1991 Diane Schuur – Pure Schuur
Pure Schuur is the eight album from Diane Schuur, released in 1991.
Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed “Deedles“, is an American jazz singer and pianist. As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums, and had extended her jazz repertoire to include essences of Latin, gospel, pop and country music. Her most successful album is Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, which remained number one on the Billboard Jazz Charts for 33 weeks. She won Grammy Awards for best female jazz vocal performance in both 1986 and 1987 and has had three other Grammy nominations.
Schuur has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the White House, and has performed with many artists including Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones, and Stevie Wonder. Co-performers on Schuur’s albums have included Barry Manilow, José Feliciano, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Getz, Vince Gill, Alison Krause, and B.B. King. Her album with B.B. King was number one on the Billboard Jazz Charts. She has been Johnny Carson’s guest on NBC’s The Tonight Show eleven times.
Schuur has been blind from birth due to retinopathy of prematurity, but has been gifted with absolute pitch memory and a clear vocal tone. In 1996, she was a guest performer on Sesame Street, where she was interviewed by Elmo and described to him how a blind person can learn to use other senses to adapt in the world. In 2000 she was awarded the Helen Keller Achievement Award by the American Foundation for the Blind.
Tracks
1 Nobody Does Me (Rod Temperton) 5:10
2 All Caught Up In Love (Marvin Hamlisch, Siedah Garrett) 4:53
3 Dead I Do (Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch) 2:19
4 What A Difference Day Makes (Maria Grever, Stanley Adams) 4:54
5 Touch (David Lawrence, Faye Greenberg, Steve Lane) 6:10
6 Baby You Got What It Takes (Berry Gordy, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Roquel Davis) 4:32
7 Unforgettable (Irving Gordon) 3:55
8 I Could Get used To This (Ellen Silverstein) 4:53
9 You Don’t Remember Me (Dick Winzeler, Steve Lane) 3:15
10 Hold Out (Vonda Shepard) 4:25
11 We Can Only Try (Caroll Coates, Peter Daniels) 3:15
Media
Musicians
1 Nobody Does Me
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Andre Fischer |
Keyboards | Diane Schuur |
2 All Caught Up In Love
Keyboards | Marc Hugenberger |
French Horn | Art Mawby |
French Horn | Dave Duke |
French Horn | Marnie Robinson |
French Horn | Richard Perissi |
Sax | Joel Peskin |
Background Vocals | Denise Decaro |
Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
Background Vocals | Maxine Anderson |
3 Dead I Do
Bass | Jim Hughart |
Drums | Harold Jones |
Guitar | Grant Geissman |
Piano | Tom Garvin |
Sax | Ernie Fields Jr |
Sax | Fred Jackson |
Sax | Jack Nimitz |
Sax | Joel Peskin |
Trombone | Maurice Spears |
Trombone | Charlie Loper |
Trombone | Dick Hyde |
Trombone | Garnett Brown |
Trumpet | Frank Szabo |
Trumpet | Nolan Smith |
Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
Trumpet | Steve Huffsteter |
Vocals | Joe Williams |
4 What A Difference Day Makes
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Piano | David Benoit |
French Horn | Art Mawby |
French Horn | Dave Duke |
French Horn | Marnie Robinson |
French Horn | Richard Perissi |
Trumpet | Sal Marquez |
Percussion | Andre Fischer |
5 Touch
Acoustic Guitar | Dean Parks |
Programming | Larry Steelman |
Flugelhorn | Chuck Findley |
Flugelhorn | Gary Grant |
Trombone | Charlie Loper |
Percussion | Andre Fischer |
Background Vocals | Denise Decaro |
Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
6 Baby You Got What It Takes
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Organ | Michael Ruff |
Piano | David Benoit |
Sax | Larry Williams |
Sax | Kim Hutchcroft |
Sax | Dan Higgins |
Trombone | Charlie Loper |
Trumpet | Gary Grant |
Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
Vocals | Bobby Womack |
7 Unforgettable
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Piano | David Benoit |
French Horn | Art Mawby |
French Horn | Dave Duke |
French Horn | Marnie Robinson |
French Horn | Richard Perissi |
Sax | Joel Peskin |
8 I Could Get used To This
Acoustic Guitar | Dean Parks |
Keyboards | Larry Steelman |
Synthesizer | Dean Parks |
Background Vocals | Denise Decaro |
Background Vocals | Maxine Anderson |
9 You Don’t Remember Me
Acoustic Guitar | Dean Parks |
Keyboards | Marc Hugenberger |
10 Hold Out
Drums | Andre Fischer |
Keyboards | Marc Hugenberger |
Sax | Joel Peskin |
Background Vocals | Denise Decaro |
Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
Background Vocals | Maxine Anderson |
11 We Can Only Try
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Piano | Diane Schuur |
Liner Notes
Producer – Andre Fischer
Executive Producer – Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Assistant Producer – Alison Jefferson
Arranged By – Andre Fischer (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
Arranged By, Brad Cole (Track 1)
Arranged By (Strings) Bruce Dukov (Track 2)
Arranged By, Conductor – Bill Holman (Track 3)
Arranged By (Strings) – Richard Evans (Tracks 4, 6, 7, 11)
Arranged By – Larry Steelman (Tracks 5, 8)
Arranged By (Horns) – Richard Evans (Track 6)
Arranged By – Dick Winzeler (Track 9)
Arranged By – Marc Hugenberger (Track 9, 10)
Arranged By – Diane Schuur (Track 11)
Concertmaster – Bruce Dukov (Tracks 2, 11)
Coordinator (Production Coordinator) – Frank DeCaro
Engineer (Assistant) – Don Gilmore, Guy Defazio, Mark Guilbeault, Rail Rogut, Randy Long, Robert Read, Scott Shangle
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Recorded By (Additional Vocals) – Gabe Veltri (Tracks 2, 5, 8)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jeffrey Woodruff
Sequenced By (Programmed) – Brad Cole (Track 1)
Sequenced By (Programmed) – Andre Fischer (Track 1)
Technician (Post-Production) – Joseph Doughney, Michael Landy
Design – Andy Ruggirello, Dan Serrano, David Gibb, Scott Johnson, Sonny Mediana
Record Company – Columbia House
Phonographic Copyright (p) – GRP Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – GRP Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – GRP Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Distributed By – MCA Distributing Corporation