Grammy-winning jazz singer Diane Schuur takes a country turn on her latest album,The Gathering.

Diane Schuur has always had an ear for country music. In fact, her earliest recording was a country single titled "Dear Mommy and Daddy." Schuur is once again in a Nashville state of mind, reviving the so-called "Countrypolitan" sound of the 1960s and ‘70s with classics by Hank Cochran, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, as well as the Roger Miller-Bill Anderson tune "When Two Worlds Collide."

Of course, Schuur is first and foremost a jazz singer and pianist. Born blind, she grew up listening to her father's jazz record collection, which included the music of Duke Ellington and Dinah Washington. By age 10, she was singing professionally at a hotel in her hometown of Tacoma, Washington.