Debbie Poryes - Jazz Pianist: Home
Hi and welcome to my website!
"Poryes' playing is confident, yet playful, thoughtful, but full of life." Brad Walseth, JazzChicago
Listen to my recent interview about my upcoming Healdsburg Jazz Festival gig at the link below
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2336-Vallejo-Community-Examiner~y2009m5d24-11th-annual-Healdsburg-Jazz-Festival-draws-jazz-mega-stars
“Her music is pleasant and powerful at the same time and I can picture a time when musicians will claim her as a major influence.” John Book, Music for America
“Exceptionally expressive pianist/composer, prominent on the Bay Area scene…beautifully sophisticated…” Paul Freeman, Palo Alto Daily News
“A Song in Jazz” is a ‘must have’ for those who love improvisational music interpreted with harmonic and melodic beauty using subtle dynamics.” Lee Thomas, KCSM, the Bay Area’s Jazz station
“A stellar outing that introduces a piano trio that plays with an interactive verve and elegance…a knockout listening experience.” Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
DEBBIE'S LATEST GOINGS ON
You can go to my Listen page and hear me as a castaway on the Desert Island Show with Alisa Clancy from 9/19/08 on KCSM FM 91.1, the Bay Area'a Jazz Station. I made my playlist of some of the music that I couldn't live without, we listened, laughed, told some Jazz Life's stories and had fun!
BIG BIG NEWS...I have started fund raising for a new CD Project! Debbie Poryes New CD Recording and Release is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization based in New York. Contributions in behalf of Debbie Poryes New CD Recording and Release may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax- deductible to the extent permitted by law. See my links page for more information.
My wonderful 2007 trio CD "A Song in Jazz" is available several places here in the San Francisco Bay Area. See "Links" or "Buy my CD" pages. You can also press the magic "Buy Now" button below and go directly to my cdbaby page and listen to clips and buy the entire CD itself and have it shipped to you, or downloaded as an MP3. It's now also on iTunes, Pandora and Rhapsody.
The CD features the rhythm section from paradise, Bill Douglass on acoustic bass (Marian McPartland, Mose Allison), and David Rokeach on drums(Ray Charles, Mark Murphy, The Jersey Boys). Read more about them in the "Bio" section and listen to excerpts in the "Listen" section. I've also put some of my thoughts about the tunes here in lieu of liner notes. And, read the great reviews from around the country about the CD under "Press/Reviews".
Read more about my beloved teaching practice under "Teaching" and read recommendations from my students under "Press/Reviews". I teach near Oakland, Berkeley, Piedmont, Alameda, and San Francisco. And please check out my E-presskit on the "Links" page.
