DIANE SCHUUR - Love Walked In (1996) APE (image+.cue), lossless

This set of ten concise standards (which totals in at around 36 minutes) finds Diane Schuur singing in prime form. The interpretations are straightforward, without much improvising, although Schuur is quite soulful, showing the influence of late-period Dinah Washington (whose hit "Blue Gardenia" she revives). The excess of Schuur's early years is gone, and in its place is a warm, contented voice that sounds best on such ballads as "Say It Isn't So" and "How Deep Is the Ocean," as well as the swingers "Love Walked In" and "You're a Sweetheart." There are occasional short solos for trumpeter Jack Sheldon, trombonist Andy Martin and the tenor of Pete Christlieb, but this is very much Schuur's show. A fine effort. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Love Walked In     2:14
 George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
2    Time After Time     3:20
 Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
3    Say It Isn't So    4:04
 Irving Berlin
4    Blue Gardenia     3:05
 Lester Lee / Bob Russell
5    Never Let Me Go     4:50
 Ray Evans / Jay Livingston
6    Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You     3:51
 Marvin Fisher / Jack Segal
7    Sunday Kind Of Love     4:00
 Barbara Belle / Anita Leonard / Louis Prima / Stan Rhodes
8    How Deep Is The Ocean    3:36
 Irving Berlin
9    You're A Sweetheart    2:37
 Harold Adamson / Jimmy McHugh
10    I Wanna Be Loved    4:36
 Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Billy Rose
Credits :
Bass – John Patitucci
Concertmaster – Assa Drori
Drums – John Guerin
French Horn – Richard Todd
Guitar – Philip Upchurch
Piano – Michael Wofford
Saxophone – Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb
Trombone – Andrew Martin
Trumpet – Jack Sheldon, Wayne Bergeron
Tuba – John T. Johnson