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Article: Academy Ball's star to be the building itself (articles.philly.com)

2012-01-29T14:44:00.000-03:00

PHOTOS: At Saturday night's 155th Academy of Music Anniversary Concert and Ball, instead of heading for the Hyatt at the Bellevue after hearing cellist Yo-Yo Ma, jazz singer Diana Krall and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the audience stayed.

Article: Academy Ball's star to be the building itself
Gallery "The 155th Academy Ball"

Article Concert July 2010 (www.sydsvenskan.se)

2012-01-24T18:54:00.002-03:00

Förkyld Diana Krall bjöd på känslig jazz

Diana Krall björd på allt från rappa jazzstandards till känsligt gjorda rockballader.
Foto: Anna Bank

Text: Alexander Agrell
Publicerad 6 juli 2010 22.52 Uppdaterad 7 juli 2010 1.05
Kultur & Nöjen. En förkyld och uppsluppen Diana Krall spelade på tisdagkvällen på Köpenhamns jazzfestival.

Tivolis konsertsal, Köpenhamn, 6 juli

Diana Krall var förkyld, liksom maken Elvis Costello dagen före, på samma scen. Därmed föll lite av poängen med konserten, för även om Krall är en skicklig och mångsidig pianist, så är det den beslöjade sångrösten som verkligen gör henne speciell som artist.

Nu sjöng kanadensiskan förstås bra ändå, men den verkliga klangen, resonansen, i rösten fattades och dessutom var sångljudet ut inte bra, luftigt och blåsigt och med snäppet för klen volym mot instrumenten.

Sammantaget blev det ändå 90 hörvärda minuter, även en dämpad Krall har sina kvaliteter och hon gjorde sitt allra bästa. I hennes skickliga kvartett odlar man en musikantisk lekfullhet som känns väldigt frisk och där olika slags låtar smälts in. De fyra körde bland annat jazzstandarden "I Love Being Here with You" så rappt att texten knappt gick fram, en lika snabb "Jockey Full of Bourbon" av Tom Waits, "Cheek to Cheek" i olika hastigheter och stämningar, den vackra Costello/Krall-balladen "Abandoned Masquarade" och som enda extranummer Dylans "Simple Twist of Fate". Just i avskalade versioner av rock- och poprotade ballader når sångerskan Diana Krall längst in i en.

Den uppsluppna huvudpersonen, vars mellansnack var kul, men också lite smått förvirrat, berättade om sin ungdoms beundran för pianokollegan och landsmannen Oscar Peterson och hur de två till slut mötes och mindes honom med en tagning av "I Was Doing All Right". Hon glänste med snärtiga tvåhandsdragningar och rullande stridepiano-bitar och släppte generöst fram sina tre polare.

Basisten Robert Hurst blev publikfavoriten med sina välformulerade, vindsnabba och melodiska solon.

Fuente: www.sydsvenskan.se

Chimes of Freedom — 76 Newly Recorded Bob Dylan Songs by Over 80 Artists Scheduled for January 24 Release

2012-01-24T10:27:00.002-03:00

Salutes Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary and Life-Saving Human Rights Work

(New York) -- Two iconic forces that have impacted the past 50 years -- the life-saving human rights activism of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Amnesty International and the incomparable artistry of Bob Dylan -- are being saluted by 80 musicians who contributed new or previously unreleased recordings to Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.

Chimes of Freedom is Executive Produced by legendary music executive Jeff Ayeroff and Julie Yannatta, who spearheaded Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur -- a 2007 collection of John Lennon solo compositions performed by major artists including U2, Green Day, and R.E.M.

The collection is scheduled for physical (4 discs) and digital release in North America on January 24, 2012 through Fontana Distribution. It will be distributed internationally through Fontana International, a Universal Music company, on January 30.

Chimes of Freedom features a stellar and diverse group of artists across the generational and musical spectrum. The performers, including many of Amnesty International's longtime supporters, range in age from pop star Miley Cyrus, 19, to folk music legend Pete Seeger, who, at 92, records Dylan's poignant "Forever Young," with a children's chorus.

The diversity of the musicians and musical genres -- from rock, rap, hip-hop to pop, folk, country, jazz and blues -- attests to Amnesty's depth of support in the music community, the universal appeal of the core message of human rights, and the breadth of Dylan's impact on culture. Almost every track on the album is being released for sale for the first time* -- except for the title song, Dylan's original 1964 recording of "Chimes of Freedom." Seventy songs were recorded especially for this release -- with the addition of a few previously unreleased recordings.

"This album is a powerful fusion of the music community's respect for Amnesty's life-affirming work and for Bob Dylan's enduring brilliance," said Ayeroff and Yannatta. "We are proud to have worked with Amnesty to produce this remarkable project."

In 1962, Amnesty International evolved from a one-year campaign to free political prisoners into a worldwide movement fighting for justice, freedom and human dignity; today the organization has more than three million supporters in 150 countries. In March of that same year Bob Dylan's debut album was released, launching an unparalleled recording career. "Over the half century, Dylan's art has explored and expressed the anguish and hope of the modern human condition," observed Sean Wilentz, the noted historian, in the album liner notes.

"Bob Dylan's music endures because he so brilliantly captures our heartbreak, our joy, our frailty, our confusion, our courage and our struggles," said Karen Scott Amnesty International's Manager of Music Relations. "His words convey a depth of meaning that few artists can equal, inspiring us and always moving ahead of our expectations. We at Amnesty International are deeply grateful to this legendary musician and to all of the artists who have contributed to this project."

All of the artists, session musicians, arrangers, engineers, producers and recording studios worked pro-bono to support the human rights cause. Almost 30 tracks on the album were mixed gratis by famed engineer Bob Clearmountain. Bob Ludwig and Adam Ayan of Gateway Mastering donated their mastering services. The album cover illustration is by Grammy Award winning artist Mick Haggerty. Eight tracks were produced or executive produced by Martin Lewis, who as co-creator/producer in the 1970s of Amnesty's ongoing "Secret Policeman's Ball" benefit series, instigated Amnesty's outreach to rock musicians by recruiting and producing Pete Townshend, Sting, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Bob Geldof and others. Executive Producers for Amnesty International are Helen Garrett, director of special projects, and Karen Scott, manager of music relations.

Through Chimes of Freedom, Amnesty International seeks to enlist support for its fight against censorship and attacks on free speech -- whether involving artists, writers, musicians, political activists or bloggers. In this campaign, Amnesty is fighting for people such as the imprisoned Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in China, a scholar and human rights defender imprisoned since 2009 for writing about corruption and criticizing China's political system. In addition to purchasing the album at www.amnestyusa.org/chimes, supporters will find actions they can take to help individuals whose freedom of expression is under threat.

The tracklisting for Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International is as follows:

DISC 1
Johnny Cash Featuring The Avett Brothers One Too Many Mornings
Raphael Saadiq Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Patti Smith Drifter's Escape
Rise Against Ballad of Hollis Brown
Tom Morello The Nightwatchman Blind Willie McTell
Pete Townshend Corrina, Corrina
Bettye LaVette Most of the Time
Charlie Winston This Wheel's On Fire
Diana Krall.Simple Twist of Fate
Brett Dennen You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Mariachi El Bronx Love Sick
Ziggy Marley Blowin' in the Wind
The Gaslight Anthem Changing of the Guards
Silversun Pickups Not Dark Yet
My Morning Jacket You're A Big Girl Now
The Airborne Toxic Event Boots of Spanish Leather
Sting Girl from the North Country
Mark Knopfler Restless Farewell

DISC 2
Queens Of The Stone Age Outlaw Blues
Lenny Kravitz Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35
Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
Blake Mills Heart Of Mine
Miley Cyrus You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Billy Bragg Lay Down Your Weary Tune
Elvis Costello License to Kill
Angelique Kidjo Lay, Lady, Lay
Natasha Bedingfield Ring Them Bells
Jackson Browne Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Joan Baez Seven Curses (Live)
The Belle Brigade No Time To Think
Sugarland Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Live)
Jack's Mannequin Mr. Tambourine Man
Oren Lavie 4th Time Around
Sussan Deyhim All I Really Want To Do
Adele Make You Feel My Love (Recorded Live at WXPN)

DISC 3
K'NAAN With God On Our Side
Ximena Sariñana I Want You
Neil Finn with Pajama Club She Belongs to Me
Bryan Ferry Bob Dylan's Dream
Zee Avi Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Carly Simon Just Like a Woman
Flogging Molly The Times They Are A-Changin'
Fistful Of Mercy Buckets Of Rain
Joe Perry Man Of Peace
Bad Religion It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
My Chemical Romance Desolation Row (Live)
RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren Abandoned Love
Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss and Freelance Whales New Morning
Cage the Elephant The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Band of Skulls It Ain't Me, Babe
Sinéad O'Connor Property of Jesus
Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project Shelter From The Storm
Ke$ha Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Kronos Quartet Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

DISC 4
Maroon 5 I Shall Be Released
Carolina Chocolate Drops Political World
Seal & Jeff Beck Like A Rolling Stone
Taj Mahal Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
Dierks Bentley Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Live)
Mick Hucknall One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
Thea Gilmore I'll Remember You
State Radio John Brown
Dave Matthews Band All Along the Watchtower (Live)
Michael Franti Subterranean Homesick Blues
We Are Augustines Mama, You Been On My Mind
Lucinda Williams Tryin' To Get To Heaven
Kris Kristofferson Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Eric Burdon Gotta Serve Somebody
Evan Rachel Wood I'd Have You Anytime
Marianne Faithfull Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Live)
Pete Seeger Forever Young
Bob Dylan Chimes Of Freedom

DIGITAL ONLY
Outernational When The Ship Comes In
Silverstein Song To Woody
Daniel Bedingfield Man In The Long Black Coat

For More Information:
Bobbie Gale/Big Hassle Media
323-456-3490
Bobbie@bighassle.com

Digital contact:
Cory Llewellyn/Transmission Media
310 295 0187
cory@transmissionmedia.com

For Amnesty International:
Contact: Suzanne Trimel,
212-633-4150, 917-815-5964
strimel@aiusa.org

Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with more than three million supporters, activists and volunteers in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights worldwide. The organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public, and works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. For more information, please visit: www.amnestyusa.org

Photo: Diana Krall, John Clayton and Yo-Yo ma (2008)

2012-01-07T16:48:00.002-03:00

Photo by Jimmy Asnes

Fuente: www.yo-yoma.com

PHOTOS CONCERT: 2008-07-13 North Sea Jazz

2011-12-31T01:21:00.002-03:00

Photos: Jeroen Breeschoten (picasaweb.google.com)

FELICES FIESTAS!

