RVM Radio.Video.Music - Every day, we Hand-Pick, Curate and Aggregate the Best In Music for Your Curious Ears so you dont have to do it.вЂњ In the beginning of my career, I had the good fortune to attend вЂlivingвЂ™ schools of jazz I was able to learn directly from, and be mentored by, the mastersвЂ”the first being Clark Terry. This day (October 23, 1956), in Detroit, Michigan, is born Dianne Reeves, an American jazz singer. Featured in George ClooneyвЂ™s six-time Academy Award-nominated Good Night. Five-time Grammy winner DIANNE REEVES is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world.As a result of her breathtaking virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves received the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings a Grammy first in any vocal category.

Among her many honors, she has received honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and the Juilliard School, and the NEA designated her a Jazz Masterthe. I am humbled and honored to be a recipient of the NEAвЂ™s Jazz Master award, and to be seated in proximity to so many extraordinary, historic artists who have elevated the music to the station of greatness it now occupiesвЂ¦with untold greatness awaiting.вЂќFive-time GRAMMY winner Dianne Reeves is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world, known for her breathtaking virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz and R&B stylings. That was 45 years ago, and the lessons I learnedвЂ”which still resonate with me dailyвЂ”made this day possible.

Founding members of Earth, Wind of Fire and fellow Denver denizens, Philip Bailey and Larry Dunn, coaxed Reeves to come to LA where she immediately found a great deal of session work waiting for her. Upon winning a national competition, the band traveled to Chicago in 1973 to perform at the National Association of Jazz Educators Conference, and she came to the attention of Clark Terry, who hired her to sing with him later that year.In 1977, Reeves moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career. She began singing and playing piano at age 12 under the mentorship of her choir teacher, Bennie Williams, and became a member of her high school jazz band. She was introduced to jazz through her uncle, Charles Burrell, a classical and jazz bassist, who gave her lots of records, including those by an early influence, Sarah Vaughan. But jazz always wasвЂ”and continues to beвЂ”her musical foundation.Born in Detroit and raised in Denver, Colorado, Reeves became interested in music as a result of her familyвЂ™s rich musical atmosphere and growing up in an era where musical boundaries were less rigid than they are today. Performer(s):, Dianne Reeves, vocals Otmaro Ruiz, keyboards Reginald Veal, bass Roscoe Bryant.Dianne Reeves can effortlessly sing in whatever style she wants with her far-reaching range, whether itвЂ™s rhythm-and-blues, gospel, Latin or pop.

In 2002, she became the first creative chair for jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a position designed to build the organizationвЂ™s jazz presence in the communityвЂ”in which it has greatly succeeded. She has also recorded and performed as featured soloist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 1987, she was signed to Blue Note Records, whereupon she had her cousin, keyboard pioneer and jazz great George Duke, produce the first of many of her albums.Stretching across genres, she performed with Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Barenboim as well as with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. In 1983 Reeves moved to New York after she was invited to tour as the featured principal voice with Harry Belafonte, who presented Reeves to the world.

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