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Dianne
Reeves
Art & Survival
By Steven Fullwood
More
than any other album in Dianne Reeves' career, Art & Survival stands
as the key to understanding the artist's modus operandi. This is not
an R&B/soul or a jazz album, but an electrifying 11-song memoir
that weaves each genre with the urgency of gospel. Listeners will hear
no trace of her last album, I Remember. Here listeners are privy to
Reeves' further exploration into African rhythms and sounds. Here
listeners get to know the real Dianne Reeves, bare and vulnerable.
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Reeves is quoted as saying that this is
the only album she recorded without inhibition, because it was only
about her. In doing so, she indulges her eclecticism and daringly
shows off a voice that is capable of either breaking your heart or
healing it. In fact, healing is the theme of Art & Survival and it
offers a glimpse of Reeves' irreverent future gifts.
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She contributes writing credits to
several songs including "Old Souls," "Freedom
Dance," and "Endangered Species," all of which stand
out as the most poignant contributions. On "Old Souls,"
Reeves heeds the call of the ancestor who challenges her to "do
her best." Where "Freedom Dance" invites you to
"follow the dreams that curve around you," "Endangered
Species" outright signifies on the role of an artist with its
battle cries of a sister who is nobody's victim and knows where her
voice and soul belongs. She closes with Abby Lincoln's "Bird
Alone," a solemn tune that affirms the unique course of Reeves'
career as a warrior soaring high above, creating her own story. And
what a story it is. M
June 2002 |
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