2011-12-25T22:49:00.002-03:00

Imagen base: www.tecnoshot.com

Imagen photo of Diana: kidsmusiccorner.co.uk

FELICES FIESTAS!

Compartir la mejor mùsica nos acercò a esta pàgina,

por ello brindo;

ese espìritu de adolescencia que enamora con el tino de resplandescer...

Un gran abrazo a todos!

Galerie photo: Diana Krall, Festival de Jazz 2011 (www.montreal.tv)

2011-12-24T10:17:00.000-03:00

Fuente: www.montreal.tv

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal © FIJM 2011 / Denis ALIX

DIANA KRALL AND PAUL McCARTNEY

2011-12-22T22:18:00.002-03:00

Paul’s Tribute To Personal Favourites & Two New Self Penned Compositions Out February 6th / 7 th

WHILE many a musician is often asked about the tunes that have influenced their songwriting, it is not a question Paul McCartney ordinarily gets to answer – until now. Paul is about to offer a glimpse into “the songs which inspired the songs” with the upcoming release of a brand new album of those standards he grew up listening to in his childhood—plus two brand new McCartney compositions: the album, which is currently untitled, will be released on Hear Music/Concord Records on February 7th 2012.

With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band—as well as guest appearances from Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, McCartney’s new album is a deeply personal journey through classic American compositions that, in some cases, a young Paul first heard his father perform on piano at home. As authentic and daring a musical statement as he could make, this is the album Paul has been thinking about making for more than 20 years - and probably the last thing his fans are expecting. “In the end it was ‘Look, if I don’t do it now, I’ll never do it,” he says.

In short,Paul believes it is about time “the songs me and John based quite a few of our things on” received the recognition they deserve. Moreover, the record also features a couple of new original McCartney compositions in the spirit of those classics.

“When I kind of got into songwriting, I realised how well structured these songs were and I think I took a lot of my lessons from them,” Paul explains. “I always thought artists like Fred Astaire were very cool. Writers like Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, all of those guys - I just thought the songs were magical. And then, as I got to be a songwriter I thought it’s beautiful, the way they made those song’.”

Determined to approach the record in a new and unique manner, Paul enlisted the help of LiPuma and Krall and her band—who delivered ultra-high quality musicianship and were completely in tune with Paul’s restraint and feel for the music. In the studio, the recording of this album was also a new challenge for Paul who, for the first time ever, performed exclusively in the vocal booth without no instrument – no guitar, no bass, no piano - which led to a vocal performance like no other in his career.

He adds, “It was very spontaneous, kind of organic, which then reminded me of the way we’d work with The Beatles. We’d bring a song in, kick it around, when we found a way to do it we’d say ‘Okay, let's do a take now’ and by the time everyone kind of had an idea of what they were doing, we’d learnt the song. So that’s what we did, we did the take live in the studio.”

“It was important for me to keep away from the more obvious song choices so, many of the classic standards will be unfamiliar to some people. I hope they are in for a pleasant surprise.”

The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011. It also features guest musicians Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder, respectively, on the original compositions ‘My Valentine’ and ‘Only Our Hearts’.

Fuente: www.paulmccartney.com

Diana Krall Trio - Monday February 5, 1990 @ Ontario Science Centre

2011-12-18T14:03:00.003-03:00

The Canadian Jazz Archive
is a project of JAZZ.FM91

1. Bell 00:08:57 3.34MB
2. 502 Blues 00:09:20 3.48MB
3. unknown title 00:08:05 3.02MB
4. Thermo 00:05:44 2.14MB
5. Sun Flower 00:09:46 3.65MB
6. This ‘ For Albert 00:06:09 2.30MB
7. Steps 00:11:13 4.19MB

www.canadianjazzarchive.org

EN EL DIA DE LA MÙSICA... DIANA!

2011-11-22T21:40:00.000-03:00

*****

Gracias por el aporte a Jolanta Barańska!

Photos concert: The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

2011-11-19T16:37:00.001-03:00

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Recording artist Diana Krall performs during a segment of ' The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson' at CBS Television City on September 25, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.

Photos: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Fuente: www.life.com

Happy Birthday, Diana!!!

2011-11-16T00:01:00.000-03:00

Diana Krall Live - 23.10.2007

2011-10-24T21:27:00.006-03:00

Die erfolgreiche Jazzmusikerin Diana Krall verwandelte, zur großen Freude eures Moderators, das Studio in einen swingenden Jazzclub und performte den Song ´East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)´ von ihrem Best Of´-Album live auf der TV total-Bühne.

http://tvtotal.prosieben.de/tvtotal/videos/player/?contentId=18858

Diana Krall cancel out on Bridge School Benefit

2011-10-21T20:55:00.001-03:00

Diana Krall and Jenny Lewis cancel out on Bridge School Benefit

Diana Krall and Jenny Lewis are no longer scheduled to appear at Neil Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit. Pollstar.com announced yesterday (10/14/11) that the multi-Grammy award winning Canadian jazz pianist/vocalist Krall and the former Rio Kiley lead vocalist Lewis have cancelled last minute and been replaced in the line up by indie folk singer songwriter Devendra Banhart and multi-award winning jazz singer-songwriter Norah Jones with The Little Willies. No further explanation on the cancellations have been given. Also added is comedian/talk show host Jimmy Fallon who will appear Saturday (1022/11) only to emcee the event. The 25th annual Bridge School Benefit is scheduled to run from Oct. 22 to Oct 23 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. Advertisement The revised lineup has Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Arcade Fire, Eddie Vedder, Mumford & Sons, Devendra Banhart, Norah Jones with The Little Willies and Los Invisibles featuring Carlos Santana, his wife Cindy Blackman Santana and guests appearing both days. Foo Fighters and Tony Bennett appear Sunday only.The Bridge School Benefit is an annual non-profit charity concert held every October and organized by legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Young,and his wife, Pegi. For more details, check out the Bridge School official website. Did you know? Proceeds from the Neil Young organized annual benefit are used to help the Bridge School, which assists children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs.

Fuente: torontonewscorp.com

Photo: DIANA KRALL (September 24. 2011 - Love)

2011-10-16T23:29:00.002-03:00

Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall, New York. Photo Tamara Weber

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Photos Concert: Diana Krall in A day on the green (2010 - Australia)

2011-10-10T15:30:00.006-03:00

Peter Lehmann Wines - 'a day on the green'
02 Mar, 2010 05:23 PM

The Diana Krall concert at Peter Lehmann Wines was part of the 200th show celebrations for ‘a day on the green’.

After nine years, more than one million happy patrons and some terrific concerts, the popular winery series ‘a day on the green’ celebrated its 200th show.

The milestone was celebrated twice on Saturday.

Every now and then there are two ‘day on the green’ concerts staged on the same day, usually with different artists in different states.

By happy coincidence, the 200th show fell on one such weekend.

So the celebration took place at Peter Lehmann Wines as well as with Tom Jones in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley.

Diana Krall, Madeleine Peyroux, Melody Gardot and Katie Noonan set the tone for the Barossa party....

Fuente: www.barossaherald.com.au

Photos Concert: Diana Krall - Vienne, France (28 de Junio 2008)

2011-10-08T02:33:00.004-03:00

Fuente: roadtips.typepad.com

Photos: Elvis Costello, Diana Krall's Big Apple Babes

2011-10-01T02:02:00.005-03:00

Sep 20, 2011 by JENNY SCHAFER

We haven't seen this family in awhile!

Musical couple Elvis Costello and Diana Krall were spotted strolling with their adorable 4 1/2-year-old twin sons, Dexter and Frank, in New York City on Monday (September 19).

Due to an illness in his family, Elvis recently postponed his September 18th show at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood. The crooner’s website announced that he is postponing all dates between September 15 - 22. The statement said that Diana and the twins are fine:

"(The postponement) is due to matters pertaining to the very serious illness of a close family member. … A spokesman for the tour stressed that Mr. Costello’s wife and children were in excellent health but declined to elaborate further hoping that people would understand the desire and need for calm and privacy at this difficult time."

Sending our best wishes to the Krall-Costello family.

Photos: Pacific Coast News

Fuente: celebritybabyscoop.com

Vid: Diana Krall, Live Performance at Dalhalla, Sweden on July 3rd, 2006

2011-09-29T00:53:00.010-03:00

Diana Krall - Dalarna,

Sweden, Jul. 3, 2006, FM

Notes:

Diana Krall Quartet
Dalhalla, Rttvik
Dalarna, Sweden
July 3, 2006

*Here's Diana Krall live with something new from her new album "From this Moment on".

FM broadcast

Personnel:
Diana Krall (voc, p)
Anthony Wilson (g)
John Clayton (b)
Jeff Hamilton (d)

Tracklist:
1. Intro by radio announcer 0:16
2. I love being her with you 8:14
3. Let's fall in love 8:56
4. Gee baby, ain't good to you 6:46
5. Exactly like you 5:57
6. You call it madness (But I call it love) 6:27
7. I don't know enough about you 9:24
8. Let's face the music and dance 5:15

9. Little girl blue 7:06
10. I was doing all right 7:12
11. Devil may care 7:31
12. Baby, baby all the time 8:28
13. unknown 7:51

TT 1:29:33
*Taped & Transferred by peterw

Info: stommel.tamu.edu

*****

Photos: www.hififorum.nu

Bridge School Benefit to Feature Diana Krall

2011-09-21T00:10:00.009-03:00

Bridge School Benefit to Feature Diana Krall (and many more!)
9/7/2011

This year's Bridge School Benefit will feature performances by Neil Young, Arcade Fire, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, Tony Bennett and Mumford & Sons, Beck, Diana Krall, Jenny Lewis and Los Invisibles, featuring Carlos Santana. As always, every artist will play an acoustic set and the proceeds will benefit the Bridge School, which helps children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs. The show will be held on October 22nd and 23rd at the Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, California.

Fuente: www.dianakrall.com/news

*****

Annual Bridge School Benefit to Include • Neil Young, Eddie Vedder, Diana Krall,...

