Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Dianne Reeves - Bridges

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:05
Size: 141,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:20)  1. In Your Eyes
(5:51)  2. I Remember
(5:19)  3. Suzanne
(5:30)  4. Goodbye
(5:34)  5. Bridges
(6:22)  6. River
(2:23)  7. Olokun
(4:39)  8. Testify
(6:51)  9. Mista
(5:25) 10. 1863
(7:45) 11. Make Someone Happy

Dianne Reeves is such a talented and warm singer that many jazz fans wish that she would stick to performing jazz. Reeves, here, mostly performs music that is folk and pop oriented, sincere renditions that actually have very little improvisation. Only the closing, "Make Someone Happy" (which has a trumpet solo from Marcus Printup) is jazz oriented. Otherwise, Reeves sings pieces that apparently mean a lot to her (including a couple songs that might be autobiographical) with a band that has appearances by keyboardists Billy Childs, George Duke and Eddie Del Barrio, altoist Kenny Garrett, bassist Stanley Clarke, drummer Terri Lynn Carrington and others.~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/bridges-mw0000239132

Personnel:  Bass – Reginald Veal (tracks: 1 to 6, 9, 10, 11), Stanley Clarke (tracks: 8);  Bongos – Manolo Badrena (tracks: 2);  Drums – Brian Blade (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Terri Lyne Carrington (tracks: 1, 9, 10, 11);  Electric Piano – George Duke (tracks: 9);  Guitar – Romero Lubambo (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9) Harmonica – Jimmy Zavala (tracks: 9);  Percussion – Manolo Badrena (tracks: 3, 5, 6), Munyungo Jackson (tracks: 1, 8, 9, 10);  Piano – Billy Childs (tracks: 1, 3, 7), Eduardo Del Barrio (tracks: 10), George Duke (tracks: 8, 11), Mulgrew Miller (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6);  Producer – George Duke ;  Saxophone – Kenny Garrett (tracks: 3, 6);  Trumpet – Marcus Printup (tracks: 11);  Vibraphone, Marimba [Bass] – Joe Locke (tracks: 6);  Vocals – Dianne Reeves

Bridges

2 comments:

  1. Thanks a lot! I love Reeves, and the sincerity of her singing. Since this album, Reeves has forged a more and more personal style, not necessarily jazz. Cheers Daniel, from Spain...

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  2. I Think so, Daniel! Cheers as always!

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