ATLANTA, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Three-time Grammy award-winner Dianne
Reeves, known for her venerable contralto vocals, will be featured on Black
Family Channel's "Portraits In Black," Monday, November 15 at 9:00 p.m. (ET).
Check your local cable guide for channel listings.
    Reeves, whose voice delivers rhythmic virtuosity and improvisational ease,
has the confidence and richness reminiscent of legendary songbirds Sarah
Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters and Carmen.  Recognized for her powerful
storytelling instinct about her childhood, family and civil liberties, Reeves
enthralls audiences around the world and reigns as one of the most significant
singers in modern jazz.
    Born in Detroit, Reeves moved to Denver with her mother and sister after
losing her father at the tender age of two. Reared by many powerful women,
Reeves received the confidence and security that she needed to develop the
smooth, sultry sounds that are "distinctly Dianne."
    Accredited with 15 albums and compact discs, Reeves is the recipient of
the Ella Fitzgerald award and has performed around the world, including at the
White House, Carnegie Hall, Montreal International Jazz Festival, and the
Lincoln Center for Jazz. Critics describe her voice as a "starburst of song
changing the musical landscape forever."
     Host Lyn Vaughn chronicles Reeves' musical path during an interview at
the Atlanta Symphony Hall in Atlanta, GA.  "Portraits In Black" journeys the
diva's impressive career which began in Chicago, when discovered by Jazz
Trumpeter, Clark Terry at the age of nineteen.

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