*****

THE GERMAN WEBSITE: www.dkrall.de

2011-09-17T00:18:00.004-03:00

Biografía - Fotos - Colaboraciones - SongOgraphie
Soundtracks - Tour - Links - FAQ - Special - Etc.

www.dkrall.de

DIANA KRALL - ROLEX

2011-09-16T23:43:00.002-03:00

Fuente: www.rolex.com/.../the-arts/diana-krall

VID: DIANA KRALL : ELVIS COSTELLO

2011-09-08T16:51:00.006-03:00

Diana KRALL : Elvis COSTELLO - MYTARATATA.COM
MON TARATATA A MOI N° 310 (France 4 Diff. le 24/04/09)

Mots-clés : diana krall

Diana Krall in: The Music Of De Lovely

2011-09-07T02:49:00.009-03:00

Photo: Elton John, Diana Krall & Elvis Costello

2011-08-31T21:16:00.003-03:00

Fuente: blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com

Photos and vid:"Willie Nelson and Friends: Live and Kickin"

2011-08-24T15:44:00.014-03:00

Premiers on USA Network on May 26, 2003.

Rehearsal and Backstage at Beacon Theatre in New York City, New York, United States.

Photos: Theo Wargo/WireImage (www.life.com)

Rehearsal

Kris Kristofferson, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall

Show

*****

Photos: Diana Krall at Blackcreek Festival 2011

2011-08-21T22:33:00.008-03:00

LAMENTABLEMENTE LAS FOTOS DEL CONCIERTO DE DIANA HAN TENIDO QUE SER BORRADAS POR SOLICITUD DEL AUTOR.

Hi Sergio.

Regardless of the watermark on the image you are licensed/contacted me (as a copyright owner of the images) to have a permission to use.

Watermark clearly says that photos are COPYRIGHTED. And it is not permitted to use without proper license. I am Entertainment Photographer making my living on taking these pictures and getting paid for their editorial usage.

I will now allow to use my images without payment.

Please remove images immediately or inquire for the price specifying the usage you need.

Thank you,

Picture Gallery: Diana Krall Black Dress

2011-08-14T01:25:00.006-03:00

Fuente: www.werdyo.com

Photos: Diana Krall Live in Concert at Harvey's Lake Tahoe 2011. Credit: © Sharon Gay

2011-08-12T01:06:00.006-03:00

Fuente: www.examiner.com

Diana Krall surprise return (www.montreuxjazz.com)

2011-08-11T23:57:00.007-03:00

Diana Krall, who previously cancelled her participation to the Tommy LiPuma 75th Birthday concert, just annonced her return. Her tour was rescheduled and she will be on the Auditorium Stravinski stage on the 5th of July.

Tuesday July 5
Auditorium Stravinski
Gala Night : Tommy LiPuma 75th Birthday

with special Guests :
Georges Benson
Randy Crawford
Dan Hicks and His Hop Licks with Sid Page
Dr John
Diana Krall
Joe Sample
David Sanborn

Tommy Lipuma 75TH Birthday - Diana Krall au Montreux Jazz Festival

Photos: (C) Lionel Flusin

Fuente: www.montreuxjazz.com

FOTO SORPRESA DEL DÍA!

2011-08-11T23:10:00.005-03:00

Fuente: blog.sina.com.cn

Serious standards, Diana Krall looks like a dream, but the ballad singer's talent for jazz is very real

2011-08-06T23:47:00.007-03:00

By JUAN RODRIGUEZ, Freelance June 18, 2011

Diana Krall has played at the Montreal International Jazz Festival before, but this year she performs three shows solo - just her at the piano.
Photograph by: JOHN MAHONEY GAZETTE FILE, Freelance

_________________________________________________________________________

First, there are the numbers: Diana Krall has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including 6 million in the U.S., more albums than any other jazz singer of the 1990s and 2000s. She's the only singer to debut eight albums atop the jazz charts. Thus far, she has won three Grammy Awards and eight Junos, scoring nine gold, three platinum, and seven multiplatinum albums.

Then, there are the tie-ins and associations: The ads for Lexus luxury autos, for Rolex watches, the countless magazine covers. In 2008, Nanaimo Harbourfront Plaza was renamed Diana Krall Plaza. Barbra Streisand asked her to produce her last album, in 2009. Clint Eastwood, a fan and friend, featured her music in True Crime. And, of course, there was the marriage to Elvis Costello at Elton John's estate.

Finally, there are Krall's looks: blond, sultry, in classic stylish wardrobe, the little black dress or the strapless gown, "glamorous and amorous," to paraphrase 'S Wonderful, the Gershwin song that opens her best-of album. You'd have to go back to Julie London to find a jazz ballad singer so aggressively marketed as a sex symbol. What's more, her success opened a lucrative market for retro stylists, inspiring a slew of other glamourpusses (like Norah Jones and Jane Monheit) to enter the fray, to various degrees of commercial success.

It's not supposed to be this way for a genuine jazz singer. Besides, how could a whitebread from the Vancouver Island city of Nanaimo measure up to the legacies of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington, who overcame various forms of racial discrimination? And how could she have the chutzpah of ostensibly imitating, in the form of a tribute album, the acknowledged master of the piano-guitar-bass trio format, Nat King Cole, on her third album, All for You, breaking through to sell 100,000 copies within months? "Has Diana Krall gone pop?" asked a Globe and Mail headline. Ergo, she's not a real jazz singer, right?

Wrong. Welcome to yet another jazz controversy over "purity" and preconceived notions. Jazz is full of critic-generated brouhahas, which have more often than not dragged the music into a ghetto ruled by those "in-theknow."

Diana Krall is a polarizing figure who breaks conventional wisdom on what it means to be a serious jazz artist.

That sentiment was echoed by a self-described "aging jazz singer," who recently blogged: "I almost felt it was time for me to stop singing because I saw so many younger singers with more beauty than talent making an impression. Unfortunately, it's a fact of life that some people (many of them men) will buy albums because they can imagine a beauty . singing to them. I'll never forget the spectacle of a friend's husband (who never much cared for vocalists) going gaga over a video of Diana Krall and playing it over and over again. It was pretty obvious that Krall's music was secondary."

Krall was criticized by Gary Giddens, the Village Voice's arbiter of jazz taste, for wrapping The Look of Love album in the airy satinpillow-plush arrangements of Claus Ogerman, whose trademark lushness - which comes perilously close to sounding like Muzak - has graced albums by no less an artist than Antonio Carlos Jobim. (Then again, jazz critics have always had a thing against Ogerman, whom Giddens characterized as a "menace." I happen to love Ogerman's sound.)

A measure of how Diana Krall takes chances and rises to the occasion will be her three-night solo stand - just her at the piano - at Théâtre Maisonneuve, June 26 to 28. It's one thing to do this in a club (although a bassist is usually needed to maintain a rhythmic pulse), it's another thing entirely to create an intimate club-like atmosphere in a large hall.

Though she has played the Montreal jazz fest on numerous occasions - debuting in 1995 in her Nat King Cole tribute trio, a year later at the Spectrum for her first filmed concert, in 1999 with 30 musicians, in 2004 at the Bell Centre celebrating the festival's 25th anniversary - she has not done a solo engagement at the fest. Festival artistic director André Ménard came up with the idea for her: three nights that should give her the opportunity to make changes in repertoire and different approaches to the moment. A mini-musical laboratory in velvet.

In his intensely discriminating Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald reiterates the three reactions to the huge success of Diana Krall over the last two decades:

"First, that she's really great, and deserves all the attention and acclaim that she's received. (This is not exactly my opinion, but I do have to respect the taste of some of those who have expressed it, such as Johnny Mandel and Tony Bennett.) Second, that she's a total sham in a little black dress and high heels, foisted on the public by astute promoters, largely by virtue of her supermodel appearance. (This opinion is inevitably put forward by other, less successful would-be singers, whose mouths are so filled with sour grapes that they can hardly sing themselves.) Third, that she's somewhere between the two poles - that she is, if not the greatest thing since sliced bread, certainly one of the more wonderful (and, correspondingly, more popular) performers of jazz and standards currently active, that she not only has a lot of talent but works hard and is constantly improving her craft, and further, that her success bodes well for the future of this music. Speaking personally, I started with the second opinion, have been very comfortable with the third for a few years now, and am starting to veer toward the first."

Krall herself shrugs off the criticism, noting that when she was a teenager she adorned her bedroom wall with posters of Charlie Parker and Peter Frampton: "But for you jazz police out there, don't worry - I arranged them so they couldn't see each other."

Such objections to the so-called corrupting influence of commerce (ugh) were not raised in the decade or so - the big-band era of the 1930s and '40s - when jazz really was America's popular music. What the naysayers conveniently forget is that Ella, Sarah and Dinah all had big pop hits, and they all dressed glamorously. They all appeared on television regularly.

What's forgotten is that Krall started out as a pianist who had to be talked into singing by Jimmy Rowles, who for years was Fitzgerald's accompanist. She describes the piano as a guide to her vocals, a bold complement to a limited contralto.

She imbues the songs with subtle (yet adventurous) nuance - really, in the jazz tradition - rather than overt "trademark" mannerisms, the death trap for so many female singers these days. She makes no attempt to "sound black" by adopting blues or gospel tinges.

She compensates with canny use of space and silences, restraint, breezy warmth, and a devotion to follow the groove - even when that groove proceeds at a snail's pace. Like Nat Cole, her piano and voice are in total sync.

While sales figures prove her popularity, getting respect from the jazz police is another matter. Of course, she cares about respect from people she looks up to but, in another sense, coming from polemicists with axes to grind, she could care less.

Born on Nov. 16, 1964, in Nanaimo, B.C., she was raised by musical parents; her mother sang in the community choir, her father played stride piano and was an avid collector of sheet music and old 78 rpms, and turned her on to Fats Waller.

Her other heroes included Nat King Cole, Teddy Wilson and Earl Hines, all of whom influenced her innate ability to establish rhythm (albeit her inimitable languorous rhythm). Her preferred format - piano, guitar, bass - comes straight from Cole's famous trio of the '40s.

(While most people remember Cole for his velvet voice, he was a groundbreaking, absolutely fearless and swinging pianist who conjoined the worlds of swing and bop.)

