Jazz Articles about Diana Krall

Diana Krall: Rediscovering Vaudeville in Glad Rag Doll

by Belinda Ware
May 11, 2013

Diana Krall is more than just a jazz songstress. She established herself as a solid interpreter of standards with her rendition of the Dusty Springfield's classic, “The Look of Love," making her mark with notable acoustic arrangements coupled with openly sensuous vocals carrying the tune. Krall is one of the jazz world's uniquely eclectic artists who has built a respectable longevity with her career. She is consistent as a serious jazz artist, both in the recording studio as ...

Diana Krall: Live in Rio

by C. Michael Bailey
June 18, 2009

Diana Krall Live In Rio Eagle Eye Productions 2009

There are some music critics who will fault a successful artist for “selling out," for appealing to the lowest common denominator with music that is either highly processed or mediocre for the sake of not being offensive (read that, misunderstood). Such criticism has been leveled at Canadian pianist and singer Diana Krall, who by any standards of success is a rock star in ...

Diana Krall: Quiet Nights

by Marcia Hillman
May 30, 2009

Diana Krall's new CD arrives just in time to greet the “lazy, hazy days" and nights of summer. On this outing, she is on vocals and piano, accompanied by Anthony Wilson on guitar, bassist John Clayton, drummer Jeff Hamilton, percussionist Paulinho Da Costa and a lush orchestra consisting of a full string section augmented by flutes, French horns, oboe, tuba and vibes. The material is a selection of familiar American songbook standards and three Antonio Carlos Jobim ...

Diana Krall: Quiet Nights

by C. Michael Bailey
April 21, 2009

The origin of the phrase Bossa Nova is as complex as the Brazilian culture from which the music sprung in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Nominally translated into “Our New Thing," Bossa Nova was developed by Brazilian composers Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto, and is characterized by a samba rhythm with its emphasis on the first beat. Harmonically, Bossa Nova is similar to jazz in the use of the seventh, ninth and extending chords. The ...

Diana Krall: Singing Beautifully

by Rob Mariani
November 19, 2006

The twilight skies over the aged wood shingled roofs at the Newport Tennis Hall of Fame were looking ominous. The air was damp and flecks of rain started and stopped as we walked into the beautiful Stanford White-designed courtyard with its hanging flowerpots and dark green shutters. It was like traveling back to another era of summery charm and Victorian opulence. The seats had been set up on one of the famed plush grass courts. The sight lines to the ...

Diana Krall: Live At The Montreal Jazz Festival

by Mark Sabbatini
February 7, 2005

Diana Krall Live At The Montreal Jazz Festival Verve Music Group 2004

Diana Krall's early career earned widespread acclaim, much of which vanished as her albums became increasingly vacuous mass-market efforts. When 2003's Live In Paris came out, it felt shameful admitting a liking for it and thinking she might be on the rebound.

But that album makes it easier to say the “good"? Krall shows up on the Live At The ...

Diana Krall: The Girl In The Other Room

by Jim Santella
June 3, 2004

Now approaching forty and having married last December, Diana Krall has made a few changes while putting together this latest album. Some of the songs come from a different direction than her previous material. Nothing can change her core jazz focus, however. The spirit of Nat King Cole, Jimmy Rowles and Ray Brown continues to guide her at every turn. And her old friends John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Christian McBride and Peter Erskine are still here to lend a hand.