Dianne Reeves – review

Ronnie Scott's, LondonDianne Reeves is often considered the torch-bearer of the great Sarah Vaughan's operatic-jazz legacy. But if the names of Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald are often invoked as proof of her class, Reeves has been open to a wider world than jazz. Since her early years (aided by her 1980s mentor, Harry Belafonte), she has been influenced by sounds from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. She has enjoyed big-star treatment in recent years, but these intimate performances at Ron...

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