She was discovered by Nanaimo School District music teacher Bryan Stovell, who developed in her a work ethic that amazes to this day. Two other Nanaimo natives, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and her younger sister, Christine (saxophone, composer), looked up to her hard-won progress and were inspired to follow her dogged path - to great success, too.

Krall started gigging professionally at age 15, and won a Vancouver Jazz Festival scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she met drummer Jeff Hamilton and bassist-orchestrator John Clayton, who suggested she move to Los Angeles and with whom she recorded her debut album, Stepping Out, for Montreal's Justin Time label. She stayed in L.A. for three years, parlaying a Canada Council grant to study in Los Angeles with Jimmy Rowles. She also met up with the bass pioneer Ray Brown, who became another mentor.

She was already 26 before she started singing professionally. "I didn't have the confidence," she once said. "Too much listening to Sarah Vaughan, I guess."

In 2000, she opened a tour with Tony Bennett, another challenge given the comparison factor with Mr. Ballad himself. "About the only dumb thing that Krall has ever done," Friedwald writes, "is decline Tony Bennett's generous offer to share an album with him, something that no other vocalist had the opportunity to do up to that point."

A forward-thinking musician, she has remained seemingly unaffected by the trappings of stardom - or the glamorous image she insists is her doing and not the work of her "handlers." (Perhaps we should replace the word "glamour" with "impeccable good taste.")

The historian and critic Ted Gioia (author of the newly revised The History of Jazz) chided her recently for crediting two hairdressers, two makeup artists and one wardrobe assistant in the liner notes to 2006's From This Moment On. "Ah, how times have changed . how did Billie Holiday get by with just that gardenia? Where was Ella's entourage? Bessie's beautician? Sarah's stylist?"

Yet Gioia, in an online survey (at jazz.com) of female jazz singers, gives full props to Krall's talent: "A thousand vocalists have ended up on the boulevard of broken dreams by trying to resuscitate 'S Wonderful or Let's Fall in Love. These songs have been so picked over that there is hardly any meat left on their bones. But Krall avoids all the traps here. She doesn't lapse into imitation of her predecessors. She doesn't try to out-scat Ella or hit higher notes than Sarah. She doesn't get cutesy or treat the song with museum-like reverence. Instead she does just what we want her to do - namely, probe the emotional insides of these melodies. She lives the song, and does it with such honesty and immediacy that we forget whether the song was written in 1938 or 1968. It sounds like she composed it on the piano this afternoon before showing up at the gig."

Krall "makes it seem so simple," Gioia continues. She "has established a distinctive voice of her own. She has already earned her own wing in the pantheon of ballad singers."

Some critics compare her unfavourably to such overtly "creative" and idiosyncratic singers as Cassandra Wilson and Shirley Horn. And yet that is like comparing apples and oranges.

She's coolly emphatic about the philosophy and the lexicon of love. The look of love is no mere glance through her eyes. She's intimate in a conversational way about that ephemeral - indelible, incredible - moonglow atmosphere, instead of bludgeoning you with it. It's as if she's asking "Did you ever feel this way, too?" She's marvellously candid yet open-ended with her audiences. She's the modern-day girl next door.

German critics and historians Joachim-Ernst Berendt and Günther Huesmann, in the seventh edition of The Jazz Book, hail her "slightly understated phrasing full of surprises. Krall succeeded in reinterpreting the tradition of American jazz standards with a deep understanding of the texts and an irresistible articulation. Her style represents a very attractive, unaffected type of singing. Krall has a phenomenal feeling for using her voice to explore the depths of the emotional presence in a song's lyrics. She makes room for all the facets of human feelings and passions, with fragility, a slight coarseness, seductiveness, and little vocal growls, all filtered through her typical coolness."

Berendt and Huesmann maintain that Krall "is perhaps as significant as a pianist as she is as a vocalist. She expands and comments on her singing with a piano style that sparkles with improvisational wit and spontaneous lightness."

"I owe all that to Jimmy Rowles," she said. The piano helps the singing "catch fire."

To critics who say she milks nostalgia for the classic American Songbook, she replied: "The stories of love and romance, loss and loneliness, have always been there and always will be."

Diana Krall performs June 26 to 28 at Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts, as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. All of the shows are sold out.

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© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette

THE GIRL BEHIND THE PIANO

2011-08-06T23:33:00.008-03:00

Nanaimo-raised singer had posters of Charlie Parker and Peter Frampton in her room while growing up

By Juan Rodriguez, For Postmedia News June 26, 2011

Diana Krall in many ways has polarized the jazz community. Critics argue her popularity is unwarranted. Fans adore her for sparkling piano and a sultry voice.
Photograph by: Dan Janisse, Postmedia News, For Postmedia News

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First, there are the numbers: Diana Krall has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including six million in the U.S., more albums than any other jazz singer of the 1990s and 2000s. She's the only singer to debut eight albums atop the jazz charts. Thus far, she has won three Grammy Awards and eight Junos, scoring nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums.

Then, there are the tieins and associations: the ads for Lexus luxury autos, for Rolex watches, the countless magazine covers. In 2008, Nanaimo Harbourfront Plaza was renamed Diana Krall Plaza. Barbra Streisand asked her to produce her last album, in 2009. Clint Eastwood, a fan and a friend, featured her music in True Crime.

And, of course, there was the marriage to Elvis Costello at Elton John's estate.

Finally, there are Krall's looks: blond, sultry, in classic stylish wardrobe, the little black dress or the strapless gown, "glamorous and amorous," to paraphrase 'S Wonderful, the Gershwin song that opens her best-of album. You'd have to go back to Julie London to find a jazz ballad singer so aggressively marketed as a sex symbol. What's more, her success opened a lucrative market for retro stylists, inspiring a slew of other glamourpusses (like Norah Jones and Jane Monheit) to enter the fray, to various degrees of commercial success.

It's not supposed to be this way for a genuine jazz singer. Besides, how could a white woman from Nanaimo measure up to the legacies of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington, who overcame various forms of racial discrimination?

And how could she have the chutzpah of ostensibly imitating, in the form of a tribute album, the acknowledged master of the piano-guitarbass trio format, Nat King Cole, on her third album, All for You, breaking through to sell 100,000 copies within months?

"Has Diana Krall gone pop?" asked a Globe and Mail headline. Ergo, she's not a real jazz singer, right? Wrong.

Welcome to yet another jazz controversy over "purity" and preconceived notions.

Jazz is full of critic-generated brouhahas, which have, more often than not, dragged the music into a ghetto ruled by those "in the know."

Diana Krall is a polarizing figure who breaks conventional wisdom on what it means to be a serious jazz artist.

That sentiment was echoed by a self-described "aging jazz singer," who recently blogged: "I almost felt it was time for me to stop singing, because I saw so many younger singers with more beauty than talent making an impression.

Unfortunately, it's a fact of life that some people (many of them men) will buy albums because they can imagine a beauty singing to them. I'll never forget the spectacle of a friend's husband (who never much cared for vocalists) going gaga over a video of Diana Krall and playing it over and over again. It was pretty obvious that Krall's music was secondary."

Krall was criticized by Gary Giddens, the Village Voice's arbiter of jazz taste, for wrapping The Look of Love album in the airy satin-pillow-plush arrangements of Claus Ogerman, whose trademark lushness - which comes perilously close to sounding like Muzak - has graced albums by no lesser an artist than Antonio Carlos Jobim. (Then again, jazz critics have always had a thing against Ogerman, whom Giddens characterized as a "menace." I happen to love Ogerman's sound.)

In his intensely discriminating Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald reiterates the three reactions to the huge success of Diana Krall over the last two decades:

"First, that she's really great, and deserves all the attention and acclaim that she's received. Second, that she's a total sham in a little black dress and high heels, foisted on the public by astute promoters, largely by virtue of her supermodel appearance. Third, that she's somewhere between the two poles - that she is, if not the greatest thing since sliced bread, certainly one of the more wonderful (and, correspondingly, more popular) performers of jazz and standards currently active, that she not only has a lot of talent, but works hard and is constantly improving her craft, and further, that her success bodes well for the future of this music. Speaking personally, I started with the second opinion, have been very comfortable with the third for a few years now, and am starting to veer toward the first."

Krall herself shrugs off the criticism, noting that, when she was a teenager, she adorned her bedroom wall with posters of Charlie Parker and Peter Frampton.

Such objections to the so-called corrupting influence of commerce (ugh) were not raised in the decade or so - the bigband era of the 1930s and '40s - when jazz really was America's popular music.

What the naysayers conveniently forget is that Ella, Sarah and Dinah all had big pop hits, and they all dressed glamorously. They all appeared on television regularly.

What's forgotten is that Krall started out as a pianist who had to be talked into singing by Jimmy Rowles, who, for years, was Fitzgerald's accompanist. She describes the piano as a guide to her vocals, a bold complement to a limited contralto.

She imbues the songs with subtle (yet adventurous) nuance - really, in the jazz tradition - rather than overt "trademark" mannerisms, the death trap for so many female singers these days.

She makes no attempt to "sound black" by adopting blues or gospel tinges.

Born Nov. 16, 1964, in Nanaimo, she was raised by musical parents; her mother sang in the community choir, her father played stride piano and was an avid collector of sheet music and old 78 r.p.m.s, and turned her on to Fats Waller.

Her other heroes included Nat King Cole, Teddy Wilson and Earl Hines, all of whom influenced her innate ability to establish rhythm (albeit her inimitable languorous rhythm).

Her preferred format - piano, guitar, bass - comes straight from Cole's famous trio of the '40s. (While most people remember Cole for his velvet voice, he was a groundbreaking, absolutely fearless and swinging pianist who conjoined the worlds of swing and bop.)

© Copyright (c) The Victoria Times Colonist

Fuente: www.timescolonist.com

Photos Concert: Diana Krall in Univerzalna sala, Skoplje, 21.11.2009

2011-07-29T01:32:00.008-03:00

Diana Krall
Univerzalna sala, Skoplje
Organizator - Avalon Produkcija

Ne pripadam krugu koji se kreće u ritmu “svetoga trojstva” George Benson - Randy Crawford – Joe Sample kao “vrhunac” džeza. Nisam ni obožavatelj Diane Krall. Otišao sam na koncert sa nadom da ću čuti bar jednu stvar sa njenog odličnog The Girl In The Other Room albuma iz 2004., a potajno sam se nadao da to bude obrada "Temptation" od Tom Waits-a. Nisam dobio svoju zadovoljštinu. Ostatak publike jeste. Bar većina njih.

