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Artist: Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves has had a rather confusing career. Blessed with a very attractive voice and the ability to be the premiere jazz singer of this era, Reeves seems reluctant to stick to jazz. Her recordings are often rather schizophrenic affairs, rarely reaching the heights of her exciting live performances. Reeves sang (and recorded) with her high... [+] Read More
Artist: Dianne Mower
One of many very good jazz singers living, working and teaching in the New England area, Dianne Mower never had a jazz in mind when she started singing professionally in 1973 at the age of 20. She turned to jazz when an impresario in Hartford, CT wanted to form a Lambert, Hendricks and Ross tribute band. Mower, who at the time was singing in Top... [+] Read More
Artist: Dianne Nalini
Artist: Dianne Dugaw
Artist: Dianne Young
Artist: Dianne Linna
Artist: Dianne Layden
Artist: Dianne Brooks
Artist: Dianne Reeve
Artist: Dianne Davidson
Some of this singer-songwriter's musical talents may have been inherited: her grandmother was an opera singer, and her mother claims Davidson came out of the womb singing. As a child, Davidson even toyed for a while with the piano and saxophone before settling on being a singer and developing her own personal vocal style. Davidson's recording... [+] Read More
Artist: Dianne Heatherington
Artist: Dianne Forsyth
Artist: Diann McMillian
Artist: Dianne Montalbano Brant
Artist: Dianne Dela Fuente
Artist: Lee and Dianne Turner
Artist: Chris Emerson
Boston area singer/songwriter Chris Emerson first gained attention through having his songs played on television, where shows like Dawson's Creek and Scrubs debuted his singles. A Boston mainstay since 1996, he spent the following years writing songs and developing his sound. With songwriter Dianne Warren supplying a song just for Emerson, he... [+] Read More
Artist: Fred Jackson, Jr.
After graduating from the L.A. Conservatory, Fred Jackson first appeared in 1971, playing on Bobby Hutcherson's Head On. Throughout the next three decades, he received constant work as a session man, playing on albums by artists as diverse as Hutcherson, Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Carole King, Frank Zappa, Maria Muldaur, Billy Cosby, Terry... [+] Read More
Artist: Steve Masakowski
A fine New Orleans guitarist whose advanced improvisations display the influence of his native city's early jazz and R&B scenes (at least rhythmically), Steve Masakowski attended Berklee in 1974. He invented the key-tar in 1978, an early guitar synthesizer. In 1982, he recorded for his own private Prescriptions label and he has since made albums... [+] Read More
Artist: The Lennon Sisters
The sparkling vocal quartet which graced Lawrence Welk's weekly television music show from 1955 to 1967, the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Janet, Peggy and Kathy) grew up in Venice, California, and earned a contract with Coral Records, thanks in large part to Welk. Their first hit, "Tonight You Belong to Me," reached number 15 in the 1956 charts,... [+] Read More
Artist: Billy Childs
One of the most promising of the pianist-composers of the 1990s, Billy Childs is a superb player and an underrated writer. He toured with J.J. Johnson (with whom he made his recording debut), graduated from USC, had an important association with Freddie Hubbard (1978-1984), and led Night Flight (a group with Dianne Reeves). Childs recorded four... [+] Read More
Artist: Fareed Haque
Fareed Haque is a flexible guitarist whose own records show off his roots in classical music along with his interest in several styles of jazz. Raised in Chicago, Haque traveled extensively as a youth with his parents, who were from Pakistan and Chile; the influence of different countries' folk music can be heard in his playing. He studied jazz... [+] Read More
Artist: The Navarros
The Navarros were a quintet from Ashland, OR, near Medford, that evolved into Neighbr'hhood Childr'n, but not before leaving behind a pair of charming folk-rock demos. The group, led by rhythm guitarist/singer (and songwriter) Rick Bolz, featured Gary Campbell on lead guitar, Dianne Hoffman (sometimes spelled "Dyan") on the organ, George Olny on... [+] Read More
Artist: beatrix-music
In theory I landed here by chance....I have
always had a love for music and believe
strongly that songs are an expression of our
innermost being. So true to form I sang my life
away ...Till one sunny day a friend
asked why i did not bother writing some new
songs instead of singing the same old tunes
over and over again. Considering I was... [+] Read More
Artist: David Diggs
A soulful blend of jazz and R&B creates the distinctive blue-eyed soul sound of California-based keyboardist, composer, and arranger David Diggs. Named one of three best new artists by Cash Box and Billboard in 1985, when his fourth solo album, Streetshadows, spent 26 weeks in the Top Ten of Billboard's jazz charts, Diggs has continued to make... [+] Read More
