Bio

Mary LaRose is a visual artist who graduated with a fine arts degree with honors from Brooklyn College where she studied painting with Philip Pearlstein , Alan D’Arcangelo and William Williams.  She is a figurative and portraiture artist who is known for her ability to capture the essence of a person. Her use of color and composition provide a unique lens through which to view her work.  Her work takes her on that journey and she is just along for the ride. Just as music is of the moment, she tried to capture a special moment in her work

Mary LaRose is a also forward-thinking jazz vocalist who is known for extending the Jazz “Vocalese” tradition to Post-Bop music, singing her new lyrics to the music of Ornette Coleman, Anthony Braxton, Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy among others.  Her unique approach to the music is documented in her many recordings which have included artistic collaborations with artists such as Mark Ribot, Steve Swell, Mark Feldman, the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, Steven Bernstein, Dominic Duval, Matt Wilson and her partner and artistic collaborator Jeff Lederer.