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The Grand Encounter
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Dianne Reeves
The Grand Encounter

By Steven Fullwood

Ancestry means a lot to Dianne Reeves. In fact, it just might mean everything. The Grand Encounter is more than a collection of jazz standards; it is a gesture that deepens this artist's legacy. Three generations of jazz musicians come together to make musical history and illuminate the importance of Reeves who admirably serves as a bridge from all that came before her to the future.

She enlists heavyweights Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Phil Woods (alto sax), James Moody (tenor sax), Al Grey (trombone), Kenny Baron (piano), Rodney Wittaker (bass), Herlin Riley (drums), Toots Thielemans (harmonica), Joe Williams (vocals) and Germaine Bazzle (vocals). The album also features trumpeter Clark Terry, widely credited with encouraging Reeves who, while in college, performed with his band.

Familiar standards appear here such as "Side by Side," "Tenderly," "Old Country," and "I'm Okay." "Side by Side" reveals a playful side of Reeves, one often sees in concert, but rarely on wax. On it, she sings "beside herself," playing her own foil on the classic.

 

"I'm Okay," which originally appeared on her eponymous album, is re-recorded to excellent effect. Crisp and bare, accompanied only by piano, bass and drums, her treatment of the song is slower, more intimate. After several albums and countless concerts, Reeves' voice resonates with experience that makes the song more relevant to her and, subsequently, to her listeners. M

June 2002

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