Dianne Reeves at The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

The concert will feature selections from Reeves's new album, Beautiful Life, which showcases her sublime gifts by melding elements of R&B, Latin, and pop within the framework of 21st century jazz. “At its essence,” says Reeves, “Life is beautiful and I wanted to celebrate that which is too often overlooked.” The album includes singularly memorable covers of Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” and Ani DiFranco’s self-empowering “32 Flavors,” along with a range of emotionally volcanic new songs.

Reeves has recorded and extensively performed with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis, as well as with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic. In addition, she was the first Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the first singer to ever perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall. Reeves appeared throughout George Clooney’s award winning Good Night and Good Luck and performed every song on the Grammy-winning soundtrack. More recently, she has toured the world in a variety of contexts, including a program entitled Sing the Truth, a musical celebration of Nina Simone in which Liz Wright and Angelique Kidjo were also featured....

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The concert will feature selections from Reeves's new album, Beautiful Life, which showcases her sublime gifts by melding elements of R&B, Latin, and pop within the framework of 21st century jazz. “At its essence,” says Reeves, “Life is beautiful and I wanted to celebrate that which is too often overlooked.” The album includes singularly memorable covers of Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” and Ani DiFranco’s self-empowering “32 Flavors,” along with a range of emotionally volcanic new songs.

Reeves has recorded and extensively performed with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis, as well as with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic. In addition, she was the first Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the first singer to ever perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall. Reeves appeared throughout George Clooney’s award winning Good Night and Good Luck and performed every song on the Grammy-winning soundtrack. More recently, she has toured the world in a variety of contexts, including a program entitled Sing the Truth, a musical celebration of Nina Simone in which Liz Wright and Angelique Kidjo were also featured.

Note (as calendar form doesn't allow range): Tickets are $32 to $82. A limited number of $15 tickets are available for patrons ages 30 and younger through the Mahaiwe ArtSmart Tix program, sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union.

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