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| 1. | Just One Of Those Things
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| 2. | Besame Mucho
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| 3. | Deep Purple
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| 4. | Autumn Leaves
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| 5. | My Romance
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| 6. | Love Letters
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| 7. | East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon
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| 8. | Midnight Sun
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| 9. | I Fall In Love Too Easily
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| 10. | Lush Life
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| 11. | Just Friends
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| 12. | Let's Fall In Love
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Award Winner
Jazz / Vocal
Contemporary Jazz
Standards
Vocal Jazz
Recorded: Jun 6-8, 2001, Capitol Studios, Hollywood; G Studio Digital, Studio City; and Sound Design Recording Studios, Santa Barbara, California
Diane Schuur (vocals); Maynard Ferguson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Mike Dubaniewicz (alto saxophone); Jeff Rupert (tenor saxophone); Denis Di Blasio (baritone saxophone); Paul Armstrong, Peter Ferguson, Patrick Hession (trumpet); Reggie Watkins (trombone); Jeff Lashway (piano); Brian Stahurski (bass); Brian Wolfe (drums)
Well regarded as one of our greatest living jazz singers, Schuur seems to enjoy album titles created out of puns of her name -- prior to this there was Friends for Schuur -- but don't let the novelties distract you from this sassy, explosively brassy swing project blending her inventive vocals with Ferguson's blistering trumpet and the ensemble energy of his Big Bop Nouveau Band. Aside from crisp performances by both, the real key to the success here is the unexpected arrangements of standards by various members of Ferguson's band. Two classics generally rendered as intimate ballads -- "Autumn Leaves" and "My Romance" -- are rendered as easy swaying, frisky finger-snapping romps. The interlude after the first verse on "Autumn Leaves" typifies the way Ferguson lets his guys jam before he steps up and challenges them with a powerful wailing flurry of high notes. "My Romance" finds Schuur moving out of her crystal clear midrange safety zone and reaching the high registers, with a few vocal notes matched at the end by the trumpet. Many of the arrangements are like baritone saxman Denis DiBlasio's twist on "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" -- Schuur gliding over a snappy but subdued jazz trio before Ferguson and company burst in with increasingly muscular horn textures, which then push her to emotional heights. Most of the songs incorporate such mood swings, but "Deep Purple" stays a slow, seductive, and subdued ballad the whole way through. Schuur once again proves she's an amazing vocalist who can sing along with the best of them. Is there another singer who's made duet recordings with both Ferguson and B.B. King?
---Jonathan Widran, AMG
Includes liner notes by Scott Yanow
Diane Schuur
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1953 in Seattle, WA
Genre: Vocal, Jazz
Styles: Ballads, Contemporary Jazz, Standards, Vocal Jazz
Diane Schuur, who has often been on the periphery of jazz, has the potential to be an important jazz singer although she still includes a large dose of pop tunes in her repertoire. Early in her career she had the tendency to screech in her upper register, but with maturity that flaw has largely disappeared and she has become a very impressive singer. Blinded at birth due to a hospital accident, Schuur (who would later be nicknamed "Deedles") imitated singers as a child. She had her first gig at a Holiday Inn when just ten and originally sang country music. The turning point in her career occurred when she sang "Amazing Grace" at the 1979 Monterey Jazz Festival, greatly impressing Stan Getz. After Getz featured her singing at a televised concert from the White House in 1982, Schuur was signed to GRP and began recording regularly. Although her 1987 collaboration with the Count Basie Orchestra was a high point, Diane Schuur's recordings tend to be a mixed success from the jazz standpoint.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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