*An Excerpt From This Weeks Jazz Scene Online--- Diane Schuur Birdland 315 W. 44th St. (212) 581-3080 Through Saturday Since the beginning of her career, singer and pianist Diane Schuur has always had a big voice—were talking truly tremendous chops. But over the last 30 years or so, shes grown increasingly canny about how most wisely to deploy her impeccable technique. In the 21st-century especially, Ms. Schuur has become a much more subtle artist, capable of mellow moods as well as blasting out those big high notes that were always her signature. Her Birdland debut is her best show yet, giving us the more mature-Schuur, but also taking us back to her beginnings, as she honors the two major mentors of her personal and professional life, Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra, in radiant arrangements by Alan Broadbent.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:11:53 +0000