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Dianne Reeves

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Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer, who has won five Grammy Awards for her albums.

Early life and educationEdit

Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and her cousin is George Duke. Her father died when she was two years old, and she was raised in Denver, Colorado, by her mother, Vada Swanson, and maternal family.<ref name="HistoryMakers biography">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Reeves was raised Catholic and attended Cure D'Ars Catholic School in Denver for much of her early schooling.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="HistoryMakers biography" />

CareerEdit

In 1971, she started singing and playing piano.<ref name="New Grove">Template:Cite book</ref> She was a member of her high-school band and while performing at a convention in Chicago was noticed by trumpeter Clark Terry, who invited her to sing with him. "He had these amazing all-star bands, but I had no idea who they all were! The thing I loved about it was the way they interacted with each other – the kind of intimate exchange that I wasn't part of. For a young singer, it was fertile soil."<ref name="Walters">Template:Cite news</ref> She studied classical voice at the University of Colorado.<ref name="conversation">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Reeves moved to Los Angeles, where she sang and recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Lenny White, and Billy Childs.<ref name=HancockInstitute>"Dianne Reeves", Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.</ref> She recorded with the band Caldera,<ref name="Loudon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> then founded the band Night Flight with Billy Childs, with whom she would collaborate again in the 1990s. She moved to New York City and from 1983 to 1986 toured with Harry Belafonte.<ref name="New Grove" />

She signed with Blue Note in 1987 and that year her eponymous album, featuring Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and Tony Williams, was nominated for a Grammy Award.<ref name=HancockInstitute /> She went on to win five Grammy Awards.<ref>"Dianne Reeves", International Jazz Day, April 30.</ref>

Music critic Scott Yanow has said of her: "A logical successor to Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae, Reeves is a superior interpreter of lyrics and a skilled scat singer."<ref name=AllMusic>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her sound has been compared to that of Patti Austin, Vanessa Rubin, Anita Baker, and Regina Belle.<ref name=AllMusic />

Reeves performed at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.<ref name=HancockInstitute /> In 2005, she appeared in the film Good Night, and Good Luck singing 1950s standards<ref name=AllMusic /> (including "How High the Moon", "I've Got My Eyes on You", "Too Close for Comfort", "Straighten Up and Fly Right" and "One for My Baby"). In 2006, the soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.<ref name="Walters" />

Reeves appeared in the 2021 documentary film JazzTown.<ref name=IMDb>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Better source

DiscographyEdit

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Reeves in April 2011

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FilmographyEdit

Awards and honorsEdit

"5 to Receive Honorary Doctorates | Commencement 2015", The Juilliard Journal.</ref>

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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