Joshua Redman : Diane Schuur to release album of country classics

Two-time Grammy Award winner and one of contemporary jazzs leading vocalists, Diane Schuur, will be releasing her Vanguard debut, The Gathering, on June 7th. With a distinguished career that spans almost three decades, Schuurs new album is unparalleled in both real and style, and features special guests Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler, Larry Carlton and Kirk Whalum. To celebrate the issue of The Gathering Ms.

Schuur will be playing at B.B. King`s in New York City on Wednesday, June 15th. Showtimes at 8:00 PM & 10:30 PM.

The Assembly is a collection of 10 classic country songs, mostly written during the golden era of the 1960s, and is the start time Schuur has featured this genre of music. On selections like Willie Nelsons Healing Hands of Time, Roger Millers When Two Worlds Collide, Merle Haggards Today I Started Loving You Again and Tammy Wynettes Til I Can Get It on My Own, Schuurs great vocal versatility shines through.

The Assembly was recorded almost exclusively in one day in early December in Nashville, TN. The singer has ever wanted to read there and go with some of the citys top musicians. Her new association with Vanguard allowed her to reach that dream. I knew when the label approached me it was time to do something I ever 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 almost of the finished versions on the album are first takes. Other songs on The Gathering include Why Cant He Be You, Beneath Still Waters, Dont Touch Me, Til I Get It Right, Am I That Light to Forget, and Nobody Wins.

The Gathering Track Listing
1. Why Can`t He Be You
2. Healing Hands of Time (with Mark Knopfler & Kirk Whaalum)
3. Beneath Still Waters
4. `Til I Can Fix It On My Own
5. Don`t Affect Me (with Alison Krauss)
6. Today I Started Loving You Again (with Vince Gill & Larry Carlton)
7. `Til I Get It Right
8. Am I That Light To Forget
9. When Two Worlds Collide
10. Nobody Wins