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harold's rogue & jar
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roberta donnay ~ vocals, horn arrangement, sound design kit walker ~ piano, keyboards, drum programs, sound design zane musa ~ alto sax
electronica jazz producer vocal orrin keepnews
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Jazz vocalist, songwriter, and producer
Award Winning and Grammy nominated Donnay has toured for the past ten years promoting her CDs "Back Before The Why", "Bohemian" and "soul reverse", which earned her TV and film credits including Nash Bridges, The Young &the Restless, Days Of Our Lives, One Life To Live, film Close Encounters & That's Life. Single "Crack In The Sidewalk" was a hit on college & public radio and received rotation nationwide. "Back Before The Why" won Top 12 DIY picks from Performing Songwriter Magazine. Donnay's fiery style & engaging presence landed her featured performances at The Kissimmee Jazz Festival 2005, Jacksonville Jazz Festival 2004, The Monterey Jazz Festival 2003 with Dave Ellis, and The Hague Appeal for Peace as one of only six performers represented from the U.S. Donnay wrote "One World", which was adopted as a theme for the United Nations' 50th Anniversary and is being performed on 5 continents as a world peace anthem (recently performed in South Africa for AIDS benefits). "One World" is also performed in public schools, requested by students to be their graduation theme. Donnay is currently touring with Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks! Please check website for more info New jazz CD "What's Your Story" released May 2006. Produced by legendary jazz producer Orrin Keepnews and features Eric Reed, Dave Ellis, Gerald Cannon and Mark Taylor.
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Genre
Jazz Acid Jazz
Charts
Peak #296
Peak in subgenre #21
Author
Roberta Donnay & Kit Walker
Rights
copyright 2004 Roberta Donnay and Kit Walker
Uploaded
April 11, 2006
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MP3 6.0 MB 128 kbps 6:32
Lyrics
"jazz is my religion", he said to me under the neon sign, jackson square street and what were we talking about when tommy's piano made me cry brought me right back where i started, back before "the why" when i would stand outside 16th & n stand outside freezing, snow and rain on my head stand with all my beautiful friends 'till they all went in just to hear the fusion, sax, the bass guitar just to hear what was goin' down at harold's rogue & jar ok so i was a kid so they couldn't let me in not the right sex, the wrong color skin to be standing outside not even high high heels, no red red lips just a teenager snapping fingers 'till they finally let me in guy said "sit in the back don't let them see you" and i would do anything to be there again just to hear the fusion the sax, the drums, the bass guitar just to hear what was goin' down at harold's rogue & jar i play the jukebox billie, ella, bird, duke, miles, coltrane, they were all there for a quarter just a quarter ecstasy to spare the club is gone now, years gone by i moved out west and johnny & fred & ritchie and i don't know who is left not that they'd remember me the little girl with the big eyes and they would jam yes they would jam till 4 am and i would do anything for one more day & one more nite and one more day & one more nite just to hear the fusion the sax, the bass guitar just to hear what was goin' down at harold's rogue & jar
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