Track Listings (13) - Disc #1| All Artists: Dianne Reeves Title: The Best Of Dianne Reeves Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Blue Note Records Release Date: 1/29/2002 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 724353586720, 0724353586751, 724353586751 |
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During the same decade that saw the passing of so many great female jazz vocalists- Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter and others- a handful of new singers arrived in the '90s to carry the torch int... more » |
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Album Description During the same decade that saw the passing of so many great female jazz vocalists- Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter and others- a handful of new singers arrived in the '90s to carry the torch into the future. One of the most significant singers to come into her own in the last ten years is Dianne Reeves. Blue Note focuses attention on Reeves' brilliant career with The Best of Dianne Reeves. Two of the tunes on The Best of Dianne Reeves have never been released in the U.S. before: Dianne's stunning take on Joni Mitchell's "River," an out-take from her Grammy-winning CD, In The Moment-Live In Concert from 2000, and a sublime rendition of the Johnny Burke/Erroll Garner classic, "Misty," available only on the Japanese release of The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan from 2001. The other songs, including several that Reeves co-penned, come from her extensive catalog of albums: Dianne Reeves (1987), I Remember (1991), Art and Survival (1994), Quiet After The Storm(1995) and Bridges(1999). The Best Of Dianne Reeves also includes "Fascinating Rhythm" from The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan, which is nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the 44th Annual GRAMMYs and is Reeves' 10th Blue Note album and 13th recording overall. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsDisapointed Mark J. Kaufman | Ontario, Ca USA | 03/16/2006 (1 out of 5 stars) "What a shame. Dianne Reeves may have the best voice in jazz today, but in this CD every song is over produced, arranged, and most sadly, oversung. Anyone who has listened to Ms. Reeves sing knows she has great vocal ability, but it feels like this is an attempt to see how stylized and how much vocal gymnastics she can wow us with. From the original songs (which are awful and should never be a part of the best of, to the couple of standards which again are over arranged (and over the top with vocalization), this CD was totally disapointing. You want to hear the best of Diane Reeves, get the soundtract to "Good Night and Good Luck" as this is truley an artist at the top of her vocal game with great arrangments of wonderful songs." Power, pipes, contemporary appeal. Samuel Chell | Kenosha,, WI United States | 03/31/2002 (4 out of 5 stars) "This collection, hand-selected by the artist, is a fine representation of the basis for the current interest in her work. It includes songs from the Grammy award-winning albums of 2001 and 2002 as well as the earlier album introducing her most-requested song, "Better Days" (the "grandmother song"). The album testifies to her obvious vocal strengths, dramatic presentation, and charismatic presence. Moreover, despite being a miscellany, the album reveals remarkable consistency in timbre, arrangements, and musical approach. At the same time, the thick and heavily synthesized accompaniments provided by orchestrator George Duke place much of this collection decidedly in the realm of "contemporary jazz/pop," if not "dance," music rather than in the free and open spaces preferred by a Sarah Vaughan. The consequence is a more predictable, programmed approach, which Reeves executes with undeniable power and aplomb. The cost, however, is the discovery and freshness, not to mention intimacy, that have motivated the best jazz singers to take on enormous risks. On the other hand, if the entire album consisted of the level of musicianship found on "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (just Dianne accompanied by a Mulgrew Miller-led piano trio), it would deserve 5 stars hands down." Not live, but the next best thing. Thomas C. Nagy | Ebensburg, PA USA | 02/24/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "I just saw Dianne Reeves in concert Saturday evening and was stunned and shocked. That kind of musicianship has not been heard in my 40 years of life! Her singing is second only to her persona on stage. This album is indeed some of Dianne Reeves finest work. It cannot begin to represent what Dianne Reeves is capable of, but is an adequate replacement. The highlight of the album is Dianne's own composition, "Nine" which chronicles the carefree life of a child at age nine. 5 stars!"
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