Barbara Rosene

Barbara Rosene is an American jazz singer.

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• Barbara rosene
• Barbara Rosene It Had To Be You
• Discography
• Songs
• References

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Rosene grew up hearing jazz and big band music from her father's record collection. Her grandfather had been a singer in the 1920s and '30s, and had performed on the radio in Cleveland.

Barbara Rosene majored in English at John Carroll University and picked up early experience singing with the school choir, performing with a big band, and at a jazz bar. Early on she was influenced by Annette Hanshaw and Mildred Bailey. Her love for 1920s music has been with her much of her life.

After moving to New York in 1997, Rosene auditioned successfully for Vince Giordano's Nighthawks over the phone. She performed regularly with Giordano for a couple of years (and occasionally up to the present), and he assisted her on her first CD, Deep Night. She has thus far recorded six CDs as a leader, ranging from the Annette Hanshaw tribute CD Deep Night and 1920s tunes on Ev'rything's Made For Love, Moon Song and It Was Only A Sun Shower to swing era songs on All My Life and a more modern repertoire on On The Brink. She also made guest appearances on the Bix Beiderbecke tribute album Celebrating Bix.

Rosene has sung with both Woody Allen's New Orleans jazz band and Les Paul. Since 2007 she has been the regular singer with the Harry James Orchestra directed by Fred Radke, touring the United States.