Jazz Articles about Diana Krall

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Diana Krall: When I Look In Your Eyes

by Amy L. Seibert
October 1, 2000

The jazz arena hails plenty of musicians/vocalists devoted to both the music and the instrument, but few have mastered both as well as Diana Krall. The British Columbia native began studying piano at the age of four; landed her first professional gig at 15, and by the age of 24 had the opportunity to work with Jimmy Rowles. Rowles gave Krall the chance to develop not only her piano playing, but also her vocal ability. It paid off.

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Diana Krall: When I Look In Your Eyes

by Jim Santella
August 1, 1999

“Discovered" by bassist Ray Brown when he heard her perform in British Columbia, singer/pianist Diana Krall was introduced to singer/pianist Jimmy Rowles in Low Angeles, where she developed a unique, pleasant sound of her own. But even before that significant change, she had already formed specific preferences through her father’s piano playing influence, his jazz record collection, and her education at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Krall, whose singing combines the crisp articulate phrasing of Carmen McRae with ...

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Diana Krall: When I Look In Your Eyes

by John Sharpe
July 1, 1999

Diana Krall's previous release, Love Scenes, occupied the top spot on all the major jazz charts for many months and was the first jazz album ever to be certified platinum (100,000 units) in Canada. Diana's phenomenal success is due not only to her obvious musical talents, but those of producer Tommy LiPuma as well. LiPuma (remember George Benson's record-breaking Breezin' album?) is a master at presenting contemporary jazz artists in a manner that appeals to hard-core jazz fans and casual ...

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Diana Krall: When I Look In Your Eyes

by Paula Edelstein
June 1, 1999

When I Look In Your Eyes, Diana Krall’s sensuous follow-up to her smashing success, Love Scenes, is every bit the statement the vocalist wants to make...she’s an artist with musical integrity and longevity. Diana Krall relaxes, excites and brings you full circle on songs orchestrated and conducted by the legendary Johnny Mandel. His orchestra adds a beautiful dimension to Krall’s subtle vocals and piano on such polished standards as “Let’s Face The Music and Dance," “Let’s Fall In Love," and ...

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Diana Krall: Love Scenes

by Robert Spencer
January 1, 1998

Diana Krall is a singer out of another era: instead of wailing endless melismas, she is as cool and sophisticated as Carmen McRae. She's breathy in a way that evokes days when male-female relationships seemed more relaxed and less politically charged, not to mention more mysterious and alluring instead of in-your-face. Indeed, were it not for the thoroughly modern production values, this could pass for a record from a lost age. The playlist could have been put together by Bob ...

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Diana Krall: Love Scenes

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 1997

In the world of jazz media, much has been made over the last decade or so about the “young lions," young upstart musicians who have splashed onto the jazz scene with technical brilliance and bravado. Almost exclusively, this term has been applied to a very focused musical demographic: young black men, nearly all of whom are instrumentalists. In recent years, however, the title of “young lion" has been expanded to include the vast array of talented new jazz artists, many ...

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Diana Krall: Love Scenes

by Jim Santella
October 1, 1997

As a singer, she's been compared to Carmen McRae, Shirley Horn, Nat King Cole, and her teacher Jimmy Rowles. As a pianist she combines the swing of her earliest influence Fats Waller with that of Rowles and another of her teachers, Alan Broadbent. You can hear Broadbent's influence in the clearly-articulated right hand lines that speak volumes alongside the members of her trios. All four of her releases have been done with the basic trio concept, plus the addition of ...