Artist
American jazz singer and pianist, born 10 December 1953 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.
As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums, and had extended her jazz repertoire to include essences of Latin, gospel, pop and country music. Her most successful album is Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, which remained number one on the Billboard Jazz Charts for 33 weeks. She won Grammy Awards for best female jazz vocal performance in both 1986 and 1987 and has had three other Grammy nominations.
Schuur has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the White House, and has performed with many artists including Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones, and Stevie Wonder. Co-performers on Schuur's albums have included Barry Manilow, José Feliciano, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Getz, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, and B.B. King. Her album with B.B. King was number one on the Billboard Jazz Charts. She was Johnny Carson's guest on NBC's The Tonight Show eleven times.
Schuur has been blind from birth due to retinopathy of prematurity, but has been gifted with absolute pitch memory and a clear vocal tone. In 1996, she was a guest performer on Sesame Street, where she was interviewed by Elmo and described to him how a blind person can learn to use other senses to adapt in the world. In 2000 she was awarded the Helen Keller Achievement Award by the American Foundation for the Blind.
Tracks
1
No One Ever Tells You
04:57
2
I Can't Stop Loving You
04:28
3
You Don't Know Me
03:54
4
It Had To Be You
03:17
5
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
03:33
6
Glory Of Love
03:50
7
Try A Little Tenderness
04:28
8
Spirit In The Dark
05:01
9
Freedom
04:44
10
At Last
05:13
11
They Can't Take That Away From Me
02:47
Releases
Labels
MCA Records, GRP, Estrellas Del Jazz, GRP Records, Inc.
Countries
Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Japan, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United States of America, Europe