Supruga legendarnog Elvisa Costella, je imala pravi nastup ali u pogrešnoj sali. To nije krivica organizatora. U Skoplju i ne postoji druga sala za ovakav tip koncerta, sem još par njih i to još gorih. Na početnim taktovima "I Love Being Here With You", odmah mi je došla scena iz američkih filmova: sala sa malim stolovima i još manjim lampica na sredini tih istih stolova, muškarci u odelima a žene u elegantnim svečanim haljinama, vino na stolu. Sala ili prostor gde možes dobiti uslugu na najvišem nivou. The gangster style. Od sedišta u Univerzalnoj sali možes samo dobiti niz reumatskih upala i modrica na kolenima. Vino možeš samo da sanjaš. A ako se misliš obući sa stilom, sledeći dan možes taj isti stil peglati, ispravljati i doterivati nekoliko sati da bi spasao bar nešto od njega.

Klupska atmosfera (samo na bini), četiri standardna reflektora uperena ka izvodjačima, čas plavo čas crveno obojena pozadina. Odličan svetlosni minimalizam. Diana je obučena u elegantnu crnu haljinu sa visokim crnim potpeticama. Čak svira i prekrštenih nogu.

Brzi početak sa gore spomenutim standardom. Sledi laganija "Let’s Fall In Love" pa još jedna balada napisana od same Diane i poznatog supruga. I stiže prvi veliki hit preradjivan hiljadu puta – "Walk On By" (Burt Bucharach). Sjajan aranžman i izvođenje. Diana nije vokalista kalibra Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sarah Vaughan pa čak ni Casandra Wilson. Ali ima nečeg “muškog” u glasu zbog koga i volim njen album The Girl In The Other Room. Njen glas drži konstantan nivo. Nema gore dole kao kod Bridgewater recimo. Ne mogu samo da kažem je li bolji pijanista ili interpretator. Sem posebne i karakteristične boje glasa.

Pratnja je bila izvanredna a čine je Robert Hurst – bas, Karriem Riggins – bubnjevi, i Anthony Wilson – gitara. Metronomski tačna i precizna. Neobično je bilo to što je Diana, sa svojim pianom (koji se transportuje sa koncerta na koncert) bila okrenuta ledjima svom bendu. Vidi se da su odlično uigrani tim. Negde na sredini koncerta Diana se zahvalila publici na divnom dočeku, kao i organizovanoj večeri koju je imala noć pre. Pohvalila je na sve strane Makedonsku kuhinju i vino, i u tu čast, a i u čast njenih prijatelja koji su u svemirskoj stanici već izvesno vreme, odsvirala je obradu još jednog legendarnog hita "Fly Me To The Moon". E, sada pevački nije to Sinatra i nemojte to ni tražiti niti upoređivati. Ali zato po drugi put aranžmanski zvuči fenomenalno. Sledi dirljiva "Quiet Nights" od Jobima sa još zanimljivijim finišom u fade out. Sledeću stvar, "Still On My Feet", je odsvirala sama bez pratnje. Finiš je bio prilično žestok kao i početak. Neobično dugačka "Cheek To Cheek" se sigurno dopala i džezerski “nabrijanom” delu publike. Ovde završava regularni deo kocerta. Usledile su ovacije iz partera. Sledi bis sa trećom obradom velikog hita "Sunny" Bobija Heba iz 1966. godine. Po treći put aranžman je veoma zanimljiv i zadovoljstvo je slušati preciznost i uigranost četvorke. Još jednom duboki naklon svih četvoro i to je to. Prepuna sala ju je ponovo ispratila velikim aplauzom. Skopski “crème de la crème” je dobio ono što je i očekivao.

Za ovu godinu (bar po najavama) ovo je bio poslednji koncert nekog od velikih svetskih imena u Makedoniji. Nadajmo se da ce nas promoteri iznenaditi bar još jednom. U decembru. Nadajmo se.

Photos: Dobre Vibracije_www.facebook.com
Fuente: www.dobrevibracije.org

Photos Concert: Diana Krall in KC Dražen Petrović, Zagreb, 13.11.2009

2011-07-29T00:55:00.012-03:00

Photos: Ivica Drusany_foto.muzika.hr

*****

Galería de Saša Huzjak_www.terapija.net

Photos Concert: Diana Krall in Wroclaw - 2009

2011-07-28T05:27:00.002-03:00

Photos: fotogalerie.pl - jbabiak41090 - Wroclaw - 2009

Photos Concert: Diana Krall in Sala Palatului (Romania - Bucuresti)

2011-07-28T05:17:00.003-03:00

Photos: Cristina Foarfa_23 Nov 2009

PHOTOS, ARTICLE, JAZZ IN VIENNE 2010

2011-07-17T11:05:00.005-03:00

Diva Krall au théâtre antique

Comme d'habitude la star du piano avait ses manies. Le backstage transformé en camp retranché des fois que des yeux ordinaires aient pu accrocher les cheveux de la miss ou pire croiser son regard. Sacrilège. Idem pendant les balances, les t-shirts bleus des bénévoles de l'accueil étaient remplacés par de solides gaillards en noir (par ailleurs fort courtois) d'une agence de sécurité privée, afin de dissuader toute personne non autorisée à pénètrer le périmètre de sécurité autour de l'astre ou à sortir de sa poche ce qui pourrait s'apparenter à un appareil de prise de vue. Evidemment à la conférence de presse point de Diana Krall. La presse française, pire rhonalpine, ne la valant pas. On s'en passera.

Début du concert, dans la fosse des photographes c'est la panique... ils n'ont droit d'appuyer sur leur déclencheur que durant le premier morceau. Avec le soleil en contre-jour, les fumigènes, va falloir faire vite. Comme d'habitude elle arrive sur scène avec sa moue légèrement dédaigneuse, arborant à peine un léger sourire à la vue des gradins archi-combles pour elle. Elle doit calculer les dollars. Elle s'assied au piano et démarre son concert. Elle doit être de bonne humeur car elle a tournée la tête à deux reprises vers le public offrant aux photographes la possibilité de la shooter ce qui n'était pas arrivé lors des deux derniers concerts dans la région (A Vienne en 2008 et à Lyon en 2009). Fin du premier morceau. Les photographes sont évacués avec fermeté. Faut pas pousser quand même ! Le concert continue... du Diana Krall sans surprise.

Pascal Derathé

Une chronique plus complète sera proposée dans l'édition de lundi prochain.

Fuente: www.jazz-rhone-alpes.com

DIANA KRALL IN JAZZBEAT (SEPTEMBER 2002)

2011-07-06T01:08:00.002-03:00

Web: ww.umg.com.hk

Diana Krall & Tony Bennett @ CapitalOne BlackCreek Festival reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

2011-07-03T21:45:00.015-03:00

Saturday, July 2, 2011. Rexall Centre, Toronto.

Diana Krall, fast and sassy in a little black dress crosses the stage before 7000 fans at the Rexall amphitheatre in Toronto, sits down at the keyboard and shows she’s got chops. She’s also shows great taste in her set-list—picked flowers from the Great American Songbook, which she jazzes, often to a Bossa Nova beat, and vocally styles in a way that’s all her own. She delivers “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” (My Fair Lady—Lerner and Loewe, 1956) in a blue-tinged style, improvising the melody as she sings, flattening it, extending some vowels, cutting others short: in short, a jazz musician’s performance—intelligent and full of soul.

Ms. Krall gives her band lots of room to shine: Robert L. Hurst III on bass, Anthony Wilson on guitar, and drummer K. Miggins (who does some great bare meat bongo beating on “Exactly Like You” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy MacHugh, 1930). During her keyboard solo, a low-flying airbus added it’s bass-drone to the proceedings. Ms. Krall looked up from the keyboard, scoped it thoughtfully, then, with her signature wry smile, started singing lines from “Let’s Get Away From it All,” and (homage to Tony Bennet or Mary Ford) “Fly Me To The Moon.” A moment of high performance art IMHO.

From there she fearlessly went to the surrealistic “Jockey Full of Bourbon” from Tom Waits’ 1985 Album Rain Dogs, even singing through cupped hands to get Waits’ bullhorn effect. She merged that tune with Joni Mitchell’s reverent, hyper-Canadian 1970 love-song “A Case of You,” and finished the set cheeky and classy with Irving Berlin’s 1935 Fred Astaire movie hit “Cheek To Cheek.”

Tony Bennett is Tony Bennett is Tony Bennett. Just for being who he is, when he smiles with that flash of verve, he gets a standing ovation. At this point, his way of delivering a song relies on a smooth, rhythmic recitation that can suddenly soar for those screaming high notes, where ( as Bing Crosby used to say about the low notes) ” the money is.” When Mr. Bennett sings,”I’ve Got Rythmn”(Gershwins, Porgy & Bess, 1930) you think he’s singing to you, for you, about the way he feels. He can make you relive musical history in a setlist that includes “Steppin’ Out With My Baby” (Irving Berlin, Easter Parade,1948); his own 1950 hit of a 1930′s song “Sing, You Sinners,” and, also from 1950, “Cold, Cold Heart,” that Hank Williams brought to the top of the country-music chart and Bennett brought to the top of the Billboard Pop chart.

Alas, when real-time thunder, lightning and rain interrupted all this hand-on-heart enjoyment, streams of senior fans, umbrellas unfurled, flowed from the stadium to their cars, and despite Mr. Bennett’s trooper stance, and a wet but willing remnant of fans, there was no singing in the rain. The concert was cancelled. Too bad: I might have heard Tony Bennett live doing my favourite of his lines “Because of you, there’s a song in my heart….”

Fuente: opusonereview.com

*****

Photos: www.blogto.com

*****

Photos: www.facebook.com - BlackCreekFestival

International Festival de Jazz - Montreal 2011

2011-07-03T03:48:00.007-03:00

The Diana Krall concert was spectacular. Our third time seeing her, and each time has been so very different. This was a solo performaance, she played piano and sang. But for her encore she demonstrated her nascent skills on the ukelele.

We waited for her at the artists' exit/entrance, and watched someone else have her photograph taken with Canada's national treasure.

