Diane Schuur "Blues for Schuur"

Bem, como já havia dito anteriormente, estava em débito com algumas cantoras, músicas e artistas aqui na alcatéia e isso tava me incomodando, apesar de ter bastante material feminino pra postar.

Tenho uma desculpa esfarrapada, que devido aos inúmeros restauros que tive de fazer passei tudo pra discos e ficaram mais distantes de mim, mas não justifica deixar de fora algo como este trabalho de Diane Schuur.

Não vi ainda algo tão singelo, tão spiritual, ou tão sentimental, a não ser nas negras mais antigas que entoavam seus cãnticos, qdo na lavoura de algodão do Mississipi não podiam chorar as mortes de seus maridos e filhos porque seriam mortas tb, e então acharam uma forma de lamentarem seus entes queridos brutalizados pela cor da pele.

Enquanto trabalhavam, viam aquelas cenas de horror, deles empalados ou espetados na lavoura pra servir de exemplo aos outros negros, do que aconteceria, caso desobedecessem aos seus "donos".

Sei que muitos conhecem este fato, mas tb sei que muitos não e foi aí nesses lamentos que nasceu o Blues, e por isso discuti com teóricos que classificam isso ou aquilo como mais requintado e etc, mas a questão é a origem; o Blues é a origem porque a primeira vez que se falou este nome "Blues" foi num escrito de uma mulher negra que dizia mais ou menos assim: - Hoje de tanta dor estou sentindo algo como.......como......como um blues em minhas vida, e isso teve um significado nas primeiras traduções como sentimento de dor, e assim ficou; o Blues não é triste, o

Blues é verdadeiro, conta e canta o amor e a dor, a verdade sempre e as histórias dos que antes vieram.

Diane Shuur playing the Blues everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obs: Atualizando o post e o link uma boa semana a todos.
Dead or AliveDiane Schuur (b. December 10, 1953 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American jazz singer and pianist. Blinded at birth due to a hospital accident, Schuur, nicknamed "Deedles," has won Two Grammy awards. Schuur has headlined many of the world's most prestigious music venues, including Carnegie Hall and The White House and has toured the world performing with such greats as Stan Getz, B. B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, and Quincy Jones
Diane Schuur grew up in suburban Seattle, Washington and was encouraged by both her parents to sing. Her early childhood music heroines were Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington. Schuur had her first "gig" at Tacoma's Holiday Inn at age ten in which she sang country music. Later attending the Washington State School for the Blind where she performed original material and wowed audiences with her playful and distinctive voice. She started performing songs she wrote starting at sixteen. Her "big break" came when Stan Getz became positive about her work on hearing her sing "Amazing Grace" at legendary Monterey Jazz Festival in 1979, returned there again in '88 and '91. In 1982, Getz asked her to join him at a performance at the White House. Nancy Reagan invited her to perform again as a vocalist with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1987. Stan Getz later played on Schuur's first three albums, Deedles (1984), Schuur Thing (1985) and Timeless (1988). Schuur's debut album, Deedles, was released in 1984, the first of several recordings to showcase her vocal abilities. In 1985, while on tour in the Far East, Schuur met B.B. King when the two of them played a music festival in Tokyo. Schurr and King eventually made an album together, Heart to Heart released May of 1994, which top the Billboard charts to number one. Twelve of Schuur's albums have reached the Top 10 Jazz Albums on Billboard history charts, including her latest Diane Schuur: Live In London (2006) She received her first Grammy for the album Timeless (1986), and the following year received another, for Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (1987).

Schuur proved her staying power through the 1990s and into the 2000s, first with her 1991 follow up to Talkin' 'Bout You, Pure Schuur, and then with nearly an album a year from then on, including In Tribute (1992), Love Songs (1993), Heart to Heart (1994), Love Walked In (1995), Blues for Schuur (1997), Music Is My Life (1999), Friends for Schuur (2000), and Swingin' for Schuur (2001). Late in 2003, Schuur released Midnight, featuring original songs written for the album by Barry Manilow. Manilow also performs alongside Schuur on the album, along with Alan Broadbent on piano, Chuck Berghofer on bass, and Harvey Mason and Peter Erskine.

Her second live album, Diane Schuur: Live In London, was released in June 2006. It is her first release on the GR2 Classics label, the 20th album of her career and was recorded at Ronnie Scott's in Soho, London.

In 2008 she released a new studio collection entitled Some Other Time.Diane Schuur Grammy Awards History

Year Category Title Genre Label Result

1993 Traditional Pop Performance Love Songs Pop GRP Nominee
1991 Traditional Pop Performance Pure Schuur Pop GRP Nominee
1989 Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female The Christmas Song Jazz GRP Nominee
1987 Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra Jazz GRP Winner

Discografia:
1986 Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female Timeless Jazz GRP Winner
2008 Some Other Time Jazz Concord
2006 Diane Schuur: Live in London Jazz GR2 Classics
2005 Schuur Fire Jazz Concord
2003 Midnight Jazz, Pop Concord
2001 Swingin' for Schuur Jazz Concord
2000 Friends for Schuur Jazz Concord
1999 Music Is My Life Jazz Atlantic / Wea
1997 The Best of Diane Schuur Jazz GRP
1997 Blues for Schuur Blues, Jazz GRP
1994 Heart to Heart w/B. B. King Jazz GRP
1993 Love Songs Jazz GRP
1992 In Tribute Jazz GRP
1991 Pure Schuur Jazz GRP
1989 Diane Schuur Collection Jazz GRP
1988 A GRP Christmas Collection Gospel GRP
1988 Talkin' 'bout You'' Jazz GRP
1987 Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra Jazz GRP
1986 Timeless Jazz GRP
1984 Deedles Jazz Digital Master Tracklist:

01-I’m Not Ashamed To Sing The Blues
02-When Did You Leave Heaven
03-Stormy Monday Blues
04-These Blues
05-Moonlight & Shadows
06-All Right, O.K., You Win (I’m in love with you)
07-Who Will The Next Fool Be
08-Save Your Love For Me
09-Someone To Love
10-Toodle Loo On Down
11-You’ve Got To Hurt Before You Heal
12-I Want To Go Home

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!