Art & Survival

Art & Survival is an album by the American vocal jazz singer Dianne Reeves, released in 1994.[2][3]

Art & Survival
Studio album by
Dianne Reeves
Released1994
GenreVocal jazz
LabelEMI Records[1]
ProducerEddie del Barrio, Terri Lyne Carrington
Dianne Reeves chronology
I Remember
(1991)		 Art & Survival
(1994)		 Quiet After the Storm
(1994)

The album peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[4] It has sold more than 500,000 copies.[5]

Production

The album was produced by Eddie del Barrio and Terri Lyne Carrington.[6] Reeves cowrote more than half the songs on Art & Survival.[7]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Robert Christgau(dud)[9]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[10]
The Indianapolis Star[7]
Los Angeles Times[11]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide[6]
USA Today[12]

The Los Angeles Times thought that "this multitextured experiment, with its frequent spiritual-based stories, is Reeves' most ambitious effort."[11] The Washington Post wrote: "By far her most personal and soul-searching recording, the album seems as much therapy as a musical expression for the gifted singer."[13] The Philadelphia Daily News stated: "In an incantational style sometimes reminiscent of Leon Thomas and Roberta Flack, the singer/composer evokes ancient spirits and the freeing powers of the Lord, explaining how she's come through the wringer a changed woman."[14]

Newsday deemed the album "a song cycle about self-discovery."[15] Essence called it an "album of powerfully rendered, personal yet universal compositions that run the rhythmic gamut from hard-swinging jazz to plaintive ballads to a cappella African chants."[16] USA Today wrote that "Body and Soul" is "a scat-driven, Afro-Cuban tour de force."[12]

AllMusic considered the album "neither '90s revisited bop nor overtly commercial Quiet Storm fodder ... [Reeves] is really seeking a middle ground between her two audiences."[8]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Old Souls"5:20
2."Come to the River"5:36
3."One More Time"5:37
4."Anthem"5:26
5."Freedom Dance"6:55
6."Endangered Species"3:23
7."Josa Lee"6:54
8."Body and Soul"10:06
9."Silent Tears and Roses"6:49
10."Lament For a Lonely Child"6:48
11."Bird Alone"6:46

References
  1. Norment, Lynn (Apr 1994). "Sounding Off". Ebony. 49 (6): 16.
  2. George, Nelson (Aug 1994). "Music -- Art & Survival by Dianne Reeves". Playboy. 41 (8): 24.
  3. Rogers, Charles E. (23 Apr 1994). "Dianne Reeves' 'Art & Survival'". New York Amsterdam News. p. 22.
  4. "Dianne Reeves". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  5. "Dianne Reeves To Headline First Regent Theatre MLK Concert Event". New Pittsburgh Courier. No. 101. 24 Dec 1994. p. B4.
  6. MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 477.
  7. Ford, Lynn Dean (25 July 1994). "RECORD REVIEWS". The Indianapolis Star. p. C5.
  8. "Art & Survival - Dianne Reeves | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-09-21 – via www.allmusic.com.
  9. "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 3553". www.robertchristgau.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  10. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 830.
  11. "JAZZ ALBUM REVIEWS : Reeves Scores With an Ambitious Effort". Los Angeles Times. April 22, 1994. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  12. Jones IV, James T. (6 June 1994). "Summer of singers: Jazz albums play up the pipes". USA Today. p. 4D.
  13. "REEVES'S 'SURVIVAL' A SOULFUL JOURNEY". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  14. Takiff, Jonathan (29 Apr 1994). "ART AND SURVIVAL Dianne Reeves / EMI". Philadelphia Daily News. FEATURES YO!. p. 46.
  15. "New This Week". Newsday. 18 Apr 1994. p. B2.
  16. Chambers, Gordon (Jun 1994). "Dianne Reeves: Songs of healing". Essence. 25 (2): 48.
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