Jazz Articles about Dianne Reeves

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Dianne Reeves: In the Moment

by Mathew Bahl
October 1, 2000

Dianne Reeves is one of the most charismatic and exciting live performers in modern jazz. In the Moment, recorded over two nights in front of an invited audience on a Los Angeles sound stage, is an effort to capture on disc the kind of magic that Ms. Reeves generates in her club and concert appearances. It is also arguably the most consistent and enjoyable recording of her career.

Ms. Reeves is the kind of musician who works more with the ...

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Dianne Reeves: Master Of Jazz: That Day...

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 1998

With Dianne Reeves, you never know whether you're going to get jazz, R&B, pop or a combination of all three. The singer has excelled at times and been unfocused and disappointing at other times. Highly introspective and generally quite appealing, That Day... basically falls into the acoustic jazz category but isn't without folk and R&B overtones. One of the CD's strong points is Reeves' willingness to provide a jazz take on songs that haven't been done to death by jazz ...