Dianne Reeves on Good Night, and Good Luck
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK – [:89]
NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT
Straighten Up and Fly Right up
NEA JAZZ MASTER DIANNE REEVES HAS FIVE GRAMMYS TO HER NAME. ONE OF THOSE STEMMED FROM THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE FILM, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. GEORGE CLOONEY NOT ONLY DIRECTED THE FILM, BUT HE ALSO CHOSE THE MUSIC AND TAPPED REEVES TO PERFORM THE JAZZ STANDARDS ON SCREEN.
Dianne Reeves: Man, I asked George Clooney, I was like, “Why me?” He said, “My aunt loved you.” And I said, “Really? I met her one time. He said, “She told me.” You never know whose radar you’re on.
One For My Bay up, hot
“Straighten Up and Fly Right,” composed by Irving Mills and Nat King Cole, used by permission of EMI Mills Music Inc c/o Sony ATV, ASCAP. “One For My Baby” composed by Harold Arlen and John Mercer, used by permission of Harwin Music Corp c/o MPL Communications. Both performed by Dianne Reeves from the soundtrack to Good Night and Good Luck, used courtesy of Concord Records.
I thought I would just be on the credits of the film. And then they sent a script, and I’m like what? Jazz singer. I was like, that’s me, and I thought okay. And then George Clooney, who wrote and directed the film, he said, “Oh, no, no, no, no, no. We’ll do those live in the film. He said, “Well, that’s the best way to enjoy this music.” I said, “You’re absolutely right about that.”
THIS JAZZ MOMENT WITH VOCALIST DIANNE REEVES WAS PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
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