Diane Reeves (On-Demand)
Featured Category
•
1h 23m
SFJAZZ At Home fund: https://www.sfjazz.org/support/donations/at-home-fund/
Support our mission of bringing SFJAZZ to the world.
“The most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday” (NY Times), five-time GRAMMY winner and 2018 NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves is jazz’s greatest living vocalist — an artist who embodies the music’s enduring values of elegance, class, and improvisational poise. Her string of GRAMMYs includes an unprecedented three consecutive Best Jazz Vocal Performance awards and another for her contributions to the soundtrack of George Clooney’s film Good Night and Good Luck.
She’s a performer with a gift for imbuing any performance space with the intimacy of a living room, and SFJAZZ audiences were treated to the breadth of her artistry during her stint as Resident Artistic Director in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 Seasons.
Reeves received the country’s highest honor for jazz musicians in 2018 with her recognition as a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, and she performed as part of SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard’s score for Gina Prince-Blythewood's 2022 film The Woman King starring Viola Davis.
Whether putting a personal stamp on lilting Brazilian standards, exploring contemporary fare by Ani DiFranco and Stevie Nicks, interpreting American Songbook classics by Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin, or breathing fresh life into holiday chestnuts, Dianne Reeves always gets to the heart of a song.
Personnel
Dianne Reeves vocals
John Beasley piano, keys
Romero Lubambo guitar
Rueben Rogers electric bass, upright bass
Terreon Gully drums
Up Next in Featured Category
-
Listening Party w/ Michael League
Step into the SFJAZZ “living room” and hear artists and tastemakers spinning their favorite recordings while in conversation. Listening Parties offer listeners the chance to get behind-the- scenes and hear about music from the artist’s perspective. The format is an on-stage conversation in the Ro...
-
Michael League's Five Desert Island A...
Watch the full Listening Party on-demand on SFJAZZ At Home!
SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Michael League picks five albums he'd bring with him to a desert island, filmed during an SFJAZZ Listening Party with Director of Digital Ross Eustis, kicking off his five-night residency at SFJAZZ this...
-
The Vibraphone Legend Who Played with...
In honor of vibraphone icon Gary Burton’s 83rd birthday, we spoke to guitarist Julian Lage about the lineage of master guitar players who have worked with Burton over the decades, including his own remarkable tenure in the vibraphonist’s band beginning in the early 2000s. Lage shares his thoughts...
