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
Easy Living
04:24
2
I'd Fly
05:07
3
For The First Time
04:42
4
It Might Be You (Theme From "Tootsie")
04:57
5
Love Like Ours
04:18
6
Red Cab To Manhattan
05:59
7
The Heart Never Learns
04:18
8
Never Take That Chance Again
03:56
9
It Had To Be You (Live)
04:36
10
I Just Called To Say I Love You (Live)
04:35
11
Finally
06:55
Releases
Labels
Concord Records, Concord Jazz
Countries
Japan, United States of America, Europe