Knowing, emotionally engaging vocals
from an under-recognized jewel of Seattle jazz.
Her recent, debut album, Dreams of Love ,
breathed life into jazz-vocal conventions.
Her singing is not flashy,
but it is shot through with qualities that support the tales she sings,
where love may be a temporary illusion; or,
as in Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Agua de beber,"
where love desired is unattainable…
She may express the fragility of attachment,
loss, or longing.
She may say much by leaving much unsaid.
Her voice is drenched in knowing, disappointed hope.
And much else about her singing is of a high order
of emotional engagement and communication.
--Earshot Jazz Festival Magazine 2006http://earshot.org/fest/artistinfo/rochellehouseseales.html
Rochelle has a terrific voice and a real new and exciting approach to jazz. --http/www.jandjmusic.net/
"Rochelle's debut recording is beautiful, it had me riveted."
- Steve Christofferson, jazz pianist
"If you like moody ballads, and soulful Coltrane melodies...".
- Dawn Clement, jazz pianist
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