Schuur at Cabot Performing Arts Center, Beverly, Massachusetts
Background information
Birth name
Diane Joan Schuur
Also known as
Deedles
Born
(1953-12-10) December 10, 1953 (age 70) Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Vocals, piano
Years active
1979–present
Labels
GRP, Concord
Website
dianeschuur.com
Musical artist
Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed "Deedles", is an American jazz singer and pianist. 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. She has 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.
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Complete Riverside Recordings Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female DianeSchuur for DianeSchuur & the Count Basie Orchestra Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male...
years. In May 2020, multi-Grammy award-winning vocalist and pianist DianeSchuur released an album, featuring a cover of Thorn's, "Everybody Looks Good...
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perform with Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, DianeSchuur, Lee Konitz, Bruce Forman, Jackie and Roy, Carmen McRae, Gary Foster...
Catlett, Bill Frisell, Ernestine Anderson, Larry Coryell, Jeff Lorber, DianeSchuur, Kenny G, Aaron Parks and Esperanza Spalding. The Seattle Repertory Jazz...
title song (see below), 2020 Timeless (Davido album), 2023 Timeless (DianeSchuur album), 1986 Timeless (Eric Martin album), originally Mr. Vocalist 2...
Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, The Rolling Stones, Dionne Warwick, DianeSchuur, Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Tina Turner, Al Jarreau, Sarah Vaughan, Narada...
Pants (1983) Long Live the Chief (1986, Denon) DianeSchuur & the Count Basie Orchestra with DianeSchuur (live, 1987, GRP) The Legend, the Legacy (1990...
by Peter Allen, Sheila E., Miki Howard, Quincy Jones, Rodney Friend, DianeSchuur, Van Dyke Parks, and Luis Miguel. He has recorded with Keiko Matsui,...
Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, DianeSchuur and Shirley Horn. He won five Grammy Awards, from 17 nominations; his...
Mind (1987) With Eddie Money Life for the Talking (1979) With DianeSchuur Friends For Schuur (2000) With Philip Bailey Triumph (1986) With Kenny Loggins...
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