''Dianne Reeves'' is a studio album by American jazz singer
Dianne Reeves
Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer.
Biography
Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ...
issued in 1987 on
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Or ...
.
The album peaked at number 1 on the US
Billboard
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Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and at number 28 on the US
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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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chart.
Overview
The album was produced by
George Duke
George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a pr ...
and recorded at
Mama Jo's
Dave's Room, previously known as Mama Jo's Recording Studio, is a recording studio in North Hollywood, California.
History
Dave's Room was built in the late 1960s by producer, and engineer Freddie Piro. Originally called Mama Jo's, the studio wa ...
and Le Gonks West in
Hollywood
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,
California
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.
Dianne Reeves also spent six weeks at No. 1 on the
Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel
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Dianne Elizabeth Reeves – vocals
*
George Duke
George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a pr ...
– Synclavier synthesizer
(tracks: 1-3), Yamaha TX816
(tracks: 1, 3), piano
(track 7), producer
*
William Edward Childs
William Edward Childs (born March 8, 1957) is an award-winning American composer, jazz pianist, arranger and conductor from Los Angeles, California, United States.
Early life
When he was sixteen he attended the Community School of the Performing ...
– piano
(tracks: 2, 6, 8)
*
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock – keyboards
(tracks: 4, 5)
*Jorge Luis Gutierret Del Barrio – synthesizer
(tracks: 4, 5)
*
Paul Milton Jackson, Jr. – guitar
(tracks: 1, 3-5)
*
Fred Douglas Washington Jr. – bass
(tracks: 1, 3-5)
*Tony Dumas – bass
(tracks: 2, 8)
*
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jaz ...
– bass
(tracks: 6, 7)
*
Richard David Lawson – drums
(tracks: 1, 3)
*
Ralph Penland – drums
(tracks: 2, 8)
*
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler ( ; July 1, 1952 – February 3, 2018) was an American pop, funk, and jazz drummer. He was also a composer, producer, and university professor.
Biography Early life
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on July 1, 1952, Leon ...
– drums
(tracks: 4, 5)
*
Anthony Tillmon Williams – drums
(tracks: 6, 7)
*
Paulo Roberto da Costa – percussion
(tracks: 1, 3-5)
*
Airto Moreira
Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the ...
– percussion
(track 6)
*
Justo Almario
Justo Pastor Almario Gómez (born 18 February 1949) is a Colombian-born, Los Angeles-based flutist, saxophonist and Latin jazz group leader. "Justo Almario: saxophonist, originally from Colombia, who has performed with Freddy Hubbard, Poncho Sanche ...
– tenor saxophone
(track 4)
*
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
– flugelhorn
(tracks: 6, 7)
*Erik Zobler – engineering
*Alice Murrell – assistant producer
*Steven Bradley Ford – assistant engineering
(tracks: 1-5, 8)
*Mitch Gibson – assistant engineering
(tracks: 1, 3-7)
*Michael R. Morris – management
Chart history
References
External links
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1987 albums
Dianne Reeves albums
Blue Note Records albums
Albums produced by George Duke