The Best Of Dianne Reeves

Dianne Reeves | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B00005UVB9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,114 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Jazz Music
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Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: Compact Disk

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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disapointed, March 16, 2006

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Mark J. Kaufman (Ontario, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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What a shame. Dianne Reeves may have the best voice in jazz today, but in this CD every song is over produced, arranged, and most sadly, oversung. Anyone who has listened to Ms. Reeves sing knows she has great vocal ability, but it feels like this is an attempt to see how stylized and how much vocal gymnastics she can wow us with. From the original songs (which are awful and should never be a part of the best of, to the couple of standards which again are over arranged (and over the top with vocalization), this CD was totally disapointing. You want to hear the best of Diane Reeves, get the soundtract to "Good Night and Good Luck" as this is truley an artist at the top of her vocal game with great arrangments of wonderful songs.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Power, pipes, contemporary appeal., March 31, 2002

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of Dianne Reeves (Audio CD)

This collection, hand-selected by the artist, is a fine representation of the basis for the current interest in her work. It includes songs from the Grammy award-winning albums of 2001 and 2002 as well as the earlier album introducing her most-requested song, "Better Days" (the "grandmother song"). The album testifies to her obvious vocal strengths, dramatic presentation, and charismatic presence. Moreover, despite being a miscellany, the album reveals remarkable consistency in timbre, arrangements, and musical approach. At the same time, the thick and heavily synthesized accompaniments provided by orchestrator George Duke place much of this collection decidedly in the realm of "contemporary jazz/pop," if not "dance," music rather than in the free and open spaces preferred by a Sarah Vaughan. The consequence is a more predictable, programmed approach, which Reeves executes with undeniable power and aplomb. The cost, however, is the discovery and freshness, not to mention intimacy, that have motivated the best jazz singers to take on enormous risks.

On the other hand, if the entire album consisted of the level of musicianship found on "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (just Dianne accompanied by a Mulgrew Miller-led piano trio), it would deserve 5 stars hands down.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a bit disappointing if you're coming from Good Night, Good Luck, January 5, 2007

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Kyra Troyan (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Of Dianne Reeves (Audio CD)

I LOVED Dianne Reeves covers in "Good Night, Good Luck", so I bought this cd. However I was kind of disappointed. Her voice is still amazing, but I didnt' realize this was going to be in a different style. I guess I prefer the older style of vocal jazz - most of these songs just didn't do much for me.

Three or four of these songs included religious invocations of god - which I am not particularly interested in hearing. There are several good songs. I enjoyed "Love for Sale"; "Nine" was amusing; and "Endangered Species" is a great feminist anthem. I think I'll stick to older singers (Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, etc.) though from now on.