1. Dianne Elizabeth Reeves was born on October 23,1956 and is an American jazz singer, who has won five Grammy Awards for her albums.
10 Facts About Dianne Reeves
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Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family.
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Dianne Reeves's father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and her cousin is George Duke.
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Dianne Reeves's father died when she was two years old, and she was raised in Denver, Colorado, by her mother, Vada Swanson, and maternal family.
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Dianne Reeves was a member of her high-school band, and while performing at a convention in Chicago was noticed by trumpeter Clark Terry, who invited her to sing with him.
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Dianne Reeves moved to Los Angeles, where she sang and recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Lenny White, and Billy Childs.
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Dianne Reeves recorded with the band Caldera, then founded the band Night Flight with Billy Childs, with whom she would collaborate again in the 1990s.
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Dianne Reeves moved to New York City and from 1983 to 1986 toured with Harry Belafonte.
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Dianne Reeves signed with Blue Note in 1987 and that year her eponymous album, featuring Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and Tony Williams, was nominated for a Grammy Award.
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Dianne Reeves performed at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.