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Here is an excerpt from an interview Dianne recently gave on Eurweb.com, which perfectly captures the spirit of the upcoming Playboy Jazz Cruise:
' …..Dianne Reeves is now preparing to be a part of the fun on the upcoming first-ever Playboy Jazz Cruise in January 2009, though she originally hesitated in joining on. “I have always resisted cruises because I’ve never felt comfortable with being on a ship, but when it was the Playboy Jazz Cruise – and I knew everyone behind the scenes and when I saw who was going to be doing it – I said, ‘I’m going to do this,’” she said. “And I’m looking forward to it because it’s going to be magical.” -EURWEB
Blue Note recording artist Dianne Reeves is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world today. As a result of her virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves was awarded the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal performance for three consecutive recordings—a Grammy first in any vocal category.
Reeves appeared and performed in George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck,” the Academy Award nominated film that chronicles Edward R. Murrow’s confrontation with Senator Joseph McCarthy. The soundtrack recording of “Good Night, and Good Luck” provided Reeves her fourth Best Jazz Vocal Grammy in 2006. Reeves has recorded and performed extensively with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. She has also recorded with Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim and was a featured soloist with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic.
Reeves was the first Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the first singer to ever perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall. Reeves worked with legendary producer Arif Mardin (Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin) on the Grammy winning A Little Moonlight, an intimate collection of ten standards featuring her touring trio. When Reeves’ first holiday collection Christmas Time is Here was released in 2004, Ben Ratliff of The New York Times raved, “Ms. Reeves, a jazz singer of frequently astonishing skill, takes the assignment seriously; this is one of the best jazz Christmas CD's I've heard.” In 2007 Reeves was featured in a documentary on the all-too-brief life of Billy Strayhorn. Dianne's first solo album in several years, When You Know, will be
released April 2008.
www.diannereeves.com
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