Dianne Reeves with Russell Malone & Romero Lubambo

Friday, October 9, 2009 | 8:00 pm

Page Auditorium

Reeves is the most commanding jazz vocalist on earth: her creamy, shattering contralto has a “skyscraper authority” (New York Times) that was shaped by Sergio Mendes and Harry Belafonte but breathes the sultry gospel-blues of Mahalia Jackson. Here the Detroit-born legend appears with two ace guitarists — Georgia native Malone and Lubambo, from Rio, who’s “the best practitioner of his craft in the world today” (Jazziz).

“[A]ccompanied by two guitars, one acoustic, one electric, [Reeves] provid[es] a new context to a voice that is as pure and pitch-perfect as they come.”
—Seattle Times

Additional Events:

Voice on Voice: Listening & Discussing the Music of Dianne Reeves & Vocal Jazz Traditions
with Jazz Vocalists Lois Deloatch & Lenora Helm
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 12p
Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, Duke University

LOIS DELOATCH, Duke Staff Member & NCCU Radio Personality, vocalist & recording artist

www.loisdeloatch.com

LENORA HELM, NCCU instructor & director of Vocal Jazz Ensemble, former U.S. Jazz Ambassador (1998-99)