A throwback to the grand old dames of jazz, Dianne Reeves became a Grammy
Award-winning star and one of the few contemporary voices capable of doing
justice to the classic standards. Spotted singing in High School bands by
trumpeter Clark Terry, she started out as a session singer and toured with
Sergio Mendes and Harry Belafonte before experimenting with Latin, pop and world
music in her early days. That changed when she became the first signing to the
re-established Blue Note label in 1987, and she took inspiration from the likes
of Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzge...