The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan

'The Calling' is a celebration of Sarah Vaughan by Dianne Reeves, a singer who shares many of Vaughan's gifts: a gleaming, pitch-perfect voice a multi-octave range, an harmonic sense that takes her on a soulfulness that informs her every phrase. Also like Vaughan, Reeves has a fondness for crossing musical borders as if they didn't exist.

The tracks on The Calling not only resonate with Reeves, but also touch upon, every phase of Vaughan's career. The album has been produced by George Duke and features a brilliant rhythm section - pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Reginald Veal, drummer Greg Hutchinson, guitarists Russell Malone and Romero Lumbambo - surrounded by a 42-piece orchestra filled with L.A.'s top studio players, several of whom had backed Vaughan herself. All of them brought their mastery to the sumptuous, often daring arrangements of Billy Childs and Robert Freedman.

Ms Reeves recently won the award at the Grammy's for the Best Jazz Vocal Album for In The Moment - Live In Concert.