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Deborah Connors

Deborah's musical influence began early in life, listening to the likes of Stan Getz, Larry Novak, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans with her father, Chicago based jazz pianist and upright bass player, Bill Connors. Her mother Diane would break out her acoustic guitar and encourage her to sing. Those family jam sessions would send her down a lifelong path of writing, producing, performing and more. Deborah, a veteran of the Chicago music scene, writing and producing music since she was a teen, worked at the legendary Chicago Trax Recording Studios for several years with talents such as R Kelly, Ministry's, Al Jorgenson, George Harrison, Liz Phair, Trent Reznor, as well as some of the great Chicago House artists such as Farley "Jackmaster Funk" and Joe Smooth. During this time Deborah honed her talents with these superstars while recording two of her own albums, doing commercials and producing her own dance music album, Midnight Affair. She is currently one of the top vocal coaches in Chicago as well. Over the last few years she began writing and co-producing her own music with writer/producer, Michael Powell in Chicago, and then began writing with Nate Harasim, who was in the midst of creating his Love's Taken Over album, and was in need of a vocalist with a very unique sound to add to one of his tracks, "Feel the Love." The chemistry was obvious! NuGroove Records President, David Chackler asked the two of them to start working on a album for release on the label. This was the beginning of the new De'Nate' sound.

Awards

Nominee for International Group of the Year, 2008-2009 Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards


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Reminisce warms the soul and impales the senses with shots of serenity. Its standard smooth soul fused with contemporary ambient escapes that arouse dreamy sensations. The music of De'Nate melts away stress while keeping the listener on a heavenly plane. In this way, it is an album that is made for everyone. HyBrid Magazine

With Deborah Connor's uniquely intricate vocal stylings, the incredibly haunting rhythms of keyboardist Nate Harasim and the sophisticated chops of the newest member, saxophonist Darren Rahn, De'Nate' is a new sound for a whole new generation of contemporary jazz, pop and urban music. The Urban Music Scene

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Reminisce

Nugroove Records
2008

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