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Diana Krall

Diana Krall at a CD signing in Toronto, Ontario (Sept 2007)
Background information
Born November 16, 1964 (1964-11-16) (age 45)
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Jazz, traditional pop
Occupations Singer
Pianist
Songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Piano
Years active 1985 — present
Labels Justin Time
GRP
Impulse
Verve
Associated acts Elvis Costello
Website DianaKrall.com

Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer. She is known for her contralto vocals.[1]

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Professional career

In 1993, Krall released her first album, Stepping Out, which she recorded with John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton. It caught the attention of producer Tommy LiPuma, who produced her second album, Only Trust Your Heart (1995). Her third album, All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996), was nominated for a Grammy and continued for 70 weeks in the Billboard jazz charts. Love Scenes (1997) quickly became a hit record with the trio of Krall, Russell Malone (guitar) and Christian McBride (bass). Orchestral arrangements by Johnny Mandel provided the background on When I Look In Your Eyes (1999); more Grammy nominations came along, and she was rewarded as Best Jazz Musician of the Year.[citation needed] The band mix was kept, following arrangements on The Look of Love (2001) created by Claus Ogerman; this record achieved platinum status and reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200.

In August 2000, Krall was paired on a 20-city tour with Tony Bennett. They were paired again for a song on the TV series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... The Look of Love went to number one on the Canadian album charts and went quadruple platinum in that country.[citation needed] The title track from the album, a cover of the Casino Royale standard popularized in the late 1960s by Dusty Springfield and Sergio Mendes, reached number 22 on the adult contemporary chart. In September 2001, Krall began a world tour. Her concert at the Paris Olympia was recorded and released as her first live record. Diana Krall - Live in Paris topped the Billboard jazz charts,[citation needed] went top 20 on the Billboard 200 and went top five in Canada. It garnered her second Grammy (Best Vocal Jazz Record) and a Juno Award.[citation needed] The album included covers of Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are" (a hit on U.S. smooth jazz radio) and Joni Mitchell's "A Case Of You." After marrying Elvis Costello, she worked with him as a lyricist and started to compose her own songs, resulting in the album The Girl in the Other Room. The album, released in April 2004, quickly rose to the top five in the United Kingdom and made the Australian top 40 album charts. She also joined Ray Charles on his Genius Loves Company album in 2004 on the song, "You Don't Know Me". In late May 2007, Krall was featured in a Lexus ad campaign.[2] She also sang, "Dream a Little Dream of Me" with piano accompaniment by pianist Hank Jones.

Quiet Nights, her latest album, was released on 31 March 2009. Krall also produced Barbra Streisand's album Love Is the Answer, released on 29 Sep 2009.

Personal life

Diana's only sibling, Michelle, is a former member of the RCMP. Krall's two primary mentors Ray Brown and Rosemary Clooney died in 2002 and a few months later her mother Adella died due to multiple myeloma. Krall and British musician (of Irish heritage) Elvis Costello were married on December 6, 2003 at Elton John's estate outside London. Their twin sons Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, were born December 6, 2006 in New York City.

Grammy history

Diana Krall Grammy Award History[3]
Year Category Title Label Result Notes
1996 Best Jazz Vocal Performance All for You Impulse! Nominated
1997 Jazz Vocal Performance Love Scenes Impulse! Nominated
1999 Jazz Vocal Performance When I Look in Your Eyes Verve Winner
1999 Album of the Year When I Look in Your Eyes Verve Nominated
2002 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Better Than Anything" Umvd Labels Nominated on the album Ask A Woman Who Knows (Natalie Cole)
2002 Best Jazz Vocal Album Live in Paris Verve Winner
2005 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) "Why Should I Care" Verve Nominated arranger (Diana Krall)
From the Clint Eastwood film True Crime
2007 Best Jazz Vocal Album From This Moment On Verve Nominated
2010 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) "Quiet Nights" Quiet Nights Won Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)

Honours

In 2000, she was awarded the Order of British Columbia. In 2003 she was given an honorary Ph.D. (Fine Arts) from the University of Victoria. In 2004, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2005, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

