Dianne Reeves
| Dianne Reeves | |
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Dianne Reeves with the Boston Pops
June 1, 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dianne Elizabeth Reeves |
| Born |
October 23, 1956 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Blue Note, Concord |
| Associated acts | Caldera, Night Flight |
| Website | www |
Dianne Reeves (Detroit, October 23, 1956) is a Grammy-winning jazz singer. Commentator Scott Yanow said of her, "A logical successor to Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae (although even she cannot reach the impossible heights of Ella and Sarah Vaughan), Reeves is a superior interpreter of lyrics and a skilled scat singer."
Dianne Elizabeth Reeves was born into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell (musician), and her cousin is George Duke. Although she was born in Detroit, she was raised in Denver. In 1971 she started singing and playing piano.
She was a member of her high school band, and while performing at a convention in Chicago was noticed by trumpeter Clark Terry. She sang with Terry's groups, went to college for a year, then moved to Los Angeles, where she sang with Stanley Turrentine and Lenny White. She became a member of the jazz fusion group Caldera, then founded another fusion group, Night Flight, with Billy Childs, with whom she would collaborate again in the 1990s. She moved to New York City and from 1983–1986 toured with Harry Belafonte.
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