Concert: Diana Krall - June30, Sala Palatului

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Photoalbum: DIANA KRALL, Sala Palatului, Bucuresti

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EL ALCANCE DEL ARTE DE DIANA KRALL

ALMUERZO CON... VIRGINIA CASTELLÓ »

“Una punción medular
con Diana Krall es otra cosa”

Virginia Castelló convierte las habitaciones de los enfermos de cáncer en salas de conciertos

Patricia Ortega Dolz 10 ABR 2013 - 19:00 CET

Virginia Castello tiene una asociacion sin ànimo de lucro que 

se dedica a montar saraos en hospitales / Samuel Sánchez

Le quedaban solo nueve meses para morirse. Marta, con casi la mitad de sus 35 años zapateando en los tablaos, le pidió al flautista flamenco Juan Parrilla y a sus músicos que se arrancaran por alegrías. Se quitó las pantuflas, puso en pie su cuerpo conectado a esa odiosa máquina de morfina y taloneó. Fue la última vez que bailó, lo hizo sin vestido de faralaes, en pijama, pero más flamenca que nunca. Fue el pasado 21 de mayo. Fue en esa sala en la que los familiares esperan las buenas, las malas y las peores noticias de los médicos, la que está frente al módulo de enfermería, en la planta de oncología del hospital Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda. La misma que desde hace un año, una vez al mes, Virginia Castelló convierte en sala de conciertos para meterle a los pacientes con cáncer “música en vena”.

Música en Vena es el nombre de su asociación sin ánimo de lucro. En su web www.musicaenvena.com pueden verse, entre muchas otras, las fotos y el vídeo de aquel último braceo de Marta. La fundó hace un año, justo después de divorciarse del arquitecto madrileño Juan Alberto García de Cubas, convertido hoy en su socio principal. Y después de haber acompañado “durante cuatro años, de la mañana a la noche”, hasta la muerte, a su cuñada y mejor amiga, Marianela García de Cubas —“Una mujer impresionante, se la llevó un sarcoma muy joven y dejó dos niños”—, a quien ha dedicado este proyecto solidario que gana adeptos por días.

Esta mujer de 45 años, que no aliña la ensalada del primer plato del menú de Evaristo —el camarero del bar de enfrente de la nave que okupa en el 17 de la Calle Arquitectura, la misma en la que vive, trabaja y monta conciertos de jazz su querido exmarido—, es venezolana, fue modelo en Caracas y también en Japón en los ochenta, bailaora en la calle de Alfarería del barrio sevillano de Triana con Manolo Marín y Cristina Hoyos —previo paso como azafata por el pabellón Tierras de Jerez de la Expo de 1992—, diplomada en Magisterio Infantil en la Universidad Camilo José Cela de Madrid años más tarde, madre de gemelos y, por último, voluntaria... Esta mujer, que sin acabarse la ensalada desaliñada pincha una brocheta de solomillo, no tiene ningún empacho en decir que vive de su pensión de divorciada, se ríe al recordar que tiene la cuenta casi a cero porque su exmarido le resta de la paga las multas de aparcamiento y que se dedica a llevar la música a las plantas de enfermos de cáncer de hospitales madrileños “sin cobrar un euro”.

Jorge Pardo, Rosario Flores, el mago Rafael Benatar, la bailaora Daniela Tugues... Todos ellos han recalado de su mano en Puerta de Hierro, en el Hospital del Niño Jesús, en el Gregorio Marañón, en el centro privado para el tratamiento del cáncer Anderson... Y ya hay artistas comprometidos como Natalia Dicenta o el Cigala a los que Virginia ha abordado en los clubes de jazz alguna noche. Y también otros hospitales como La Paz que la reclaman. Y una exposición de Durero que hará viajar el jueves de la Biblioteca Nacional al hospital de Majadahonda... Y decenas de pacientes —niños, adolescentes, adultos— y familiares que la buscan —“¡Virgi!”—, como a un ángel de la guarda, para que les haga más llevadero eso de tener que mirar a la muerte de frente cada día: “Una punción medular con Diana Krall, aunque sea en mi iPhone, es otra cosa”.

Fuente: sociedad.elpais.com

Música en Vena a los pacientes terminales

Diana Krall nominated for a 2013 JUNO Award! - (www.dianakrall.com)

Announced today, Diana Krall receieves a 2013 JUNO Award nomination in the category of: Vocal Jazz Album of The Year. Hosted by Michael Bublé, the 2013 JUNO Awards will be held at The Brandt Centre on April 21, 2013.

Diana Krall was born in British Columbia. She was raised in Nanaimo, a small community on Vancouver Island, where she began performing professionally at age 15 as a jazz pianist. In 1981, Diana won a Vancouver Jazz Festival scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston and, after a year and a half of serious study, she returned to British Columbia. Renowned bassist Ray Brown heard her playing one night in Nanaimo and convinced Diana to move to Los Angeles where she obtained a Canadian Arts Council grant to study with Jimmy Rowles. Jimmy encouraged Diana to explore her vocals to supplement her already blossoming piano skills. With several successful CDs to her credit, Diana has won numerous awards including a JUNO Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album (2000) and a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance (2000). She received the Order of British Columbia in 2000 for being a good-will ambassador for British Columbia and epitomizing Canadian culture. The greatest talent in the jazz field to come along in a generation, she frequently acknowledges her roots in Nanaimo where she began.