Fuente: margaretevansporter.blogspot.com

Clip from the Diana Krall concert - Théâtre Maisonneuve - PdA (2011-06-26)

2011-07-02T09:10:00.009-03:00

Krall enthralls crowd with intimate performance

2011-06-30T11:17:00.003-03:00

By JEFF HEINRICH, The Gazette June 27, 2011

Diana Krall's Sunday-night show was the first of her three sold-out jazz fest concerts.
Photograph by: DAVE SIDAWAY THE GAZETTE, The Gazette

Diana Krall invited her audience into the living room of her childhood home in Nanaimo, B.C. and, alone at the grand piano with only her dad's gramophone as a prop for company, played the music she loved as a girl.

It was an intimate show Sunday night at Théâtre Maisonneuve, as Krall put a sold-out hall at ease with standards and surprised with some not-so-standards of the Great American Songbook.

Opening with Peel Me a Grape, she soon launched into a medley of Fats Waller tunes, stamping her black stiletto heels as she pounded away at the keyboard, boogie-woogie style, tossing her blond curls to the rhythm.

Form-fitting, sleeveless black dress aside, it was a far cry from that old Chrysler ad and The Look of Love, more a return to the roots of Krall's 1995 fest debut when she proved her love for Nat King Cole.

In between songs, she talked fondly of learning her chops from Jimmy Rowles and jamming in Oscar Peterson's basement, recalled how she was a disaster on third clarinet in her high-school band, and reminisced about listening to jazz on her father's reel-to-reel tape player and 78-rpm records.

If the audience didn't always get her jazz references, Krall forgave them. "Thanks for listening to songs you might not have heard before," she said after introducing something by Bix Beiderbecke and getting no response.

No matter. Whether it was a familiar tune like Don't Fence Me In or an unfamiliar one like the vintage ode to dope, Reefer Song, Krall's performance - her first full-length solo concert ever - pulled the crowd into her world.

She closed her 15-song, 80-minute uninterrupted set with a lovely but obscure 1938 movie tune called As Long As I Love and came back for a three-song encore playing - guess what? - a ukulele. Why? Because her childhood hero, Groucho Marx, played one.

She and her husband, Elvis Costello play the instrument in bed, she explained, before softly strumming All I Do Is Dream of You and encouraging her fans to sing along. Few knew the words.

Then it was back to the piano for Krall's own Departure Bay and, as an adieu, a Prairie Lullaby for her twin boys, Dexter and Frank. Sweet dreams, all.

jheinrich@ montrealgazette.com
© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette

Gallery: Diana Krall Jazz Fest concert

2011-06-29T10:23:00.002-03:00

Diana Krall in concert at Place des Arts during the Montreal International Jazz Festival on Sunday, June 26, 2011.

Fuente: www.montrealgazette.com

Montreal Jazz Festival: Diana Krall holds crowd in thrall in solo show

2011-06-29T10:15:00.004-03:00

By Jeff Heinrich, The Gazette June 28, 2011

Diana Krall enthralled the crowd at Théâtre Maisonneuve Sunday night with a set that referenced her childhood. The Grammy-winning songstress performs again on Monday and Tuesday.

Diana Krall invited her audience into the living room of her childhood home in Nanaimo, B.C. and, alone at the grand piano with only her dad’s gramophone as a prop for company, played the music she loved as a girl.

It was an intimate show Sunday night at Théâtre Maisonneuve, as Krall put a sold-out hall at ease with standards and surprised with some not-so-standards of the Great American Songbook.

Opening with Peel Me a Grape, she soon launched into a medley of Fats Waller tunes, stamping her black stiletto heels as she pounded away at the keyboard, boogie-woogie style, tossing her blond curls to the rhythm.

Form-fitting, sleeveless black dress aside, it was a far cry from that old Chrysler ad and The Look of Love, more a return to the roots of Krall’s 1995 fest debut when she proved her love for Nat King Cole.

In between songs, she talked fondly of learning her chops from Jimmy Rowles and jamming in Oscar Peterson’s basement, recalled how she was a disaster on third clarinet in her high-school band, and reminisced about listening to jazz on her father’s reel-to-reel tape player and 78-rpm records.

If the audience didn’t always get her jazz references, Krall forgave them. “Thanks for listening to songs you might not have heard before,” she said after introducing something by Bix Beiderbecke and getting no response.

No matter. Whether it was a familiar tune like Don’t Fence Me In or an unfamiliar one like the vintage ode to dope, Reefer Song, Krall’s performance – her first full-length solo concert ever – pulled the crowd into her world.

She closed her 15-song, 80-minute uninterrupted set with a lovely but obscure 1938 movie tune called As Long As I Love and came back for a three-song encore playing – guess what? – a ukulele. Why? Because her childhood hero, Groucho Marx, played one.

She and her husband, Elvis Costello play the instrument in bed, she explained, before softly strumming All I Do Is Dream of You and encouraging her fans to sing along. Few knew the words.

Then it was back to the piano for Krall’s own Departure Bay and, as an adieu, a Prairie Lullaby for her twin boys, Dexter and Frank. Sweet dreams, all.

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Concert: Harrah's, San Diego, 19-06-2011

2011-06-22T15:31:00.005-03:00

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Concert: Harveys on June 18 - 2011

2011-06-20T18:03:00.005-03:00

Jazz pianist dazzles crowd; key to memorable weekend

By Kathryn Reed

STATELINE – Few entertainers are better live than recorded. Diana Krall is one of those musicians.

Though her voice ranges from purring sex kitten to raspy lounge singer, it’s her fingers that are most magical. The way they glide across those ivory keys — lingering, pounding, subtle, but always with such purpose. Oh, the music she creates – at times getting off the bench to put more oomph into the keys.

Jazz really is about the music, with the lyrics secondary.

It’s that free flowing jam session of sorts that makes for songs not always sounding the same each time they are played. They often seamlessly flow into one another without a clear ending or beginning.

Krall returned to Lake Tahoe on June 18 after a four-year break from being part of the Harveys Outdoor Concert Series.

Accompanied by Anthony Wilson, who on guitar seemed like a cross between Leo Kottke and Eric Clapton; Kareem Riggins on drums; and Robert Hurst on bass, the quartet made for a formidable ensemble.

The most disappointing part was they only played for a little more than hour. A close second was having the carnival at Horizon as a backdrop for the audience. Besides the horrible visual, the noise from it was equally as irritating as the people in the row behind us talking loudly through most of the concert.

The 43-year-old Krall interacted a bit more with the audience compared to 2007.

“The amusement park screams remind me of my husband,” Krall said of husband Elvis Costello.

Krall and Costello have been inspired by a variety of musicians, but both have a fondness for the 83-year-old Mose Allison. They have recorded his songs, with Krall singing “Stop this World” on Friday night. It is on her “The Girl in the Other Room” album from 2004.

And it was the Mose Allison Trio that opened for Krall.

“He really is one of my heroes,” Krall said of Allison.

While many could be overheard asking who Allison was, one woman in the eighth row said, “I’ve been waiting to see him since the 1970s.”

The trio started with a classic syncopated jazz beat. This is what makes jazz so hard to do well – it’s off beat.

His lyrics are quirky, like, “Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.”

Allison says his prime inspiration in high school was Nat Cole. Cole is also a big part of Krall’s music. She put out an album in 1996 dedicated to the Nat King Cole Trio.

At Harveys she performed a song inspired by Cole, as well one of his originals.

As the sun turned a brilliant orange on this chilly night, the Allison trio wrapped up a nearly 40-minute performance to mixed appreciation from the audience.

After all, it was Krall they came to see. While the parking lot of a casino is not the ideal place to listen to any jazz artist, especially one of Krall’s caliber, it works. Though I still think the South Shore Room would be a better venue for her.

On this mid-June night it was downright cold. Krall at times sat on her hands to warm her fingers. Dressed in black leather jacket and red scarf, her blonde hair blew in the gentle breeze.

For some of her more somber songs like “Abandoned Masquerade”, the carnival behind her was an unfortunate juxtaposition, not to mention at times it drowned out Krall’s vocals.

But, still, she held her own. She is clearly getting better with age.

And ideally as the concert series progresses, there won’t be any more carnivals or cold nights.

Fuente: www.laketahoenews.net

Bassist-composer: Ben Wolfe

2011-06-12T00:45:00.005-03:00

Born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Portland, Oregon, Ben has gained a large following from his performances with Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Diana Krall.

Early on in Ben's career, he formed a Duo with Harry Connick Jr. and went on to record over a dozen albums and soundtracks. During his five years with Connick, he performed on numerous world tours as musical director. He then joined the Wynton Marsalis Septet and remained until it disbanded. Ben also became an integral part of Diana Krall's touring band and played on many of her recordings, including the Grammy Award winning CD, "When I Look In Your Eyes."

As a member of The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), Ben has performed with Joe Henderson, Doc Cheatham, Jon Hendricks, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and Billy Higgins. Other artists he has also recorded with include Branford Marsalis, James Moody, Eric Reed, Carl Allen, and Benny Green.

In addition to his latest CD, Ben's previous recordings include "13 Sketches" (1996) and "Bagdad Theater" (1997), both released on Mons Records; the critically acclaimed "Murray's Cadillac" (2000) on Amosaya Music; and "My Kinda Beautiful" (2004) on Planet Arts Records.

Ben is currently on the teaching faculty at The Julliard School : Jazz Division.

Fuente (article & photos): www.benwolfe.com

*****

Discography with Diana Krall

When I Look Into Your Eyes (1999)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (2001)
Chrismas Songs (2005)

VIDS: PERFOMANCE IN LIVE 1999 AND 2000

2011-06-11T20:26:00.007-03:00

Thank you Jolanta Barańska!

Nice Jazz Festival - 22-07-2008

2011-06-08T23:20:00.002-03:00

Nice Jazz Festival : de l’ouvrier jazzy à la blonde canadienne

Hier, les scènes du festival ont fait place à la diversité en proposant à une foule venue en nombre, un ouvrier du jazz aux allures de soldat rose en la personne du maestro Sanseverino ouvrant la voie à la voix feutrée de la diva canadienne, Diana Krall. Un nouveau grand moment pour un festival pas comme les autres...

La soirée filait tranquillement vers son épilogue quand la diva canadienne, Diana Krall, entra sur la scène du jardin pour régaler un public déjà sous le charme de ce brin de blonde à la voix si particulière et à l’immense talent de pianiste. Une soirée avec et sous les étoiles pour la plus grande joie d’un public nombreux et conquis qui jura, mais pas trop tard, qu’on les reprendrait au plus vite !

