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The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan is a 2001 tribute album to Sarah Vaughan by Dianne Reeves, released in 2001 on Blue Note Records. This album peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 6 on the US Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart. The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan won Reeves her second Grammy, in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Reception

Steve Jones of USA Today declared, “Reeves, with her lively scatting and multi-octave voice, never tries imitating the great singer. She provides a fresh take on each song, luxuriating in the music provided by such musicians as George Duke, Billy Childs, Reginald Veal, Russell Malone and Clark Terry, in addition to a 42-piece orchestra.”

Bret Saunders of The Denver Post also placed The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan among his list of 2001’s top 10 jazz albums.

Ted Gioia later selected two of Reeves covers from this album, “Fascinating Rhythm” and “If You Could See Me Now,” as “Recommended Versions” of these songs in his book The Jazz Standards.

Track listing
“Lullaby of Birdland” (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 4:44
“Send in the Clowns (Stephen Sondheim) – 6:03
“Speak Low” (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 6:26
“Obsession” (Tracy Mann, Danilo Caymmi, Gilson Peranzzetta) – 7:37
“If You Could See Me Now” (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 6:44
“I Remember Sarah” (Billy Childs, Dianne Reeves) – 4:20
“Key Largo” (Benny Carter, Karl Suessdorf, Leah Worth) – 4:11
“I Hadn’t Anyone Till You” (Ray Noble) – 5:41
“Fascinating Rhythm” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:24
“Embraceable You” (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 7:56
“A Chamada (The Call)” (Milton Nascimento) – 6:17
Japanese bonus track
“Misty” (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)

Personnel
Dianne Reeves – vocals
Clark Terry – trumpet (track 8)
Steve Wilson – soprano & alto saxophones (tracks 2, 4, 7)
Mulgrew Miller – piano (tracks 1,3, 5-8, 12)
Billy Childs – piano (tracks 2, 4, 9)
Romero Lubambo – acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 4, 7, 11)
Russell Malone – acoustic guitar (track 10)
Reginald Veal – acoustic & electric bass (track 9)
Greg Hutchinson – drums
Munyungo Jackson – percussion (tracks 3, 4, 7. 9, 11)
Billy Childs, Patrick Gandy – conductor and arranger
George Duke – producer

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Released: February 13, 2001
Recorded: September 9–11, 2000
Length: 1:05:23
Label: Blue Note
Producer: George Duke