of jazz songs over a full horn section, this record is fun, well-written, and delicious. 

  “While Rose’s mainstay is a bright jazz-influenced tone, she can smoke it on down for original tunes like “Slippery” and “Take Me Back”. She shows seeming effortlessness in plumbing the lyrics of great American songs, too, as in Sammy Cahn’s classic “The Tender Trap”.
—Riff Magazine

TRACK LISTING
1. Three Handed Woman 
2. Ain't-cha Glad?
3. Oh Grandpa
4. No Moon at All
5. I Was Just Hoping You'd Have Me Again *
6. Is You Is (Or Is You Ain't) My Baby
7. Slippery *
8. Take Me Back *
9. Please Don't Do it Again *
10. A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
11. The Tender Trap
12. A Little Better Soon *
13. Say It *
14. On the Jazzy Side of Blue *
*Indicates original composition

PERSONNEL
Nate Ginsberg, piano
Maurice Cridlin, bass
Billy Lee Lewis, drums
Kent Cohea, sax
Jeff Ervin, sax
Jim Rothermel, sax
Marvin McFaddin, trumpet
Tim Hyland, trumpet
Terry Russell, trombone