Dianne Reeves: The Grand Encounter and Good Night and Good Luck

This is in response to a request but these are worth posting anyway. Dianne Reeves is possibly the best female jazz vocalist around at the moment. It has been suggested that the first album included here, 'The Grand Encounter', was a significant landmark in her career, being a full jazz album. Read the review below the links if you would like more details. This one is cut at 192kps:

http://rapidshare.de/files/20445667/dr-gren.rar (@ 69MB)

The second album, 'Good Night and Good Luck', is the soundtrack from the George Clooney film. Don't be fooled by that, this is a straightahead jazz album, featuring 15 songs, done in a sort of sultry 50's Night Club style.

Yazza!

It is cut at 320kps, hence two files:

http://rapidshare.de/files/20451125/dr-gdnsgdl-1.rar (@70MB)

http://rapidshare.de/files/20454996/dr-gdnsgdl-2.rar (@ 48MB)

Here is the review of the first album, from Scott Janow, of allmusic.com:

"This CD could have been titled "Finally!" Dianne Reeves has long had the potential to be the top female jazz singer but so many of her previous recordings were erratic as she skipped back and forth between idioms without committing herself. However after years of flirting with jazz and being seemingly undecided whether she would rather be a pop star, she at last came out with a full jazz album in 1996 and it is a gem.

The supporting cast on the ten selections (which feature different personnel on each cut) is remarkable and everyone gets a chance to play: trumpeters Clark Terry and Harry "Sweets" Edison, altoists Phil Woods and Bobby Watson, tenorman James Moody, trombonist Al Grey, harmonica great Toots Thielemans (on "Besame Mucho"), pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Rodney Whittaker and drummer Herlin Riley. In addition, Joe Williams shares the vocal spotlight on "Let Me Love You" and a touching version of "Tenderly," Germaine Bazzle sings along with Reeves on "Side By Side" and a rendition of Charlie Ventura's "Ha!" has a vocal group consisting of Reeves, Bazzle, Terry, Moody and the young Kimberly Longstreth. Other highlights include Nat Adderley's "Old Country," "Some Other Spring" and "Cherokee."

Despite the heavy "competition," the leader emerges as the star of the set due to her beautiful voice and highly expressive singing. This highly recommended CD is the Dianne Reeves release to get."