Diane Schuur

: January 4, 2024
: Jazz Singer

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Full Name	Diane Schuur
Occupation	Jazz Singer
Date Of Birth	Dec 10, 1953(1953-12-10)
Age	71
Birthplace	Tacoma
Country	United States
Birth City	Washington
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Diane Schuur Biography

Name	Diane Schuur
Birthday	Dec 10
Birth Year	1953
Place Of Birth	Tacoma
Home Town	Washington
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Sagittarius

Diane Schuur is one of the most popular and richest Jazz Singer who was born on December 10, 1953 in Tacoma, Washington, United States. Grammy Award-winning jazz musician who has played at famous venues such as Carnegie Hall.

The baby was born too early and suffered from the condition retinopathy which caused her to be blind in her birth, just as did She was born prematurely and developed retinopathy as a result, which blinded her at birth like Stevie Wonder..

At age 15 she was taken by her father to Lake Tahoe to audition as a lounge singer at Harrah’s hotel and casino. She got the job, but her widowed father found it impossible to leave his job at the police force to chaperone her, and the offer had to be declined. Schuur was noticed by country music singer/actor Jimmy Wakely, who met her in an Elks Club in 1971 when she was eighteen. After auditioning for him, Wakely arranged a recording session in California. Accompanied by her sister, Schuur took her first airplane trip to the session in Burbank, and made a 45 rpm record of a song called “Dear Mommy and Daddy”. Schuur performed locally a great deal in her late teens, and had started to develop a distinctive musical voice. Entertainment writer Stewart Weiner called it a “crystal-clear vocal tone hitting every note in the center of the bull’s eye.”

In 1975, at age 22, Schuur auditioned for drummer/bandleader Ed Shaughnessy. Escorted by her twin brother, she went backstage to seek out Shaughnessy after he had finished a concert in Seattle with bandleader Doc Severinsen. Shaughnessy said, “Doc’s concert was over and this young blind girl comes in and sits down at the Fender Rhodes keyboard and starts singing the blues. Well, my hair stood on end!” He hired her to be the vocalist in his orchestra, “Energy Force”. Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie heard her and, in 1979, invited her to sit in on a set at the Monterey Jazz Festival. According to Dave Gelly in his 2002 book, Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me, Schuur’s performance created “a minor sensation”.

Her parents were aware of her talents in music and encouraged her to study singing.

Diane Schuur Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	Jazz Singer
House	Living in own house.

Diane Schuur is one of the richest Jazz Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Diane Schuur 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her first performance was at the Holiday Inn in Tacoma when she was 10 years old. She performed country music.

She has worked with artists such as She has collaborated with artists like Quincy Jones, B.B. King, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Charles, and Dizzy Gillespie., B.B. King, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Charles, and Dizzy Gillespie.

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.

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The White House performance was televised, giving Schuur a much broader audience. Producer Larry Rosen happened to see the broadcast and was impressed by her performance. Rosen and his business partner, musician Dave Grusin, set out to find Schuur by contacting Stan Getz. This led to a recording contract with GRP Records. Nancy Reagan invited Schuur to perform at the White House a second time, for a “Ladies of the Senate” luncheon in 1987, where she performed as a vocalist with the Count Basie Orchestra. She returned to the White House a third time to perform for President Clinton in 1995.

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Diane Ranked on the list of most popular Jazz Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Diane Schuur celebrates birthday on December 10 of every year.

In 1996, at age 43, Schuur married Les Crockett, a retired space engineer whom she affectionately called “Rocket”. Years later he developed Parkinson’s disease, prostate cancer, and other health issues; they eventually divorced, “but not for the usual reasons”, says writer Jeff Spevak. Crockett developed dementia and hallucinations requiring institutional care – with her blindness, she simply could not take care of him.

Top Facts about Diane Schuur

Diane Schuur is a Grammy-winning American jazz singer and pianist.
She was born on December 10, 1953, in Tacoma, Washington.
Schuur lost her eyesight at birth due to retinopathy of prematurity.
Her music career began in the late 1970s as a lounge singer.
In 1984, she signed with GRP Records and released her debut album “Deedles.”
Schuur has collaborated with many notable musicians such as B.B. King and Ray Charles.
She has won two Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.
Schuur’s discography includes over 20 albums spanning multiple genres.
She is known for her powerful vocals and unique phrasing style.
Schuur continues to tour and perform worldwide today.

Just for you.” Her mother, sadly, never got to hear that 2008 release,” as she died of cancer in 1967, when Diane was 13. The artist has been blind since her premature birth in 1953 , having lost her sight to the disorder Retinopathy of Prematurity.