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The Best of Dianne Reeves | 
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| Artist: Dianne Reeves
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 29925
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 35867
UPC: 724353586720
EAN: 0724353586720
ASIN: B00005UVB9
Release Date: January 29, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Better Days | | • | I Remember Sky | | • | You Taught My Heart To Sing | | • | Endangered Species | | • | Old Souls | | • | Nine | | • | Testify | | • | Love For Sale | | • | Afro Blue | | • | River | | • | Lullaby Of Birdland | | • | Misty | | • | Fascinating Rhythm |
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This collection summarizes vocalist Dianne Reeves's greatest hits from 1987 to 2001. A stunning contralto, Reeves was one of the best jazz-based singers to emerge from the late 20th century. This disc captures her wide musical palette. Of course, her biggest hit, "Better Days" (a.k.a. "The Grandma Song"), is included here. Reeves's love of Latin music shines through on her version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro-Blue," and her ballad artistry illuminates "You Taught My Heart to Sing." Reeve's soul-wrenching composition "Endangered Species" shows off her spiritual side, and "Testify" showcases her uplifting aura. Also included are Reeves's passionate reading of Joni Mitchell's "River" and a heartfelt version of "Misty." Both are released here for the first time in the U.S. Add keyboardists Billy Childs, Mulgrew Miller, and George Duke, and you have a complete aural portrait of Dianne Reeves. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 "You Smiled And Suddenly It's Spring . . . You Taught My Heart To Sing" February 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"Vocalist Dianne Reeves' three-plus octaves, diva-like delivery, and intimate sense of song have long made her one of the most compelling vocalists in jazz." ~ The Seattle Times ~
This impressive offering from a multi-Grammy awardee and jazz vocalist extraordinaire, Dianne Reeves, is one of the most notable CDs from her discography. Released under a prestigious record label, Blue Note Records in 2002, its repertoire consists of thirteen of the best songs she ever recorded in the most beautiful settings so this CD belongs to the top shelf from my ever-growing music collection.
Ms. Reeves interprets the material in such an endearing fashion that will surely please the listeners' ears. She is backed by equally talented and creative instrumentalists such as George Duke (piano and keyboards), Billy Childs, Mulgrew Miller, John Beasley (piano), Eddie Del Barrio (synthesizer), Paul Jackson, Romero Lubambo (guitar), Ottmar Ruiz (piano, synthesizer), Kevin Eubanks (acoustic guitar), Freddie Washington, Chris Severin, Charnett Moffett, Stanley Clarke, Reginald Veal (bass), Jimmy Johnson (fretless bass), Ricky Lawson, Marvin Smith, Abraham Laboriel, Jr., Joey Heredia, Rocky Bryant, Greg Hutchinson, and yes, Billy Kilson (drums), Paulinho Da Costa, Luis Conte, Alex Acuna, Munyungo Jackson (percussion).
Emotional highlights that will surely warm the listener's heart include four of the most remarkable songs ever written and my all-time favorites -- "Lullaby of Birdland," a previously-unreleased version of "Misty," "Fascinating Rhythm" and "You Taught My Heart To Sing," a song written by an eloquent and romantic lyricist, a Songwriter-Hall-of-Famer, Sammy Cahn, and the music was composed by an ingenious jazz pianist and composer, McCoy Tyner.
"We meet and it begins
The sound of violins
The song of birds high on the wing
You taught my heart to sing
Why does this heart of mine
Feel like a Valentine
You smiled and suddenly it's spring
You taught my heart to sing
My heart was an empty shell
Then you came along
Now my heart's a carousel
Filled with song
The miracle of you
Will last my whole life through
You're all I'll keep remembering
You taught my heart to sing."
For more breathtaking listens, please check these Grammy-winning CDs out, The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan and A Little Moonlight. I wholeheartedly recommend these beautiful CDs for your lovely listening experience.
The Anita Baker of the jazz world October 25, 2007
One of the most brilliant female jazz singers to emerge in the second half of the 20th century, Dianne Reeves touches on everything from contemporary vocal jazz to quiet storm soul to covering some of the great jazz chanteuses of years past. Best known for the tender 1987 jazz-soul ballad "Better Days" which has affectionately come to be known as "The Grandma Song". She's probably at her strongest when she stays contemporary, but her extraordinary singing talent can still do some of the old masters proud.
The BEST says it all. March 9, 2007
This is a CD with all great tunes. My entire family likes it, which is unusual.
 a bit disappointing if you're coming from Good Night, Good Luck January 6, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I LOVED Dianne Reeves covers in "Good Night, Good Luck", so I bought this cd. However I was kind of disappointed. Her voice is still amazing, but I didnt' realize this was going to be in a different style. I guess I prefer the older style of vocal jazz - most of these songs just didn't do much for me.
Three or four of these songs included religious invocations of god - which I am not particularly interested in hearing. There are several good songs. I enjoyed "Love for Sale"; "Nine" was amusing; and "Endangered Species" is a great feminist anthem. I think I'll stick to older singers (Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, etc.) though from now on.
Diannes' Best November 6, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This CD is nice, but you really have to listen to the words to relate to whats being said from the time that it was produced.
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