Fuente: www.nice-premium.com

Diana Krall colaborará con Paul McCartney en un disco.

2011-06-06T21:39:00.004-03:00

El ex Beatle que visitó nuestro país meses atrás tiene en puerta un nuevo proyecto: un disco de reversiones de clásicos de la era pre-rock

A la manera de Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Bryan Ferry y ahora Iggy Pop, la leyenda del rock británico planea sacar su propio disco de covers de grandes clásicos de la música, antes que la aparición de su banda hubiese cambiado el curso de la historia.

McCartney habló con Rolling Stone y declaró que este es un proyecto que tenía en mente desde hace mucho tiempo, pero el mencionado Rod Stewart le habría ganado de mano en su momento, por lo que esperó el momento oportuno para lanzarlo:
“He querido hacer esto desde siempre, desde mis días con The Beatles. Pero entonces Rod [Stewart] se emocionó con eso y pensé ‘Voy a tener que esperar para que no parezca que le esté copiando’”.

El disco contará con la colaboración de la jazzista Diana Krall y se compondrá de canciones que McCartney “sencillamente admira”, aunque tratará de “mantenerse alejado de las versiones más obvias”.

Según palabras del propio músico, será “música para ir de casa al trabajo, para escuchar mientras disfrutás de una copa de vino”.

Fuente: www.indiehearts.com

DIANA KRALL CONCERTS

2011-06-01T01:45:00.010-03:00

6/5/2011

Victoria Theatre - Newark, NJ

6/6/2011

Ridgefield Playhouse - RIDGEFIELD, Connecticut, US

6/17/2011

Mountain Winery - SARATOGA, California, US

6/18/2011

Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey's - Lake Tahoe, NV

6/19/2011

Harrah's Rincon - Open Sky Theatre - Valley Center, CA

6/ 26-27-28 /2011
7:00 PM Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts Montreal, Quebec, CA

7/1/2011

The Collesseum at Caesars - Windsor, Ontario, CA

7/2/2011

Rexall Center at York University - Toronto, Ontario, CA

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Photo Album Viewer (www.nanaimo.ca)

2011-05-28T00:44:00.003-03:00

DIANA KRALL PLAZA

BC, Krall family invest in patient housing program

2011-05-25T08:47:00.006-03:00

May 20, 2011

VANCOUVER – Patient and caregivers who need to travel for leukemia treatments or solid organ transplants are benefiting from a new $720,000 pilot project that provides affordable patient housing options.

The pilot is funded through a $360,000 contribution from the Province, which matches a gift from the family of the late Adella Krall, who was mother to Diana and her sister Michelle. To help other patients and their families experiencing similar challenges, the Kralls donated funds raised by Diana and Michelle and Diana's charity benefits to the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. The Kralls recognized the need for sustainable affordable housing for outpatients and caregivers while Adella was travelling between Nanaimo and Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) for multiple myeloma treatment.

The Patient Accommodation Pilot Project benefits patients from the leukemia/bone marrow transplant and the solid organ transplant programs at VGH when they face lengthy outpatient stays. The pilot will run for an estimated 18 months, with as many as 120 families expected to access the program over the next year.

Currently, 10 fully-furnished and equipped one-bedroom apartments located close to VGH are available to patients and their caregivers. A $20 per day subsidy is available if the apartments are fully booked, or if patients prefer to secure their own housing.

Since the housing project began in early March 2011, 36 patients and their caregivers have been accommodated through the program. The Province is committed to ensuring access to health-care benefits and supports is looked at with a provincewide lens. Patients supported through this program have come from 28 communities across B.C., including Kamloops, Comox, Sechelt, Prince Rupert, Fort St. John and Trail.

The Krall family are long-time supporters of the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, a registered charity that raises funds for the latest, most sophisticated medical equipment, world-class research and improvements to patient care for VGH, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and community health services across Vancouver.

Michelle Krall Wigmore (left) and B.C. Minister of Health Michael de Jong attend a press conference announcing funding for a patient-accommodation pilot projecton Friday, May 20, 2011.
Photograph by: GLENN BAGLO, VANCOUVER SUN

The Patient Accommodation Pilot Project is just one of the supports in place for B.C. patients and families who need to travel for medical care. The Province’s recently invested $13.4 million toward a new Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver, which will accommodate up to 2,200 out-of-town families a year who need to travel with their children for care at BC Children’s Hospital.

Additionally, the Province’s Travel Assistance Program, a corporate partnership between the Ministry of Health and private transportation carriers, offers discounts ranging from 30 to 100 per cent off regular fares for eligible B.C. residents who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred care.

Photo Caption: (From left to right: Ron Dumouchelle, President & CEO, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation; Rupie Sachdeva, Sister of former BC Government MLA Sindi Hawkins; Michael de Jong, Minister of Health, BC Government; Michelle Krall Wigmore, long-time supporters of the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation)

Fuente: www.vch.ca

Photos: McCallum Theatre’s Annual Fundraising Gala (30 November 2010)

2011-05-24T02:15:00.003-03:00

VID: The Very Best of Diana Krall

2011-05-20T14:10:00.003-03:00

Max Paul interviews Diana Krall on the eve of her 1999 Grammy nomination

Diana Krall Discography (issuu.com)

2011-05-15T23:19:00.002-03:00

Open publication

MALARIA NO MORE

2011-05-13T20:44:00.005-03:00

March 16th, 2011 | By Erica Lichtenberger

Buzzwords Blog

Diana Krall Sings to Beat Malaria

Award-winning singer Diana Krall is the latest celebrity to join the fight against malaria. While her most recent album Quiet Nights is based on her feelings for Brazil, the title reminds us of the gift we’re trying to grant every family across Africa – a peaceful night without the worry of a bite from a malarial mosquito.

Monday, March 21st, Diana will use her powerful vocals to help raise awareness of malaria at a private MNM donor event at Eleven Madison Park in NYC.

Fuente: www.malarianomore.org

Photo: dianakrallfans.com

Amphitheatre Ra'anana Israel - 2010 (www.yosmusic.com)

2011-05-10T14:48:00.000-03:00

Steinway Issue - 2 2010

2011-05-09T23:07:00.005-03:00

Open publication

Diana Krall in Honolulu (On the Scene - John Berger - 2005)

2011-05-09T22:32:00.002-03:00

WITH ADDED ALOHA FROM ELVIS: Diana Krall was joined by her husband, Elvis Costello, left, and Honolulu Symphony Pops conductor Matt Catingub as she greeted well-wishers backstage after her concert at the Waikiki Shell on Sunday. Jim Nabors, Jimmy Borges, Mazie Hirono and Michi Robbs were among those who got to talk with Krall and get a photo or autograph. We're told that the tropical pattern of Krall's gown is a Vivian Westwood design; a source close to Krall says Westwood will design the cover art for her next album.

Fuente: archives.starbulletin.com

Diana Krall and Costello in the building at Canucks game

2011-05-02T08:23:00.010-03:00

AP - Apr. 30, 2011

Canadian singer Diana Krall, left, and her husband, singer Elvis Costello watch the Vancouver Canucks play the Nashville Predators during game 2 of an NHL Western Conference semifinal Stanley Cup playoff hockey series in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday April 30, 2011. Costello performed his hit song Pump It Up with local Vancouver band Odds in the moments before the opening faceoff. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

Fuente: www.theglobeandmail.com

Special gratefulness to Monika Grobelny for the contribution!

Charlie Haden Quartet West - Sophisticated Ladies

2011-04-30T00:35:00.006-03:00

Time: 60:24
Label: Emarcy
Styles: Vocal jazz, Standards, Neo bop
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[5:40] 1. If I'm Lucky (with Melody Gardot)
[4:29] 2. Sophisticated Lady
[4:25] 3. Ill Wind (with Norah Jones)
[5:23] 4. Today I Am A Man
[4:14] 5. My Love And I (with Cassandra Wilson)
[4:40] 6. Theme From "Markham"
[5:52] 7. Let's Call It A Day (with Ruth Cameron)
[4:09] 8. Angel Face
[5:13] 9. A Love Like This (with Renee Fleming)
[5:35] 10. My Old Flame
[5:48] 11. Goodbye (with Diana Krall)
[4:52] 12. Wahoo

The new release by Quartet West, Sophisticated Ladies, not only finds the group with a new drummer (Rodney Green), but as well in the company of some of the greatest female vocalists of our time - Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall, Melody Gardot, Norah Jones, Renee Fleming and Charlie's wife, Ruth Cameron.

Charlie Haden (double bass); Cameron Patrick, Marcy Vaj, Kevin Kumar, Cecilia Hobbs Gardner, Yuiko Kamakari, Una Tone, Adriana Zoppo, Narciso Figueroa, Elena Barere, Kirstin Fife, Maria Newman, Susan Chatman, Ruth Brugger-Johnson, Katherine Fong, Laura Mcginniss, Jonathan Dinklage (violin); Dov Scheindlin, Todd Low, Suzanna Giordano, Vincent Lionti, Karen Elaine, Margot Aldcroft, Karen Dreyfus, Robert Berg (viola); Diane Barere, Tim Loo, Elizabeth Wright, Jodi Burnett, Ellen Westerman, Jerry Grossman , Jeanne LeBlanc, Steve Richards (cello); Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone); Alan Broadbent (piano); Rodney Green (drums); Karen Karlsrud, Pam Gates, Eric Gorfain, Michael Ferril, Katherine Livolsi, Anatoly Fosinsky, Hae Young Ham, Joyce Hammann, Marina Manukian, Avril Brown, Yuri Vodovoz.

Fuente: balkanskauspavanka.blogspot.com

PHOTOS: Wim Heitinga's Celebrities Blog (TOUR 2010)

2011-04-29T23:58:00.003-03:00

Diana Krall performing in Concert

Veranos de la Villa in Madrid, July 26

Fuente: wimheitinganl.wordpress.com/.../diana-krall/

PHOTOS: ALEX CHELBA - DIANA KRALL . 2009 . BUCURESTI

2011-04-28T20:23:00.001-03:00

Fuente: alex_chelba.freehostia.com/Diana_Krall

Reportagem Diana Krall - Cascais

2011-04-25T12:51:00.003-03:00

CoolJazz Fest 2010 - 25 de Julho

Ontem, ao vigésimo quinto dia do mês de Julho e inserido no cartaz do Cooljazz Fest, a noite esteve a cargo de Diana Krall.

