Diunna Fay Greenleaf
b. October 6th, 1957 in Houston (Texas)
CRAZY BUT LIVE IN HOUSTON
Diunna Greenleaf
2004
Fille de Ben Greenleaf et de Mary Ella Travis, elle fait des études de communication avant de démarrer une carrière de chanteuse. Diunna fut présidente de la Houston Blues Society et participa au programme Blues in the Schools. Ce premier album auto-édité présente Diunna Greenleaf - belle chanteuse à la voix puissante - sur une scène de Houston avec son groupe Blue Mercy (avec le bon guitariste John Richardson). Malheureusement, le programme s'avère trop long et ne contient que des reprises de standards.
Daughter of Ben Greenleaf and Mary Ella Travis, she studied communication before starting a career as a singer. Diunna was president of the Houston Blues Society and participated in the Blues in the Schools program. This self-released debut album features Diunna Greenleaf - a nice singer with a powerful voice - on a Houston stage with her band Blue Mercy (featuring the good guitarist John Richardson). Unfortunately, the program turns out to be too long and only contains standard covers.
COTTON FIELD TO COFFEE HOUSE
Diunna Greenleaf
2006
DIUNNA GREENLEAF (EP)
APO
2009
Cet EP contient cinq titres enregistrés pour le label APO de Chad Kassem. Excellente chanteuse, elle brille sur ses propres compositions "Crazy", "The backdoor man (you want to be)" et "Resolutions". Elle est accompagnée de John Richardson (guitare), Josh Preslar (basse) et Vernon Daniels (batterie).
This EP contains five tracks recorded for Chad Kassem's APO label. An excellent singer, she shines on her own compositions "Crazy", "The backdoor man (you want to be)" and "Resolutions". She is accompanied by John Richardson (guitar), Josh Preslar (bass) and Vernon Daniels (drums).
TRYING TO HOLD ON
Blue Mercy
October 2009
Dans ce superbe album auto-produit, Diunna Greenleaf est entourée de nombreux invités et se montre très l'aise vocalement dans différents registres : "Sunny day friends" (avec Anson Funderburgh), "Beautiful hat" (avec Rich Del Grosso), "I can't wait" (avec Bob Margolin et Bob Corritore), "Tryin' to hold on" (avec Bob Margolin, Chris James et Patrick Rynn), un hommage à Koko Taylor ("I'm a little mixed up") et un hommage émouvant à sa grand-mère ("He's everything to me").
In this superb self-produced album, Diunna Greenleaf is surrounded by many guests and is very comfortable vocally in different registers : "Sunny day friends" (with Anson Funderburgh), "Beautiful hat" (with Rich Del Grosso), "I can't wait" (with Bob Margolin and Bob Corritore), "Tryin' to hold on" (with Bob Margolin, Chris James and Patrick Rynn), a tribute to Koko Taylor ("I'm a little mixed up") and a moving tribute to her grandmother ("He's everything to me").
I AIN'T PLAYIN'
Little Village Foundation
2022
Plus de dix ans après son dernier album, voila enfin le nouvel opus de la chanteuse Diunna Greenleaf réalisé sous la supervision du producteur-guitariste Kid Andersen. La tracklist est remplie de titres accrocheurs et puissants, pleins de feeling comme "Never trust a man", "If it wasn't for the blues", "Answer to the hard working woman", "I don't care", "Damned if I do", "I know I've been changed" (un superbe Gospel chanté avec Alabama Mike), "Back door man". Diunna se montre brillante vocalement quelques soient les tempos ou les styles. Derrière elle, un superbe groupe composé de Jerry Jemmott (basse), Jim Pugh (claviers), Kid Andersen (guitare) et Derrick "D'mar" Martin (batterie).
More than ten years after her last album, here is finally the new opus of singer Diunna Greenleaf produced under the supervision of producer-guitarist Kid Andersen. The tracklist is filled with catchy and powerful tracks, full of feeling like "Never trust a man", "If it wasn't for the blues", "Answer to the hard working woman", "I don't care", "Damned if I do" , "I know I've been changed" (a superb Gospel sung with Alabama Mike), "Back door man". Diunna is brilliant vocally whatever the tempos or styles. Behind her, a superb backing band composed of Jerry Jemmott (bass), Jim Pugh (keyboards), Kid Andersen (guitar) and Derrick "D'mar" Martin (drums).