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Released1994

Art & Survival

Studio album by

Dianne Reeves

Released

1994

EMI^[1]

Eddie del Barrio, Terri Lyne Carrington

Dianne Reeves chronology

I Remember
(1991)

Art & Survival
(1994)

Quiet After the Storm
(1994)

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

The album peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.^[4] It has sold more than 500,000 copies.^[5] Sheryl Lee Ralph sang part of "Endangered Species" during her 2022 Emmy Awards acceptance speech.^[6]

The album was produced by Eddie del Barrio and Terri Lyne Carrington.^[7] Reeves cowrote more than half the songs on Art & Survival.^[8] Due to industry and personal issues, she went into the recording studio knowing that Art & Survival could be her final album.^[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[10]
Robert Christgau	^[11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[12]
The Indianapolis Star	^[8]
Los Angeles Times	^[13]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide	^[7]
USA Today	^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

↑ Norment, Lynn (April 1994). "Sounding Off". Ebony. Vol. 49, no. 6. p. 16.
↑ George, Nelson (August 1994). "Music — Art & Survival by Dianne Reeves". Playboy. Vol. 41, no. 8. p. 24.
↑ Rogers, Charles E. (April 23, 1994). "Dianne Reeves' 'Art & Survival'". New York Amsterdam News. p. 22.
↑ "Dianne Reeves". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
↑ "Dianne Reeves to Headline First Regent Theatre MLK Concert Event". New Pittsburgh Courier. No. 101. December 24, 1994. p. B4.
↑ Del Rosario, Alexandra (September 13, 2022). "The Emmys". Los Angeles Times. p. E2.
1 2 MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 477.
1 2 Ford, Lynn Dean (July 25, 1994). "Record Reviews". The Indianapolis Star. p. C5.
↑ Summers, Juana (September 13, 2022). "Jazz icon Dianne Reeves 'lost her breath' as Sheryl Lee Ralph sang her song at Emmys". All Things Considered. NPR.
1 2 "Art & Survival". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
↑ "Dianne Reeves". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 830.
1 2 "Reeves Scores with an Ambitious Effort". Los Angeles Times. April 22, 1994. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
1 2 Jones IV, James T. (June 6, 1994). "Summer of singers: Jazz albums play up the pipes". USA Today. p. 4D.
↑ "Reeve's 'Survival' a Soulful Journey". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
↑ Takiff, Jonathan (April 29, 1994). "Art and Survival Dianne Reeves". Features Yo!. Philadelphia Daily News. p. 46.
↑ "New This Week". Newsday. April 18, 1994. p. B2.
↑ Chambers, Gordon (June 1994). "Dianne Reeves: Songs of healing". Essence. Vol. 25, no. 2. p. 48.

v t e Dianne Reeves
Studio albums	Dianne Reeves (1987) Never Too Far (1989) I Remember (1991) Art & Survival (1994) The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan (2001) A Little Moonlight (2003) Christmas Time Is Here (2004) When You Know (2008) Beautiful Life (2014)
Live albums	In the Moment – Live in Concert (2000)
Soundtracks	Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
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