Dennis Rowland
Dennis Rowland is beloved by jazz devotees and theatergoers around the globe.
The Detroit native and Phoenix, Arizona resident was the voice of the world-renowned Count Basie Orchestra between 1977 and 1984, where he shared the stage with Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams and Tony Bennett. He is also featured on the Basie Band’s Grammy award-winning record On the Road.
An electrifying live performer, Rowland's musical tours in recent years have taken him to Germany, Russia, England, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, the Czech Republic and Croatia. Stateside, he has performed at major jazz festivals, with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and at metropolitan Phoenix-area jazz clubs and performing arts venues.
Rowland is also well-known to theatergoers in his home state, appearing in Arizona Theatre Company productions of Blue (with Leslie Uggams), Little Shop of Horrors and Blues in the Night and Phoenix Theatre productions of Chicago and Once on This Island among others. In 2007, he was inducted into the Herberger Theater Center Hall of Fame for his contributions to the performing arts.
A Concord Records artist, Rowland's CDs include Rhyme, Rhythm & Reason, Get Here and Now Dig This a celebration of '50s and early '60s Miles Davis music. Other recordings include the inaugural project Blonde for the Playboy Jazz label, Joe Sample’s Sample This and Frank Foster’s Loud Minority Band recording We Do It Diff'rent.
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- Now Dig This!: A Vocal Celebration Of Miles Davis by AAJ Staff
January 19, 2010
Sweetheart Sunday with Dennis Rowland and the Extreme Decibel Big Band...
October 25, 2009
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