For additional information please visit: junoawards.ca

Krall delights, entertains and enthralls...(www.dianakrall.com)

CALGARY — There are some who would say the idea of love is an outdated one.

It, our traditional, Shakespearean definition of it, is something that has long passed relevance, long stopped making any sense in the world that we now live.

It’s a concept that’s, well, quaintly antiquated.

If that’s the case — and, in this Kardashianed society, the argument is one you really don’t want to have — then there couldn’t have been a more fitting and wonderful way to ring in the consumer-tainted, Hallmark-hollow holiday meant to celebrate the dead idea than Canadian jazz ingenue Diana Krall’s delightful St. Valentine’s Eve show at the Jubilee.

It kicked the concept to the curb while celebrating it all the same, mocked while it wooed, pantsed while it seduced, and used the business end of the arrow to put that cherubic fraud Cupid in his candy-packing place.

It was a perfect evening of anti-love, for anti-lovers with songs of rain, sadness, heartbreak, betrayal and the flawed, facade of amour, and it was all-together worth hearing.

The stage was, quite literally set, as the Jube faithful walked into the room, which mirrored the themes of Krall’s excellent current release Glad Rag Doll, greeted by a crescent moon and red curtains, and the silver screen behind showing old-timey cartoon’s such as Betty Boop, with old-timey depictions of life in the age of once was.

As the house lights dimmed, the feature began, with a short film of Steve Buscemi, bringing Krall and her magnificent five-piece into the room, to perform stirring and dreamy opener When the Curtain Comes Down.

Cinematic. Splendid.

And the rest of the evening was equal to the tone, eclipsing it often, with more moody, motion picture projections, memorable musical moments and, more importantly, the star of the show herself, who shone brighter than ever.

Krall has, over the year’s, become jaw-droppingly natural, sometimes silly, incredibly present, in-the-moment, and flat-out endearing. She’s no longer aloof, as she was in her early days, or deserving the diva tag that was earned mid-career, nor even the unattainable, lingerie-clad model adorning the cover of her latest album. She’s merely a generous entertainer, a first-class performer who gives all of herself and so much more.

From her rambling, often goofy stream-of-consciousness song introductions and stories about
summering in the Pincher Creek area at her uncle’s pig farm to a shoutout to students from local Lord Beaverbrook High School with whom she collaborated on with the children’s book From Blue to Red and a mid-set call for requests as she sat, solo at an upright piano, Krall was a lovable heroine every heterosexual man wanted to be with, every woman wanted to be (some, presumably, also with).

But to say that her persona outshone the actual music would be mischaracterizing the show, which was as much action as it was non-rom-com. It’s hard to remember a better paced, more engaging evening of song that’s hit the city than the two-hour-plus, no-intermission, no-opener-needed concert.

It wasn’t sleepy or maudlin, pink-hued, AC jazz to spoon and snooze to. It was everything but.

Krall and Co. showed they could flat-out rock as they did with: a gnarly version of Tom Waits’ Temptation; an angry, bloody, bruised and heartbrokenly epic version of Lonely Avenue; a skronky-tonk take on I’m A Little Mixed Up; a brilliant encore jam on The Band’s Ophelia; and an amazing cover of the classic Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears, that climaxed with her giggling, “This ain’t your daddy’s music.”

When they went jazz, the swung hot ’n’ hard and/or suitably soft, including the fiddle-led Just You, Just Me that bounded about the room as playfully as Pan, and a simmering, bohemian version of Tony Bennett’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams

And, stripped of that skilful band — which, seriously, it’s hard to praise enough — the energy didn’t even remotely flag, as Krall, her smokey yet pure pipes, those fabulous not flashy fingers, made magic out of Peel Me A Grape, Fly Me to the Moon and Fats Waller’s ragtimey I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter.

Old timey. Outdated. Antiquated. Sure.

But on this St. Valentine’s Eve, Diana Krall was charming, enchanting and endearing.

And it was impossible not to fall head-over-heels in love.

Read more: www.calgaryherald.com

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Diana Krall performs We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye during her St. Valentine’s Eve show on Wednesday at the Jubilee.
Photograph by: Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald

DIANA KRALL - GLAD RAG DOLL (TOUR 2012 -2013)

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DIANA KRALL - ROLEX

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

BLACK CREEK - SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

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

FELIZ DIA DE LA MUJER!!!

Karriem Riggins

ABOUT KARRIEM

If jazz and hip-hop passionately and cleverly intertwined with one another, the hybrid result would be a musically gifted lovechild. Born August 25, 1975 in Detroit, MI, Karriem Riggins’ parents realized their son was gifted when he began digging through their records. He joined his father Emmanuel (who used to perform with jazz guitarist Grant Green) in the studio to play with instruments in the likeness of a musical great. Riggins continued his ongoing affair with music in his education and made hip-hop music in his spare time.

