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Dianne
Reeves
Bridges
By Steven Fullwood
At
first listen, Dianne Reeves doesn't appear to be covering any new
ground with her tenth album, Bridges. Here are jazz treated
compositions flavored with R&B and droplets of Africanisms, cover
tunes by pop musicians, this time from Joni Mitchell and Peter
Gabriel, themes of ancestry and forgiveness, a few traditional tunes
and a few penned by the lady herself.
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But don't be fooled-listen again. Reeves is so comfortable on Bridges that its theme - fostering
bridges - could be easily overlooked. But unlike the majority of Reeves'
work, the general tone of this disc is yearning and revelatory and
much of it's sung in a lower register. Each tune is like a
"bridge" to the past, the present and future, indeed, from
soul to soul.
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Reeves' spin on Peter Gabriel's "In
Your Eyes" is well tailored for both easy listening and jazz
stations; she sings his poetry "I see a doorway to a thousand
churches, [in] your eyes." "I Remember" (not her
classic from the album of the same name) speaks directly to the past,
"I remember thinking we were worlds apart until I heard your
words and they spoke my heart." Other cuts cover the emotion
terrain set out by "In Your Eyes." "Suzanne" waxes
about a woman seer who heals if you pay heed; "Olokon" is a
wordless homage to the Yoruba Orisha of the same name; and "Make
Someone Happy" spills its gorgeous melodies over the singer's
comfortable tone that faithfully resonates with love and
understanding. M
June 2002 |
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