Dianne Reeves
Country: USA
Dianne Reeves is a famous jazz singer, who has a wide range and remarkable improvisation skills, which allows her to pass easily from one jazz style to another. She is famous for her flexibility, so the elements of R&B and pop music are not uncommon in her oeuvre. Dianne Reeves has five Grammy Awards, and she is the only singer who has received three awards for three consecutive recordings.
She also won a Grammy for the best jazz film`s soundtrack, a historical drama «Good Night, and Good Luck» by George Clooney.
Dianne Reeves has recorded and performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim and worked with legendary producer Arif Mardin (Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin) on the Grammy winning A Little Moonlight, an intimate collection of standards. When Ms. Reeves’ holiday collection Christmas Time is Here was released, The New York Times raved, that this is one of the best jazz Christmas CD.
2011 Dianne Reeves has worked with guitarists Russell Malone and Romero Lubambo, was recorded their concert in Paris My Living-Room in Paris.
She performed at the White House on multiple occasions.
Dianne Reeves' latest release, Beautiful Life, won the 2015 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. The Beautiful Life was recorded with Gregory Porter, Robert Glasper, Richard Bona and Esperanza Spalding and other.
At the Alfa Jazz Fest 2016 Dianne Reeves will perform with Peter Martin, Romero Lubambo, Reginald Vila and Terrion Terreon Gully.