Dena DeRose: “Live at the Jazz Standard, Volume One’’ (MaxJazz) **** Pianist­vocalist Dena DeRose and trio deliver a scintillating set in Ms. DeRose’s first live recording. With her adventurous phrasing, scatting and wordless vocals in harmony with her piano, DeRose is an exceptional improvising vocalist, who might appeal even to jazz musicians ordinarily dismissive of singers. A musician first—a fine pianist with an original, cliché­free approach­­she turned to singing only after hand surgery kept her from the keyboard. She has elevated her vocalizing to the same high level as her playing, and now ranks with the likes of Patricia Barber and the late Shirley Horn as a singer­pianist. On her sixth album, DeRose and trio mates Martin Wind (as in a gale, not a clock) on bass and drummer Matt Wilson make the old sound new again. Consistently stimulating, they offer fresh, creative arrangements and improvisation on Great American Songbook and standard jazz tunes like Kurt Weill’s “Speak Low,’’ Johnny Burke­Jimmy Van Heusen’s “It Could Happen to You,’’ Cole Porter’s “Get Out of Town,’’ Rodgers and Hart’s “Lover,’’ Bronislaw Kaper’s “Green Dolphin Street,’’ and more. DeRose ranges across the keyboard, mixing long, flowing single­note lines and briefer phrases with hammered chords, percussive passages, stop­time pauses, and dramatic changes in touch. Singing with some of Sheila Jordan’s daring and Blossom Dearie’s sophistication and femininity, DeRose is playful, swinging and sometimes sentimental. She gives out with a laugh after several tunes (satisfaction, pleasure, fun?), adding to the immediacy of this terrific live recording. Wilson, who also leads a group called Arts & Crafts, is co­star here. An extremely active, imaginative and skillful player, he uses the full drum kit, including cymbals, which for some drummers, would be better left at home. Wilson, DeRose and Wind are a tremendously exciting trio.