She is an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Adella Krall, mother of Diana Krall, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996 and died May 2002 at the age of 61.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Chart positions Certifications[4][5]
CAN U.S. U.S. Jazz
1993 Stepping Out — — 12
1995 Only Trust Your Heart
  • Released: February 14, 1995
  • Label: GRP
 — — 8
1995 All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio
  • Released: October 3, 1995
  • Label: Impulse!
 — — 3
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
1997 Love Scenes
  • Released: August 26, 1997
  • Label: Impulse!
 — 109 1
  • CAN: 2x Platinum
  • US: Platinum
1998 When I Look in Your Eyes
  • Released: June 8, 1999
  • Label: Impulse!
 12 56 1
  • CAN: 3x Platinum
  • US: Platinum
2001 The Look of Love
  • Released: September 18, 2001
  • Label: Impulse!
 1 9 1
  • CAN: 7x Platinum
  • US: Platinum
2004 The Girl in the Other Room 1 4 1
  • CAN: 2x Platinum
  • US: Gold
2006 From This Moment On 1 7 1
  • CAN: 2x Platinum
2009 Quiet Nights 2 3 1

Live

Year Album Chart positions Certifications[6][7]
CAN U.S. U.S. Jazz
2002 Live in Paris 3 18 2
  • CAN: 2x Platinum
  • US: Gold

Compilation

Year Album Chart positions
CAN U.S. U.S. Jazz
2007 The Very Best of Diana Krall 6 19 1

Independent

Year Album Chart positions
CAN U.S. U.S. Jazz
1990 Heartdrops
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: TCB
 — — —

EP

Year Album Chart positions
CAN U.S. U.S. Jazz
1998 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas — — —

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Barnes and Noble review: Diana Krall.
  2. ^ Lexus commercial at YouTube
  3. ^ Grammy Award search engine
  4. ^ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH
  5. ^ http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php
  6. ^ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH
  7. ^ http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php

External links

Diana Krall
Studio albums
Live/Compilation albums
With others
Vince Benedetti: Heartdrops · Tony Bennett: "Alright, Okay, You Win" from Playing with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues, "The Best Is Yet to Come" from Duets: An American Classic · The Chieftains: "Danny Boy" from Tears of Stone, "Morning Has Broken" from The Wide World Over · Rosemary Clooney: "The Boy from Ipanema" from Brazil · Natalie Cole: "Better Than Anything" from Ask a Woman Who Knows · Celine Dion: "Blue Christmas" from These Are Special Times · Geoffrey Keezer: "The Nearness of You" from Turn Up the Quiet · Yo-Yo Ma: "You Couldn't Be Cuter" from Songs of Joy & Peace · Sarah McLachlan: "Christmas Time Is Here" from Wintersong · Anne Murray: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Anne Murray's Christmas Album · Willie Nelson: "If I Had You" from American Classic, "Crazy" from Live and Kickin' · Barbra Streisand: Love Is the Answer (also producer) · Toots Thielemans: "La Vie en Rose" from Chez Toots
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Diana Krall

Diana Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz singer and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Krall began to play the piano when she was four years old. She began to play in restaurants when she was 15. When she was 17, she won a Vancouver Jazz Festival scholarship (student money award) to study music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She later moved to Los Angeles to study with Jimmy Rowles. In 1990, she moved to New York City.

Krall's 1996 album All For You, was a tribute (way to honour someone) to the Nat King Cole trio. It was on the Billboard jazz charts for 70 weeks. The album was considered for a Grammy Award. She won a Grammy in 1999 for "Best Jazz Musician of the Year". Her 2001 album The Look of Love was #1 in Canada. It also won the Juno Award as Canadian album of the year. Her 2002 album Live in Paris won the Grammy for Best Vocal Jazz Record. Also in 2002, Krall won the Juno for Canadian artist of the year. Her version of the Tom Waits song "Tempation" made #1 on the World Jazz Charts in 2004.

Krall married British musician Elvis Costello in December 2003.

Albums

  • Heartdrops (1989)
  • Stepping Out (1993)
  • Only Trust Your Heart (1994)
  • All For You (1996)
  • Love Scenes (1997)
  • When I Look in Your Eyes (1999)
  • The Look of Love (2001)
  • Live in Paris (2002)
  • The Girl in the Other Room (2004)
  • Christmas Songs (2005)

DVDs

  • Live in Paris (2002)
  • Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival (2004)

Other websites

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