Jazz is Like Rain is a love song to jazz. Dan Zemelman is the music director and co-writer of the JazzBook.  He's touring Europe this winter with the legendary saxophonist Lee Konitz.

Jazz Is Like Rain

"Sandy" is one umbrella away from Gene Kelly. It's part of The Lost American JazzBook, an album of ORIGINAL songs written in the style of the Great American Songbook.  The Independent Music Awards has nominated Jazzbook for "Jazz with Vocals Album of the Year".  JazzBook features some of the finest musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area, including 2-time Grammy winning violinist Mads Tolling and featuring the extraordinary vocals of Rose Armin-Hoiland.

Sandy In The Rain

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The Lost American JazzBook has won "Jazz Vocal Album of the Year" from the 14th Annual Independent Music Awards! How swell is that?

JazzBook consists of ORIGINAL songs that sound like standards.  But don't take our word for it.  Listen to some short excerpts.  And learn more at http://lostjazz.net Cheers...

Excerpts from the JazzBook

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How Many Times

Never In A Hundred Years

You Hold Up Half The Sky

Blues And The Bebop

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It's raining on the JazzBook!

The Lost American JazzBook has WON "Vocal Jazz Album of the Year" from the 14th Annual Independent Music Awards.

The song, "Jazz is Like Rain" was a finalist in the jazz category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest 2014.

And "Sandy in the Rain" was a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest 2015.

The Lost American JazzBook features ORIGINAL songs written in the style of the great jazz standards--from the first lesbian love song in the history of Big Band music to bebop to samba.

There's a lot of great jazz being played today, but "songwriting" that is at the heart of so much of the music has been all but lost...until now!

JazzBook features some of the finest musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area, including 2-time Grammy-winning violinist Mads Tolling, and introducing the extraordinary vocals of Rose Armin-Hoiland.

The Lost American JazzBook

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