DIANE SCHUUR - THE GATHERING
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Two-time Grammy Award
winner and one of contemporary jazz’s leading vocalists, Diane Schuur, has
signed with Vanguard Records. She will be releasing her label debut, The
Gathering, on June 7th. With a distinguished career that spans nearly three
decades, Schuur’s new album is unique in both material and style, and features
special guests Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler, Larry Carlton and Kirk
Whalum. The Gathering is a collection of 10 classic country songs, mostly
written during the golden era of the 1960s, and is the first time Schuur has
featured this genre of music. On selections like Willie Nelson’s “Healing Hands
of Time,” Roger Miller’s “When Two Worlds Collide,” Merle Haggard’s “Today I
Started Loving You Again” and Tammy Wynette’s “Til I Can Make It on My Own,”
Schuur’s great vocal versatility shines through.



The Gathering was
recorded almost entirely in one day in early December in Nashville, TN. The
singer has always wanted to record there and work with some of the city’s top
musicians. Her new association with Vanguard allowed her to achieve that dream.
“I knew when the label approached me it was time to do something I always
wanted to do,” Schuur says, “and the way it came together seems like magic.”
The album sessions started at 9 a.m. on December 6th, 2010, and by late
afternoon all ten songs had been completed. Produced by Music City veteran
Steve Buckingham, almost all the recording was done totally live, and most of
the finished versions on the album are first takes. Other songs on The
Gathering include “Why Can’t He Be You,” “Beneath Still Waters,” “Don’t Touch
Me,” “’Til I Get It Right,” “Am I That Easy to Forget,” and “Nobody Wins.”



Vocalist/Pianist Diane
‘Deedles’ Schuur has built a stellar career by embracing and exploring nearly
every corner of the 20th century American musical landscape. Her expressive and
powerful vocal deliveries have placed her amongst jazz greats such as Dinah
Washington, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. Schuur has performed in some of
the most prestigious venues including New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy
Center and twice at the White House. With an illustrious recording career that
began in the 1980s, Schuur has received numerous awards including two Grammys:
Timeless (1986) and Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra (1987). The
recording with the Basie Orchestra spent an impressive 33 consecutive weeks at
No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz charts and received three Grammy nominations: Pure
Schuur (1991 - which reached the No. 1 spot on the Contemporary Jazz charts),
Love Songs (1993) and ‘The Christmas Song’ from the compilation album Christmas
Collection (1993). She has proven her staying power with a steady flow of
releases including Heart To Heart – a collaborative recording with B.B. King
that entered the Billboard Jazz charts at No. 1, Love Walked In, Swingin’ For
Schuur with Maynard Ferguson, Midnight (produced by Barry Manilow), Schuur Fire
with the Caribbean Jazz Project and Some Other Time, a tribute to her late
mother.



Track
Listing

1. Why Can’t He Be You

2. Healing Hands of
Time (with Mark Knopfler &amp; Kirk Whalum)

3. Beneath Still
Waters

4. ‘Til I Can Make It
On My Own

5. Don’t Touch Me
(with Alison Krauss)

6. Today I Started
Loving You Again (with Vince Gill &amp; Larry Carlton)

7. ‘Til I Get It Right

8. Am I That Easy To
Forget

9. When Two Worlds Collide

10. Nobody Wins

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