Jazz
Feisty and spirited Grammy® Award-winning vocalist Diane Schuur is always ready for a new jazz journey. On Schuur Fire— the celebrated singer’s first recorded collaboration with the fiery Grammy® Award-winning Latin jazz ensemble Caribbean Jazz Project, led by vibraphonist and marimba player Dave Samuels—she takes us island-hopping in the Caribbean and kicks her 25th Anniversary in the business—as well as Concord Picante’s 25th year—into high gear with twelve memorable tracks given a fresh spin with passionate and infectious Latin rhythms.
By Concord.
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Wow, I thought there would be a lot of reviews by now, where is everybody?? Let me start by saying that I am a HUGE Diane fan, have been for years and will continue to be. I'm at an age where I have witnessed first hand her chapter changes in her career and we are on chapter two, the best chapter so far. Diane's first chapter began in the eighties, when she recorded her first album in Seattle, Washington and experienced great loss when a fire destroyed her first album masters. Panning forward a couple of years she was discovered by Nancy Reagan as was invited to perform at a televised event at the White House. I was in my early twenties at the time, witnessed the televised event and fell in love on the spot. My friends were listening to groups like Duran Duran and the like, I headed into another direction with Diane at the helm.
Diane was signed to GRP records in the eighties and her music met the vernacular of the day. She recorded standards and pop songs using the latest in synthesizer technolgies. Today, this early work marks time and the bulk of her GRP recordings are now out of print. Diane closed chapter one of her career with a one-off album recorded for Atlantic records.
Chapter two begins with "Friends For Schuur" recorded for her very supportive jazz label Concord Records. In the past, Diane played with her last name as a title of her albums like "Friends" and "Pure Schuur," "Schuur Thing," and a few other titles. Diane released two other albums with Concord, one with Maynard Ferguson and "Midnight" produced and arranged by Barry Manilow, a recent labelmate. On this outing, Diane experiments with a Carribean atmosphere and the ending result is the soundtrack for the summer. Not afraid to experiment within an experiment, she does daring covers, one of which refers to the aforementioned Duran Duran. "Ordinary World" is one of my all time favorite Duran Duran songs and Diane turns out a classic jazz arrangement all the while supplying a four block harmony arrangement via mult-vocal overdubbing. James Taylor is complimented with a well sung and interesting tropical arrangement of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight." Standards abound and the album contains an obligatory Cole Porter composition and like all Porter songs, works well with the theme of the album it's regulated to, in this case a rousing version of "So In Love." Diane, how are you going to top this one??
By James Fenos.
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Diane Schuur- Vocals
Oscar Castro Neves- Guitar
Diego Urcola- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Dario Eskenazi- Piano
Dave Samuels- Vibraphone
Oscar Stagnaro- Bass
Mark Walker- Drums
Roberto Quintero- Congas, Percussion
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01. Lover Come Back To Me 4:49
02. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 4:04
03. So In Love 6:28
04. Look Around 3:40
05. I Can't Stop Loving You 3:32
06. As 4:26
07. More Than You Know 4:09
08. Ordinary World 4:13
09. Poinciana 4:14
10. Close Enough For Love 3:53
11. Confession 4:20
12. Yellow Days 4:03
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