Riggins turned his love into a profession, moving to New York City in 1994 at the age of 19. He played drums in Betty Carter’s band “Jazz Ahead.” While Riggins strengthened and developed his forte, the jazz world became enraptured with such an exceptional performer. Riggins went on to perform with and appear on recordings with various jazz greats such as Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, Donald Byrd, Cedar Walton, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Burrell, Benny Green, Mulgrew Miller, Ron Carter, Gary Bartz and Diana Krall.

Not one to abide musical boundaries, Karriem has made major accomplishments within the hip-hop world as a musician and producer. He has produced album tracks for Common, Slum Village, The Roots, and Erykah Badu. He’s toured with Common three times, and produced his “Play Your Cards Right” for Paramount Picture’s feature film “Smoking Aces.” He helped Kanye West demo some theme songs for “Mission Impossible III” featuring Twista and Keyshia Cole. One of Karriem’s most personal and esteemed projects was finishing and producing J Dilla’s last project, “The Shining.” Karriem released his first self-titled album, “Music Kaleidoscope,” showcasing his unique range as a hip hop producer and established jazz musician. More recently, Karriem has played drums and collaborated with Mad-Lib for his “High Jazz” album. Karriem Riggins continues to embark on a musical voyage, developing and creating music that will captivate audiences and entice the musical senses.

North Sea Jazz Fest in Rotterdam

Posted Oct, 21, 2010

Check out this video of Karriem playing with Diana Krall, Anthony Wilson and Robert Hurst. The jam starts out with a great solo by Karriem, followed by another exceptional solo by Robert Hurst on the bass. Diana Krall brought her quartet to the North Sea Jazz fest in Rotterdam. You can visit the jazz festival’s site here: www.northseajazz.com, and visit Diana’s site here: www.dianakrall.com. Be sure to check back here for tour updates!

Fuente: www.karriemriggins.com

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Interview: Diana Krall in Lima - 23.09.2010

LIMA | Dueña de una melodiosa voz y una delicadeza musical que impacta, la cantante canadiense Diana Krall conversó sobre las expectativas de conocer nuestro país a puertas de su show programado para este sábado en el Jockey Club del Perú.

"Estoy súper emocionada y curiosa. Conozco poco de la cultura peruana, pero sí sé que es uno de los paraísos culinarios del mundo. Siempre tuve ganas de conocer Perú, pero sólo he visitado el aeropuerto de Lima dos veces. Toda su cultura en general es impresionante. Tengo algunos familiares que han viajado por varios países de Sudamérica tiempo atrás y me trajeron como regalo unos huacos de cerámica que por su gran valor histórico y belleza aún guardo conmigo", declaró la ganadora del Grammy.

"Aún no sé exactamente lo que va a pasar en el concierto. Tengo cosas preparadas, pero algunas nacen también en el mismo show, es lo que más me gusta... ¿De su música (la peruana)?, sólo sé que allá están los instrumentos de viento más sublimes", agregó.

Fuente: www.correoperu.com.pe

WELCOME TO ARGENTINA, DIANA!!!

Coletiva de Imprensa Diana Krall

Fotos: Viridiana Brandão - 15.09.2010

Em turnê brasileira, Diana Krall fala sobre paixão pelo país

Paulo Noviello
Direto de São Paulo

Um dia depois de fazer no HSBC Brasil, em São Paulo, o primeiro dos três shows brasileiros da turnê do disco Quiet Nights, a cantora e pianista canadense Diana Krall recebeu a imprensa para uma entrevista coletiva, na tarde desta quarta-feira (15). Elegante em um discreto vestido preto, e com maquiagem também discreta, Krall foi simpática, apesar do tempo curto da entrevista.

O disco Quiet Nights é uma homenagem da canadense ao Brasil e à bossa nova, e o título é referente à música Corcovado, de Tom Jobim, que em inglês virou Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars. Mas além de clássicos da bossa, o show de terça-feira foi uma "salada", que incluiu standards de Nat King Cole e Cole Porter, Burt Bacharach, ídolo de seu marido Elvis Costello, e o pianista "maldito" Tom Waits, com a música Clap Hands, que empolgou o público. Na entrevista, Krall explicou a eclética "salada".

"O jazz tem a ver com espontaneidade. Eu nunca faço um show igual ao outro. Canto as coisas que estão na minha cabeça no momento. Às vezes fica meio bagunçado mesmo, mas prefiro correr esse risco. Se você não experimentar, fica muito entediante. Nos shows gosto de cantar músicas que dificilmente gravaria, mas que ficam bem ao vivo, como Clap Hands", disse. Ela explicou sua admiração por Tom Waits. "Eu amo o Tom Waits. Ele é um compositor muito imaginativo. As letras dele lidam com a fantasia, contos de fadas, histórias de piratas, coisas assim. Quando eu canto, vejo as letras como um filme na minha cabeça".

Galerìa de Miguel Pereira

Diana Krall, Madrid on July 26th, 2010.

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