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Dianne
Reeves
Quiet After the Storm
By Steven Fullwood
If
Dianne Reeves' sixth album, Art &
Survival, was a raging fire, then
her seventh album Quiet After the Storm demonstrates that the fire
burns on. The twelve tracks that adorn Quiet After the Storm make good
use of the vocalist's eclectic vision and further her notions of
healing and honoring the ancestor. Soft, traditional jazz ("In a
Sentimental Mood," "Both Sides Now" and "When
Morning Comes") and razor-sharp jazz fervor ("Hello, Haven't
I Seen You Before") share company with African-infused melodies
and rhythms ("Smile" and "Yemenja/Sargoca Mar").
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Many of Reeves's longtime collaborators
show up here - George Duke and Terri Lyne Carrington - along with jazz's
brightest, including Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Hurbert Laws, Kevin
Eubanks and Everette Harp, among others. More than any other Reeves
album to date, Quiet After the Storm distinguishes itself as wholly
celebratory, which after the turbulent and angry Art & Survival, is
a welcome change.
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Stellar songs include the
uplifting "Smile," featuring the Cherub Femmes & Two
Cherub Mens who contribute background vocals, and the exquisite
"Nine," a song that recalls that tender age of innocence and
awakening. Reeves also spins an earlier tune, "Hello, Haven't I
Seen You Before," with a razor-sharpness on a bed of jazz.
Compare this version with the one that appears on Never Too Far and
you'll see that Reeves' now commands the helm of ship and has finally
found her voice. M
June 2002 |
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