Press

PRESS REVIEW: JACLYN ROSE AT JAG 2010 (Cerritos-Artesia Patch):

Los Angeles based writer, Terence Calacsan, interviewed Jaclyn Rose after one of shows in one of her favorite restaurants back home: “…Among these coffeeshop divas was Jaclyn Rose Millar, a 23-year-old music graduate from California State University Long Beach. Millar has recently done what any bright-eyed, soul-loving vocalist dreams of doing once Los Angeles stops piquing his or her interest: move to New York’s East Village and make a name for themselves. According to Millar, New York is where her voice is.

“I’m all about taking opportunities, making opportunities, learning and growing from them,” Millar said. “I chose New York because of the jazz, neo-soul and hip hop scene there.”

It should be comforting to know Millar spends her holiday season back in the venues where she cut her teeth. On Dec. 22, backed by Grace and a couple musicians on hand, she steadied through a collection of Christmas favorites like “Silent Night” as well as R&B/Soul hits like SWV’s “Weak,” Jazmine Sullivan’s “Lion’s, Tigers and Bears” and  Erykah Badu’s “Bag Lady.” Mind you, both of these musicians aren’t your typical karaoke bar heroes. These are trained and seasoned musicians…” (http://cerritos.patch.com/articles/friends-food-and-cerritos-tunes)

PRESS REVIEW: JACLYN ROSE AT FILIPINA LADIES OF JAZZ, JAZZMOPOLITAN 2011 at Ford Amphitheater, Hollywood, CA (Jazzmopolitan: A Review - Asian Journal)

“Jaclyn Rose reminded me of Nina Simone, a jazz singer with classical training and soulful voice. She sang Ain’t No Sunshine, a classic Bill Withers song, performed Afro-Cuban style. Dearly Beloved, is a jazz standard, written by Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer, with musical arrangements done by her. Another original written and arranged by Jaclyn is Kick It, which will be on her next CD that she is currently recording.

The audience loved The Flipside, another original song written and arranged by Jaclyn Rose. “The band traded on their 8 measures, where each musician got to solo for 8 measures and it went around the band a few times during the song… the musician order of the solos was planned although no one knew what each musician was gonna play, that was unplanned,” Rex Sampaga shared.

“Did you notice during the solos, the bass player (Andrew Ford) played the bass-line for a Stevie Wonder song called, I Wish and then when it came time for the keyboardist solo (Gregg Karukas), he answered back with a few bars of Stevie Wonder’s Superstition? That was unplanned, just the “planned” spontaneity and what jazz is all about…AND this was the song that both Jaclyn and Michael Paulo were doing their synchronized dancing to,” he added…” -(http://www.asianjournal.com/immigration/atty-gene-choe/11474-jazzmopolitan-a-review-.html)

PRESS RELEASES: Jazzmopolitan 2011 (Philippine News & Ford Amphitheater):

“California State University, Long Beach grad Jaclyn Rose has a degree in Vocal Performance and a concentration in Jazz Studies.  She is known for her captivating stage presence, entertaining personality, and incorporating a sense of “realness” in expressing herself and communicating to her audiences. Trained in a wide variety of musical styles, Jazz/Neo-Soul/R&B is where her heart lies, a la Erykah Badu and India Arie to name a few.

“Jazz offers infinite possibilities…there are no limitations…” said Rose. “You gain such a deep musical understanding with jazz.  The complex harmonies are beautiful and colorful, and really that’s what I love most about jazz.  It’s colorful.” 

(http://www.philippinenews.com/entertainment/2183-jazzmopolitan-at-the-ford.html?tmpl=component&layout=default&page=)

(http://www.fordamphitheater.org/UserFiles/File/jazzmopressreleaseFINAL.pdf)