As she rightly points out, it would be difficult to find a jazz singer who hasn’t been influenced by the iconic singer. DiFranco, Marley, Stevie Nicks - their work all benefits from Reeves’ rich and expressive voice.įitzgerald is an influence on Reeves, of course. But she has also showcased a musically adventurous spirit, blurring lines between pop, jazz and R & B over a 35-year recording career and winning five Grammy Awards along the way. The fact that Reeves, whose vocal agility has earned comparisons to Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald, would take on numbers from the American Songbook is hardly surprising.
It takes a special singer to find the common ground between Ani DiFranco’s 32 Flavors and the 1933 American Songbook classic Stormy Weather.īut that was among the impressive feats jazz singer Dianne Reeves achieved with Beautiful Life, her 2014 studio album that also found her covering Fleetwood Mac (Dreams), Bob Marley (Waiting in Vain) and Esperanza Spalding (Wild Rose). Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.
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