Personnel: Dianne Reeves; Rumero Lubambo (acoustic guitar); Russell Malone (electric guitar); Karen Briggs, Sarah Thornblade (violin); Matthew Funes, Alma Fernandez (viola); Giovani Clayton (cello); Steve Wilson (soprano saxophone); Geoffrey Keezer (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); George Duke (piano); Billy Childs (Fender Rhodes piano); Reginald Veal (acoustic bass, upright bass, washboard, tambourine); Reuben Rogers (acoustic bass, electric bass); Dave Carpenter (acoustic bass); Greg Hutchinson, Antonio Sanchez, Oscar Seaton (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion).
Singer Dianne Reeves has proven herself one of the most popular and enduring jazz performers of the `00 decade. (Her appearance in the George Clooney film GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK certainly didn't hurt.) WHEN YOU KNOW is more a "pop" album with jazz overtones however. This time, Reeves wraps her compassionate, slightly dusky voice around such classic `60s/'70s radio hits as Minnie Riperton's first hit "Lovin' You" and the Temptations's "Just My Imagination." The set is a nice mix of acoustic (a string quartet) and electric (Russell Malone's bluesy guitar) elements, making for an attractive and thoughtfully varied listen.