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Dianne Reeves struck the high point of the first day of the 1999 Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, finding a groove and running with it toward a swinging, stomping climax. Naturally then, anticipation ran high about this live recording, made only seven months later in the same city with the same Afro-Latin-accented backup band. What we get, though, is a different -- and mixed -- bag, an intimate, more musically varied concert before only 300 or 400 invited listeners in Los Angeles's S.I.R. Sound Stage instead of 17,600 party animals in the Bowl. Reeves is in commanding, assured voice throughout the session, roaming from genre to genre without a hint of unease. There is a lot of autobiography here ("The First Five Chapters," "The Best Times"), where Reeves sounds as if she is making the stories up on the spot; she isn't, but the illusion of spontaneity is convincing if you play along with her. While Reeves' cousin George Duke kicked the Playboy gig into an even higher gear, here he makes only a single appearance on acoustic piano in the ballad "Come In" -- and it's a rather mild-mannered cameo, alas. There is a Brazilian set where she looks back to her days touring with Sergio Mendes with a freely-phrased "Triste" and a very intimate rendition of Milton Nascimento's "Bridges" with solo guitar. The following track - a hot Brazilian-flavored "Love For Sale" - does recapture a good deal of that mighty groove as heard in the Bowl, but "Afro-Blue" and the closing "Mista" don't come close. Make no mistake, this is a very good recording, but it had the ingredients to be a great one.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Traditional, Composer - Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dianne Reeves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Reginald Veal, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Munyungo Jackson, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dianne Reeves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - WAYNE HOLMES, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mongo Santamaria, ComposerLyricist - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Rocky Bryant, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Romero Lubambo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Otmaro Ruiz, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dianne Reeves, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dianne Reeves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Gene Lees, Composer - Milton Nascimento, Composer - Fernando Brant, Composer - Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dianne Reeves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Reginald Veal, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Munyungo Jackson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dianne Reeves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - WAYNE HOLMES, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Rocky Bryant, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Romero Lubambo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Otmaro Ruiz, Piano, Synthesizer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dianne Reeves, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Billy Childs, Composer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Diane Louie, Composer
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dianne Reeves, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Munyungo Jackson, Composer - Dianne Reeves, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dianne Reeves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Leonard Cohen, Composer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Erik Zobler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terri Lynne Carrington, Composer - Dianne Reeves, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Reynolds, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - George Duke, Producer - Jeff Keese, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Peets, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Orozco, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corine Duke, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Chris Parks, Composer
(C) 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Albumbeschreibung
Dianne Reeves struck the high point of the first day of the 1999 Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, finding a groove and running with it toward a swinging, stomping climax. Naturally then, anticipation ran high about this live recording, made only seven months later in the same city with the same Afro-Latin-accented backup band. What we get, though, is a different -- and mixed -- bag, an intimate, more musically varied concert before only 300 or 400 invited listeners in Los Angeles's S.I.R. Sound Stage instead of 17,600 party animals in the Bowl. Reeves is in commanding, assured voice throughout the session, roaming from genre to genre without a hint of unease. There is a lot of autobiography here ("The First Five Chapters," "The Best Times"), where Reeves sounds as if she is making the stories up on the spot; she isn't, but the illusion of spontaneity is convincing if you play along with her. While Reeves' cousin George Duke kicked the Playboy gig into an even higher gear, here he makes only a single appearance on acoustic piano in the ballad "Come In" -- and it's a rather mild-mannered cameo, alas. There is a Brazilian set where she looks back to her days touring with Sergio Mendes with a freely-phrased "Triste" and a very intimate rendition of Milton Nascimento's "Bridges" with solo guitar. The following track - a hot Brazilian-flavored "Love For Sale" - does recapture a good deal of that mighty groove as heard in the Bowl, but "Afro-Blue" and the closing "Mista" don't come close. Make no mistake, this is a very good recording, but it had the ingredients to be a great one.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:52
- Main artists: Dianne Reeves
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 Blue Note Records ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
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