The Best Of Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur
© October 21, 1997 - GRP Records
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The Best Of Diane SchuurDiane Schuur© October 21, 1997 - GRP Records |
Tracks • Performers • Artist Info • Discography
Diane Schuur 
vocals
Chuck Findley trumpet (tracks 1,12)
Greg Adams trumpet (tracks 1,12)
Jack Sheldon trumpet (tracks 4,9)
Wayne Bergeron trumpet (tracks 4,9)
Frank Szabo trumpet (track 6)
Nolan Smith trumpet (track 6)
Steve Huffsteter trumpet (track 6)
Oscar Brashear trumpet (track 6)
Richard Todd french horn (tracks 4,9)
Nick Lane trombone (tracks 1,12)
Matt Finders trombone (tracks 1,12)
Andrew Martin trombone (tracks 4,9)
Charles Loper trombone (track 6)
Garnett Brown trombone (track 6)
Dick "Slyde" Hyde trombone
(track 6)
Maurice Spears trombone (track 6)
Gary Herbig saxophone (tracks 1,12)
Johnie Bamont saxophone (tracks 1,12)
Larry Williams saxophone (tracks 1,12)
Pete Christlieb saxophone (tracks 4,9)
Gary Foster saxophone (tracks 4,9)
Tom Scot tenor saxophone, strings (track
5)
Fred Jackson saxophone (track 6)
Ernie Fields saxophone (track 6)
Joel C. Peskin saxophone (track 6)
Jack Nimitz saxophone (track 6)
Stan Getz tenor saxophone (tracks 8,10)
Joe Williams vocals (track 6)
Jai Winding piano, organ (tracks 1,12)
Randy Waldman piano (tracks 2,7)
Alan Broadbent piano (track 3)
Michael Wofford piano (tracks 4,9)
Roger Kellaway piano (track 5)
Grant Geissman piano (track 6)
Tom Garvin piano (track 6)
Dave Grusin acoustic piano, OBX-A
synthesizer, percussion (track 10)
Don Grusin Yamaha DX-7 (track 10)
Alan Broadbent piano (track 11)
B.B.King vocals, guitar solos (tracks 2,7)
Paul Viapiano guitar (tracks 2,7)
John Chiodini guitar (track 3)
Philip Upchurch guitar (tracks 4,9)
Dori Caymmi guitar (track 5)
Howard Roberts electric guitar (track 10)
John Chiodini guitar (track 11)
David T. Walker guitar (tracks 1,12)
Melvin Davis bass (tracks 1,12)
Chuck Berghofer bass (tracks 2,7)
John Clayton bass (track 3)
John Patitucci bass (tracks 4,9)
Chuck Domanico bass (track 5)
Jim Hugart bass (track 6)
Dan Dean electric bass (track 10)
John Clayton bass (track 11)
Harvey Mason drums (tracks 1,12)
Vinnie Colaiuta drums (tracks 2,7)
Jeff Hamilton drums (track 3)
Jophn Guerin drums (tracks 4,9)
Will Kennedy drums (track 5)
Harold Jones drums (track 6)
Moyes Lucas drums (track 10)
Jeff Hamilton drums (track 11)
Dianne Schuur Web Site : www.dianeschuurfanclub.com
Born 1953, in Seattle, WA.
A skilled pianist and interpreter of standards, Schuur always wanted to be more than just a hip lounge singer. Blinded after birth in a hospital accident, she got her big break in 1979 when she was invited to sing with Dizzy Gillespie at the Monterey Jazz Festival. She became one of the first acts signed to Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen's GRP label in 1984 after they spotted her singing with Stan Getz on a PBS-televised White House concert. Her Grammy-winning 1987 collaboration with the Count Basie Orchestra showcased the roof-raising power of her voice and endeared her to the burgeoning audience of new jazz listeners enticed by the sonic clout of the then-fledgling compact disc. But conquering the contemporary jazz market so early in her career left Schuur searching for material to challenge her formidable vocal skills. A self-professed disciple of R&B-jazz singer Dinah Washington, she has spent the past decade veering from Brazilian to adult-contemporary pop to blues in hopes of escaping the daunting "next Ella" pigeonhole. GRP has steered her toward numerous conceptual jazz-vocal projects but perhaps she'd be better suited to rekindling the gospel and R&B roots she celebrated on 1988's underrated Talkin' 'bout You.
Source: MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide to Martini Music and Easy Listening
A self-professed disciple of Dinah Washington, Diane Schuur has spent the past decade veering from Brazilian to adult-contemporary pop to blues in hopes of escaping the daunting "next Ella" pigeonhole that set her up for unfair and unrealistic expectations. Blinded after birth in a hospital accident, Schuur got her big break in 1979 when she was invited to sing with Dizzy Gillespie at the Monterey Jazz Festival. She became one of the first acts signed to Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen's GRP label in 1984 after they spotted her singing with Stan Getz on a PBS-televised White House concert. Her Grammy-winning 1987 collaboration with the Count Basie Orchestra showcased the roof-raising power of her voice and endeared her to the burgeoning audience of new jazz listeners enticed by the sonic clout of the then-fledgling compact disc. But conquering the contemporary jazz market so early in her career left Schuur searching for material to challenge her formidable vocal skills. GRP has steered her toward numerous conceptual jazz-vocal projects, but perhaps she'd be better suited to rekindling the gospel and R&B roots she celebrated on 1988's underrated Talkin' 'Bout You. [Rating: 4.0] (GRP, 1987, prod. Morgan Ames, Jeffrey Weber) captures Schuur in a sassy, scat-laden big-band summit on such standards as "I Loves You Porgy," her signature rendition of "Travelin' Light," and a thrilling horn-driven romp through Aretha Franklin's "Climbing Higher Mountains." On the other end of the vocal spectrum, In Tribute [Rating: 3.5] (GRP, 1992, prod. Andre Fischer), an homage to jazz heroines such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington, marks her transition from bluesy belter to soulful stylist. Her versions of "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" and "God Bless the Child" are marked by hushed authority rather than pyrotechnic gymnastics.
Source: MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide
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