O Hipódromo Manuel Possolo, recinto amplo e relvado, rodeado de árvores e, esta noite em particular, iluminado por uma intensa lua cheia que Diana Krall não se cansou de elogiar, foi mais uma vez palco de uma noite musical a recordar.

Às 22 horas, hora marcada para o início do espectáculo, as plateias sentadas já se encontram muito bem compostas e ainda assim as pessoas não param de chegar.

Pouco mais de 10 minutos depois os músicos sobem ao palco e recebem desde logo um aplauso caloroso.

O concerto decorre num tom muito familiar, os músicos tocam muito próximos uns dos outros, num ambiente cúmplice que só não inclui também o público, fica a impressão, pela dimensão do espaço.

O som estava confortável, definido e equilibrado, chegando, porém, num nível porventura demasiado reduzido às zonas do recinto mais afastadas do palco.

Os temas mais recentes, com forte influência da Bossa Nova brasileira, são bem recebidos pelo público, mas a actuação tem também espaço para algumas versões de temas de personalidades de renome, como Tom Waits, Nat King Cole e António Carlos Jobim e decorre de uma forma muito fluida e coesa, em que as secções instrumentais parecem conduzir naturalmente umas às outras, enquanto se sucedem em tom descontraído.

O tempo passa realmente depressa e já cerca de hora e um quarto depois a cantora, compositora e pianista, antes de se despedir e de iniciar o último tema, apresenta novamente os notáveis músicos que a acompanham, acrescentando de forma cúmplice para com o público e referindo-se ao resto banda “I’m so lucky to be here in the first row!”.

E a lisonja é, de facto, merecida. Anthony Wilson (guitarra), Robert Hurst (contrabaixo) e Karriem Riggins (bateria) comprovam ser excelentes intérpretes.

O concerto, embora tecnicamente perfeito, parece, no entanto, um pouco frio. Culpa, mais uma vez, do tamanho do recinto. Fica definitivamente a ideia de que este registo é muito mais indicado para espaços mais pequenos. E uma actuação indoor privilegiaria o espectáculo que, ainda assim, foi muito bom.

Espaço ainda para um pequeno encore, dois temas apenas, o primeiro dos quais cantado em português: Este Seu Olhar, de João Gilberto.

Depois de muitos aplausos e agradecimentos, os músicos despedem-se uma última vez e as pessoas abandonam o recinto. A apreciação geral que se vai ouvindo das conversas daqui e dali é sempre positiva e o público ficou satisfeito com mais esta noite musical.

Assim decorreu a nona noite do Cooljazz Fest, terceira e última no Hipódromo Manuel Possolo.

Texto: Pedro Costa
Foto: Ana Coelho

Fuente: www.festivaisverao.com

CAPTURAS: "QUIET NIGHTS"

2011-04-25T01:31:00.003-03:00

CELEBRITY MOMS

2011-04-11T22:56:00.001-03:00

Diana Krall Doesn’t Need Sleep
August 20, 2007— Emma @ 9:03 am

Diana Krall has embraced motherhood with the same down to earth style as her music. She returned to the road this summer in mid-July with her twin boys, Dexter and Frank, in tow.

“Been away for a while,” she said from her perch on the piano bench at the Hollywood Bowl. “Had two babies — at the same time.”

She’s been busy keeping the boys occupied on the bus, she says: “Singing ‘The wheels on the bus go round and round’ for 18 hours a day. . . .”

“Bein’ a mom,” she went on, “is the best thing that ever happened to me. Who needs sleep?”

Krall and husband Elvis Costello welcomed sons Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James in December 2006.

Source: Reuters

Fuente: celebritymoms.wordpress.com

PHOTOS: DIANA KRALL SEARCH IN WWW.BAIDU.COM

2011-04-05T23:14:00.001-03:00

BLACK CREEK - SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

2011-04-02T20:26:00.011-03:00

TONY BENNETT and DIANA KRALL

Sat Jul 2, 8pm

Tony Bennett, the 15-time Grammy Award-winner, is clearly celebrated as the “singer’s singer.” With worldwide record sales in the millions, his talent reaches out across borders and across generations. A Kennedy Center Honoree and an Emmy Award-winner, Mr. Bennett is also a painter and writer and the recipient of Billboard Magazine’s elite Century Award in honour of his outstanding contributions to music. His vocals touch the heart and move the soul. He remains a cherished, vital musical talent.

Diana Krall is a jewel in the world of contemporary jazz and a national musical treasure. From sultry Latin grooves to beloved classic jazz standards, this multi-award winning pianist and singer is disarmingly intimate, utterly soulful and always hypnotically sensual. Her audiences have no choice but to surrender to her romantic persuasion.

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Info: blackcreekfestival.eventshopper.com

Grammy Award Winning Singer/Pianist Diana Krall to Perform at Kauffman Center Grand Opening

2011-04-01T00:23:00.009-03:00

March 4, 2011

Diana Krall, one of the world’s most popular jazz recording and concert artists, will perform the Grand Opening performance to inaugurate Helzberg Hall, the Kauffman Center’s concert venue, on the evening of Saturday, September 17, 2011. Ms. Krall joins previously announced classical music legend Itzhak Perlman as a headliner for the event. A special performance featuring Placido Domingo will christen the Kauffman Center’s Muriel Kauffman Theatre on Friday, September 16.

Krall has become a popular artist of the first order and carved herself a permanent position at the top of the jazz charts with cool, heavy-lidded vocals and strikingly sensitive piano-playing. Her recordings have won three Grammy Awards among numerous other recognitions. Her career exploded when her recording When I Look in Your Eyes won a Grammy Award for best jazz vocal and became the first jazz disc to be nominated for Album of the Year in twenty-five years. In 2002, The Look of Love was a #1 bestseller in the U.S. and a seven-time platinum album in Canada. In 2004, The Girl in the Other Room was her first release to focus on her own songwriting featuring six tunes co-written with her husband, rock-and-roll star Elvis Costello. Her most recent release is the 2009 Quiet Nights. Among her many accolades and honors is the title Officer of the Order of Canada.

The Kauffman Center’s Grand Opening events are designed to showcase the Center’s two performance venues, Muriel Kauffman Theatre and Helzberg Hall. The weekend will kick off on Friday, September 16 with a tribute to the Center’s late namesake, Muriel McBrien Kauffman. The evening will feature a range of performances from opera to Broadway, headlined by world-renowned tenor and musician Placido Domingo, making his first appearance in Kansas City. The Center’s three resident companies, Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City Symphony and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, will all take part in the program. The celebration will continue Saturday, September 17 in Helzberg Hall with a concert to showcase the acoustics of the new hall, featuring guest appearances by Diana Krall, and virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman accompanied by the Kansas City Symphony, conducted by Music Director, Maestro Michael Stern.

“We are honored by Diana Krall’s acceptance of our invitation to celebrate our Grand Opening,” said Jane Chu, President and CEO of the Kauffman Center. “We are thrilled to be able to showcase both the beauty and enhanced capabilities of our new concert hall with an artist of her caliber and renown. Along with Mr. Perlman and Mr. Domingo, she will demonstrate the vibrant range of programming the Kauffman Center will offer.”

Ticket packages for the two Grand Opening events on September 16 and 17 will be available starting March 28. Proceeds from both evenings will support future Kauffman Center programming, including education and outreach activities. Call 816-994-7231 for more information, or view the Grand Opening ticket brochure.

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
c/o Estela Fennel
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64110-2046

www.kauffmancenter.org

Music from Far and Wide ( junoawards.ca ).

2011-03-31T23:21:00.005-03:00

Music from Far and Wide: Celebrating 40 Years of the JUNO Awards

Since 1970, the JUNO Awards has honoured Canadian music and its creators. In 2010, Music from Far and Wide: Celebrating Forty Years of the JUNO Awards chronicles the history of Canadian musical excellence from across the spectrum: from Anne Murray to Bryan Adams; from Diana Krall to K-OS. Stories and anecdotes from Canada’s leading music writers Karen Bliss, Nick Krewen, Larry LeBlanc, and Jason Schneider paired with archival and behind-the-scenes photos document four remarkable decades of our country’s rich and dynamic musical legacy.

Furthur Radio City 3-27-11 Fever (encore)

2011-03-29T01:12:00.014-03:00

Elvis Costello, Larry Campbell and Diana Krall Join Furthur at Radio City

Elvis Costello, former Phil & Friends multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell, Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall and former Phil & Friends singer Teresa Williams all sat in with Furthur last night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Furthur opened the show with the Grateful Dead’s usual Sunday song, the traditional “Samson and Delilah” and then brought out Campbell—who currently performs with Band drummer Levon Helm—for a cover of The Band’s “Chest Fever.” Elvis Costello—who has performed separately with Campbell and members of the Grateful Dead—then emerged for a Dead song Helm recently recorded, “Tennessee Jed.” Both Campbell and Costello remained onstage for “Friend of the Devil”—a song Costello plays during his solo sets—as well as “Ship of Fools,” “It Must Have Been the Roses” and “Ripple.” The latter song also featured noted jazz singer Diana Krall on vocals.

Furthur’s second set opened with a guest-free take on “Throwing Stones.” Later in the set, Teresa Williams took the stage to sing on Donna Jean Godchaux’s “Sunrise” and “What’s Become of the Baby.” Williams sang with Furthur on both songs at the Furthur Festival last May. Campbell also returned to the stage for a run through “Uncle John’s Band.”

All of the evening’s guests returned one final time during the band’s encore. After “Days Between,” Campbell, Costello and Krall all took the stage for Furthur’s first version of “Fever.” Williams then joined in as the evening’s entire cast closed the night with “Attics of My Life.”...

Article: www.jambands.com

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Set I:

Ripple (w/Larry Campbell, Elvis Costello & Diana Krall)

Set II: Encore II: Phil Banter
Jam > (w/Larry Campbell, Elvis Costello & Diana Krall)
Fever (w/Larry Campbell, Elvis Costello & Diana Krall)

PHOTO: DIANA KRALL, ELVIS COSTELLO AND PEEWEE HERMAN

2011-03-29T00:47:00.003-03:00

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