Diane Schuur
Photo Credit: Gabriele Kleinschmidt Promotions
,
Vince Gill
and
Mark Knopfler have recorded collaborations with jazz vocalist Diane Schuur
for
The Gathering, a country-inspired album produced in Nashville by Steve Buckingham. The 10-song album, recorded
in a single day in December, includes Schuur and Krauss on "Don't Touch Me," written by the late
Hank
Cochran and a No. 2 hit for
Jeannie Seely in 1966. Gill and jazz
guitarist Larry Carlton are featured on a remake of
Merle Haggard's "Today
I Started Loving You Again," and Knopfler and jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum contribute to
Willie
Nelson's "Healing Hands of Time." Other songs include
Tammy Wynette's
"'Til I Can Make It on My Own" and "'Til I Get It Right," along with other country classics, including "Am I That Easy to
Forget" and "When Two Worlds Collide." Set for release on June 7, it is Schuur's first project for Vanguard Records. She won
Grammys in 1986 for
Timeless and 1987 for
Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra.
