Dianne Reeves (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Dianne Reeves
| type = Studio album
| artist = Dianne Reeves
| cover = DReeves_1987.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1987
| studio = {{hlist|Mama Jo's (North Hollywood, California)|Le Gonks West (Hollywood, California)}}
| genre = Contemporary jazz
| length = 43:33
| label = Blue Note
| producer = George Duke
| prev_title = For Every Heart
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = The Nearness of You
| next_year = 1988
| misc =
{{Singles
| name = Dianne Reeves
| type = studio
| single1 = Better Days
| single1date = 1988
| single2 = Never Said (Chan's Song)
| single2date = 1988
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = New Musical Express
| rev1score = 8/10{{cite magazine|title=Diane Reeves: Diane Reeves |last=Bradshaw |first=Paul |date=7 November 1987 |magazine=New Musical Express|page=34}}
}}
Dianne Reeves is a studio album by American jazz singer Dianne Reeves issued in 1987 on Blue Note Records.{{cite work|title=Dianne Reeves: Dianne Reeves|date=1987|publisher=Blue Note Records}} The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and number 28 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart in early 1988.
The album was produced by George Duke and recorded at Mama Jo's and Le Gonks West in Hollywood, California.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Sky Islands
| length1 = 4:43
| writer1 = {{hlist|Dianne Reeves|Larry Dunn}}
| title2 = I'm O.K.
| length2 = 5:16
| writer2 = Eduardo Del Barrio
| title3 = Better Days
| length3 = 5:31
| writer3 = {{hlist|Dianne Reeves|Tony Lorrich}}
| title4 = Harvest Time
| length4 = 5:38
| writer4 = {{hlist|Herbie Hancock|Jean Hancock}}
| title5 = Chan's Song (Never Said)
| length5 = 5:34
| writer5 = {{hlist|Herbie Hancock|Stevie Wonder}}
| title6 = Yesterdays
| length6 = 5:02
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jerome Kern|Otto Harbach}}
| title7 = I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
| length7 = 7:31
| writer7 = {{hlist|Duke Ellington|Paul Francis Webster}}
| title8 = That's All
| length8 = 4:13
| writer8 = {{hlist|Alan Brandt|Bob Haymes}}
| total_length = 43:33
}}
Personnel
- Dianne Elizabeth Reeves – vocals
- George Duke – Synclavier synthesizer (tracks: 1-3), Yamaha TX816 (tracks: 1, 3), piano (track 7), producer
- William Edward Childs – piano (tracks: 2, 6, 8)
- Herbert Jeffrey Hancock – keyboards (tracks: 4, 5)
- Jorge Luis Gutierret Del Barrio – synthesizer (tracks: 4, 5)
- Paul Milton Jackson, Jr. – guitar (tracks: 1, 3-5)
- Fred Douglas Washington Jr. – bass (tracks: 1, 3-5)
- Tony Dumas – bass (tracks: 2, 8)
- Stanley Clarke – bass (tracks: 6, 7)
- Richard David Lawson – drums (tracks: 1, 3)
- Ralph Penland – drums (tracks: 2, 8)
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (tracks: 4, 5)
- Anthony Tillmon Williams – drums (tracks: 6, 7)
- Paulo Roberto da Costa – percussion (tracks: 1, 3-5)
- Airto Moreira – percussion (track 6)
- Justo Almario – tenor saxophone (track 4)
- Freddie Hubbard – flugelhorn (tracks: 6, 7)
- Erik Zobler – engineering
- Alice Murrell – assistant producer
- Steven Bradley Ford – assistant engineering (tracks: 1-5, 8)
- Mitch Gibson – assistant engineering (tracks: 1, 3-7)
- Michael R. Morris – management
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Chart (1988) ! scope="col" |Peak |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|172|artist=Dianne Reeves|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 8, 2018}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|28|artist=Dianne Reeves|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 24, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardContemporaryJazz|1|artist=Dianne Reeves|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 24, 2025}} |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|157826|Dianne Reeves}}
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