★★★★★
She's long and rightly been considered the heir apparent to the legacy of Sarah Vaughn, one of her self-admitted long time heroines and influences. So, it isn't surprising to find that Dianne Reeves shares similar trajectories with Vaughn in being an essential singer for any music aficionado to have in their catalog; but the catalog is one that is both uneven and can be cleanly divided into their early, more fluid sound and their heavier, more mature one, even when their pregnant voices deliver...
- www.soultracks.com
2014-03-14
★★★★★
Dianne Reeves | Beautiful Life
Concord Music Group - 2014
by Peggy Oliver
Sometimes the element of surprise conceived by the creative minds of musicians remind me of the hook from an inspirational pop hit: "Everything is beautiful in its own way." Growing up versed in jazz but always willing to cross musical boundaries, Dianne Reeves completely invested in whatever genre she could adapt to her inimitable vocal style...
- reviews.theurbanmusicscene.com
2014-03-04
★★★★★
Proof, yet again, of the dismal state of the music industry: It's taken five years for Dianne Reeves to release a new album following her departure from Blue Note Records. But there is also plenty of good news associated with her delayed return. She's landed at Concord, a label with a long tradition of handling vocalists with taste, intelligence and, most blessedly, minimal interference...
- jazztimes.com
2014-02-07
★★★★★
Blessed with one of the most crystalline voices of her generation -- perhaps rivalled only in popular music of the last two decades by Linda Ronstadt -- Dianne Reeves has migrated from genre to genre over her career, touching on R&B and African music before settling in a decade ago as one of the most popular contemporary jazz singers...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Dianne Reeves has an absolutely beautiful voice; she's a true heiress to the legacy of Ella Fitzgerald. It might sound strange, but this can be both a good and a bad thing. That's because for every spot-on rendition of a great tune, like the opening track, Just My Imagination, there's a spot-on version of a song of questionable taste, such as the excruciating Lovin' You. Still, taking all things into account, the good outweighs the misguided by a long shot here.
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
In George Clooney's film Good Night, and Good Luck, singer Dianne Reeves is the Greek chorus that comments on the action. It's not only the smoky timbre of Reeves' voice but also her nuanced phrasing that captures the sense of not-so-suppressed danger in the relationship between Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy depicted in the film. But whether you've seen the movie or not is quite irrelevant to how much you might (should...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Dianne Reeves has an absolutely beautiful voice; she's a true heiress to the legacy of Ella Fitzgerald. It might sound strange, but this can be both a good and a bad thing. That's because for every spot-on rendition of a great tune, like the opening track, Just My Imagination, there's a spot-on version of a song of questionable taste, such as the excruciating Lovin' You. Still, taking all things into account, the good outweighs the misguided by a long shot here.
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
The Grand Encounter indeed! On this exceptionally well-produced CD, the contributions bymusicians (including saxists Phil Woods and Bobby Watson, andtrumpeter Clark Terry) and by guest vocalists (Joe Williams andGermaine Bazzle) are no less intriguing than those of Diana Reeves. Aparticular delight is "Side by Side," in which Bazzle's warmthand spontaneity help loosen up the occasionally reined-inReeves.
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Vocalist Dianne Reeves, four-time Grammy winner, has an impressive CD release coming in April, When You know, her first album of new material in five years. As well, this is her first recording since the award-winning soundtrack to the 2005 film Good Night, And Good Luck.On the new disc, best-supporting awards are in order for guitar players Russell Malone, on amplified, and Romero Lubambo, on acoustic. They are on on several tracks; just the duo backing Reeves...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-08-23
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