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Chrysalis Extended (Composed by Nia Imani) [Performed by Dallas Symphony Orchestra]

A tribute to the brilliant Sheree Mashack (R.I.P.) singing Denise Rich's "Save the Children" (Arranged and conducted by Dennis Bell) with New Voices of Freedom in the late 80's..this is a ruff mix demo but my only studio recording of this treasured woman who was only 16 or 17 when she sang the lead vocal.

New Voices Of Freedom-"Save The Children"- Sheree Mashack (Lead Vocal)

First Love

The Journey To The West

Recording the Rhythm Tracks for The Sweetest Thing for New Voices of Freedom at A&M Studios in Hollywood circa 1987/1988. George & Bono interacting musically to track. Choir overdubs were recorded at Hit Factory in NYC at a later session. Track released on soundtrack of "Scrooged"-Bill Murray movie. Dennis Bell & Chris Bell Producers-Dennis Bell-Piano, Billy Preston-Organ, Jeff Porcaro-Drums, Steve Lukather-Guitar, Paulinho Da Costa-Percussion

The Sweetest Thing-George Pendergrass/Bono Riffing in Vocal Booth

A new pop record to dance & vibe to! First single off the upcoming EP!

Palm Trees

Silent Night, arr. Daniel Walker
Recorded live, December 19, 2019

Silent Night, arr. Daniel Walker

Strauss Commercial Creative LIBRARY CD 2 'COOL'

GENRE: ORCHESTRAL /  CLASSICAL

The last song conducting my Beloved Bronx Boro Wide JHS and sung by master vocalist and dear friend George Pendergrass..May 25, 1977, Carnegie Hall with Claudette Washington-Bell, Barbara Murray, Dale Zurbrick (RIP), Freida Edmead (RIP), Ronald Wells (RIP) Ronnie Smith (RIP) & Jerry McCants

Bronx Boro Wide Chorus-Carnegie Hall 1977-Lift Ev'ry Voice & Sing-George Pendergrass-Soloist

My Valentine - Lynette Washington

Dennis Bell is a gold and platinum award-winning producer, arranger, songwriter, conductor and music educator. Dennis was recently chosen as ArtsWestchester’s 2012 prestigious musical artist of the year award. 

Graduate of the High School of  Music & Art, NYU (BMus in Piano/Music Theory studying composition with Vittorio Rieti) and CUNY Queens College (MA in Composition) where he studied composition under Leo Kraft, George Perle and Hugo Weisgal. 

Dennis has produced records by Doug E Fresh, Dave Valentin, New Voices of Freedom, U2, Lynette Washington and Touché, amongst others. He was the musical director/ conductor for the international tour of Jesus Christ Superstar and has written TV and Radio Jingles for Drakes, Hardees, Roy Rogers and Nabisco companies. 

His modern dance scores have been performed at New School for Arts in Miami, University of Utah, University of Massachusetts, The Yard in Martha’s Vineyard, The Arts Umbrella in Vancouver, Yale University in New Haven , LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts in NYC, Ailey II Company,  Juilliard New Dances 08, Perry Mansfield, River North Dance Chicago, Baruch Performing Arts Center and U Cal at Irvine amongst others. His compositions for modern dance/ballet CD, “Musique Pour La Danse Moderne” was released on GuavaJamm Entertainment (www.guavajamm.net) in 2008. Dennis was an AMC ‘Live Music for Dance’ grant recipient in 2010 and premiered his work ‘Remembrance’ to Sidra Bell Dance NY’s piece ‘Shrines’ which featured the Summit String Quartet.

He has played with and/or performed on albums and concerts with Alex Blake, Casey Benjamin, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Chris Hunter, Tommy Campbell, Victor Jones, Sekou Bunch, Marcus Miller, Buddy Williams, Nick Brignola, Dave Grusin, Buddy Morrow, Sal Salvador, Dave Valentin, Noel Pointer, Steve Jordan, U2, Lenny Kravitz, Celia Cruz, Billy Preston, Toto and many others.  He has performed and conducted in venues from Carnegie and Alice Tully Halls to Madison Square Garden, and appeared on the Joan Rivers Show, New York at Night, MTV Video Music Awards, music videos, and in the movie U2, Rattle and Hum and Scrooged. 

Dennis is the founder and CEO of City Slicker Productions (www,cityslickerproductions.com), Mark of Aries Music (BMI) and record label GuavaJamm Entertainment (www.guavajamm.net). He was a long time Music Educator in the NYC school system. At LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts he was teacher of Music Tech, Jazz Improvisation, Musicianship, Jazz Chorus and Mixed Choirs He is a Yamaha Essential Artist and Adjunct Professor of Music at Mercy College in Westchester County.


The Sweetest Thing-George Pendergrass/Bono Riffing in Vocal Booth

Dennis Bell

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