The cold and windy conditions at Livermore's Wente Vineyards Thursday night might have been great for growing grapes, but wasn't ideal for the sold-out crowd that turned out to see Diana Krall. And the jazz singer-pianist certainly sympathized.
“I should have gotten some Diana Krall cashmere blankets made up for you," she quipped at one point. In lieu of that souvenir item, the Grammy award-winning star who performs at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga Tuesday and Wednesday did her best to heat up the night with 80 minutes' worth of sensational straight-ahead jazz, Latin-tinged numbers and bluesy ballads.
The 44-year-old Canadian musician and her top-notch band guitarist Anthony Wilson, drummer Jeff Hamilton and bassist Robert Hurst, in place of regular cohort John Clayton opened the show with a snappy take on the standard “I Love Being Here With You" and then moved straight into a lively run through Harold Arlen's “Let's Fall in Love."
“I should have gotten some Diana Krall cashmere blankets made up for you," she quipped at one point. In lieu of that souvenir item, the Grammy award-winning star who performs at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga Tuesday and Wednesday did her best to heat up the night with 80 minutes' worth of sensational straight-ahead jazz, Latin-tinged numbers and bluesy ballads.
The 44-year-old Canadian musician and her top-notch band guitarist Anthony Wilson, drummer Jeff Hamilton and bassist Robert Hurst, in place of regular cohort John Clayton opened the show with a snappy take on the standard “I Love Being Here With You" and then moved straight into a lively run through Harold Arlen's “Let's Fall in Love."
