Dianne Reeves
Morning Has Broken
Testify
Mista
For three decades, Dianne Reeves has been one of the most popular vocalists, thanks to her well-produced recordings and engaging live shows. On this date, recorded before an audience of 300 fans, Reeves weaves her trademar.
more »k, hornlike contralto over smooth grooves that cross over mainstream jazz, contemporary pop, and world-music lines. Her band, featuring keyboardist Otmaro Ruiz and Wynton Marsalis s bassist, Reginald Veal, delivers the Cat Stevens-associated church hymn Morning Has Broken, Mongo Santamaria s classic Afro-Blue, and Cole Porter s immortal Love for Sale. She also pays homage to jazz s Brazilian roots with her splendid, spirited readings of Antonio Carlos Jobim s Triste, a duet with guitarist Romero Lubambo, and Milton Nascimento s Bridges. On her lyrical, midtempo Come In, Reeves s cousin, keyboardist George Duke, turns in a brilliant solo, and The First Five Chapters is an autobiographi