Jazz Articles about Diane Schuur

Diane Schuur with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops at Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
May 8, 2009

"88 Keys, a Big Band, and a Voice"Celebrating 30 years of Peter Nero with the Philly PopsThe Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA April 24, 2009 On this night, one of five performances of the same concert event, conductor-pianist Peter Nero welcomed Diane Schuur to the stage as “the most outstanding jazz vocalist of our time." While there may be other candidates for the top spot in this category, and while such ...

Diane Schuur: Some Other Time

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 27, 2008

In questo disco Diane Schuur affronta con la sua band standards degli autori più famosi e riesce a darne interpretazioni di tutto rispetto, che hanno le caratteristiche giuste per passare a pieni voti all'ascolto del pubblico piú critico. Il suo è un lavoro che ha dell'artigianale: le grandi versioni, le innovazioni, le hanno già fatto le altre. Lei si limita ad eseguire di nuovo con grande classe degli standards nella tradizione di un mainstream senza tempo, immettendovi del feeling vero. ...

Diane Schuur: Some Other Time

by Woodrow Wilkins
February 23, 2008

Deedles never really left her jazz roots. However, the two-time Grammy-winning vocalist says Some Other Time is her way of getting back to the basics. Nicknamed “Deedles" at a young age, Diane Schuur has had her feet firmly planted in two worlds: pop and jazz. Many of her releases combined elements of both, particularly during her years with GRP Records.Schuur scored two Grammy Awards, with Timeless (GRP, 1986) and Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra (GRP, 1987). ...

Diane Schuur: Some Other Time

by C. Michael Bailey
January 28, 2008

One listen to any Diane Schuur recording and it's clear that “Deedles has a musical personality as big as a universe. Schuur's expansive and expressive voice does not mince words or techniques. She sings a straight-ahead, no-nonsense brand of jazz that brims with brio and leaves no misunderstanding what the composers intended for the Great American Songbook.

Some Other Time is Schuur's tribute to the previous generation's music; her Mother's music. The recital is arranged by Schuur's pianist ...

Diane Schuur: Live in London

by Vincent Stephens
July 1, 2006

Does Diane Schuur still matter? Though the vocalist has been performing actively on the national jazz scene since her 1984 GRP debut, Deedles, came out, and she has won two Grammies, critical interest in her work has waned since the early 1990s. Many critics have lauded her powerful voice and stylistic versatility but lamented her tendency toward histrionics and emotional blandness.

Live in London, recorded at Ronnie Scott's, might reassert her potential in the vocal pantheon. The disc is a ...

Live From Zanzibar Blue: Diane Schuur

by Victor L. Schermer
December 16, 2003

Zanzibar Blue Philadelphia, PA December 11th, 2003 Second Set | 9:30PM

This is one in a series of reviews that we will be doing from the “catbird seat” at Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia’s premiere jazz club, located at Broad and Walnut Streets in Center City. We are grateful to the Zanzibar management for their generosity and cooperation in this new venture.

Diane Schuur, twice a Grammy winner, has already earned herself a place as one ...

Diane Schuur: Midnight

by J. Robert Bragonier
October 3, 2003

Diane Schuur has been singing for an adoring public since the age of nine. Those who have praised and supported her talent include Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, B.B. King, Stan Getz and Leonard Feather. She has been nominated five times for Grammy Awards and has received two, for Timeless in 1986 and Diane Schuur with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1987. Midnight is a video-enhanced CD, Schuur’s third release for Concord Records and her first under the ...