Jazz / Vocal
Urban
Hard Bop
Vocal Pop
Traditional Pop
Vocal Jazz
Dianne Reeves: Vocals
George Duke, Billy Childs, Herbie Hancock: Piano & Keyboards
Freddie Washington, Tony Dumas: Bass
Paul Jackson: Guitar
Paulinho de Costa: Percussion
Rickey Lawson, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Tony Williams, Ralph Penland: Drums
Justo Almario: Saxophones
Jorge del Barrio: Synclavier Strings
Freddi Hubbard: Flugelhorn
You'd be hard-pressed to find a smoother, classier reading of the jazz chestnut "Yesterdays," and the frantically-paced "That's All". This CD features some of the best scatting this side of Ella Fitzgerald. Especially impressive is her reading of "I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good," as Reeves lets her voice caress the lyric with a light touch. A less instinctual vocalist might have attacked the entire post-solo second bridge, but Dianne builds to a belt only when the lyrics read "crying my heart out," accenting just the right moment. |
