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Diana Krall “Live In Rio” DVD-2009 Eagle Eye Productions

EJazzNews.com - Found 5 hours ago
... amid footage of the musicians discussing each other’s craft and related topics, jazz superstar Diana Krall augments her quartet format...

Posted on July 4, 2009, 9:44 am

Diana Krall sings to Johnny Depp (Public Enemies)

Examiner.com - Found Jul. 2, 2009
... that's all shadow and glow, with Diana Krall's luminous rendition of 'Bye Bye Blackbird' whispering off the soundtrack (and Krall lip-synching...

Posted on July 2, 2009, 11:00 am

'Public Enemies'

Los Angeles Times - Found Jul. 1, 2009
... here includes, in addition to Elliot Goldenthal's score, Billie Holiday doing "Am I Blue," Diana Krall singing "Bye Bye Blackbird," blues by...
Depp channels outlaw in 'Enemies' - CNN
Depp channels inner outlaw in 'Public Enemies' - CNN
Depp captures Dillinger at last in 'Public Enemies' - USA Today
Review: Depp is great in 'Public Enemies' - CNN
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Posted on July 1, 2009, 3:47 am

Music a major player in Mann movies

Variety - Found Jul. 1, 2009
... a caper movie," Goldenthal was again brought in early on "Enemies," this time to arrange and produce Diana Krall's sultry take on the standard...

Posted on July 1, 2009, 2:45 am

Diana Krall, GroundWorks Dancetheater and the Roots hit local stages

Cleveland Live - Found Jun. 25, 2009
On her new album, 'Quiet Nights,' piano-playing jazz chanteuse Diana Krall $20 GroundWorks Dancetheater Due to sell-out crowds, the Beck Center for

Posted on June 25, 2009, 5:22 am

Barbra Streisand teams with Diana Krall

Hollywood Reporter - Found Jun. 23, 2009
Barbra Streisand has joined forces with Canadian jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall on her first studio album in four years, which is set for release on ...
Streisand Hits Jazz on First Studio Album in 4 Years - ABC News
Barbra Streisand, Diana Krall Join For Jazz Album - Billboard
Barbra Streisand, Diana Krall Join For Jazz Album - Billboard
Barbara Streisand, Diane Krall Join For Jazz Album - Billboard
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Playbill

Posted on June 23, 2009, 3:10 am

Tonic Contest Winners, Coming Up

CBC - Found Jun. 22, 2009
... t, lots of good music on the show anyway, of course, including: John Pizzarelli, Nina Simone, Diana Krall, Sophie Milman, Boz Scaggs, Blossom...
City hosts first ever jazz awards - BBC
Montreal jazz: mega fest, minor key - Globe and Mail
Montreal jazz: a mega fest in a minor key - Globe and Mail
Ringling Brothers, Jenny Lewis and the return of Henry Butler ... - NOLA Live
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WYZZ-TV

Posted on June 22, 2009, 3:14 am

Columbia Records Announces the Release of 'Love Is The Answer,' the ...

Reuters - Found Jun. 22, 2009
Streisand Artist's First New Studio Collection Since 2005 Features Intimate Jazz Settings by Diana Krall & Arrangements by Johnny Mandel Love...
Columbia Records Announces the Release of 'Love Is The Answer,' the ... - Houston Chronicle
Columbia Records Announces the Release of 'Love Is The Answer,' the ... - Breitbart.com
Columbia Records Announces the Release of 'Love Is The Answer,' the ... - San Antonio Business Journal
Columbia Records Announces the Release of 'Love Is The Answer,' the ... - Earthtimes.org
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Posted on June 22, 2009, 5:16 am

Diana Krall In Conversation

CBC - Found Jun. 20, 2009
... in conversation with Diana Krall on Radio 2. Earlier this week, the Telegraph newspaper in London published a piece written by Krall, another...

Posted on June 20, 2009, 1:12 pm

LV Hilton Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Special Day For ...

Broadway World - Found 8 hours ago
... the Hilton: Michael Bubl made his Las Vegas debut at the Las Vegas Hilton in February 2006, followed by Diana Krall in June 2007. The Hilton...

Posted on July 4, 2009, 7:13 am

Diana Krall Biography

Diana Krall
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Diana Krall
Diana Krall at a CD signing in Toronto, Canada (Sept 2007)
Diana Krall at a CD signing in Toronto, Canada (Sept 2007)
Background information
Born November 16, 1964 (1964-11-16) (age 44)
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Genre(s) Jazz, traditional pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Pianist
Songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals
Piano
Voice type(s) Contralto 1
Years active 1985 — present
Label(s) Justin Time
GRP
Impulse
Verve
Associated acts Elvis Costello
Website DianaKrall.com

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

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Early life

Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Her father Jim Krall's large record collection helped to expose the young Krall to jazz legends. She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. When she was 15 she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants.

At age seventeen she won a scholarship from the Vancouver International Jazz Festival to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In Nanaimo, her playing attracted the attention of famed bass player Ray Brown and drummer Jeff Hamilton. After hearing her play, Brown and Hamilton persuaded Krall to move to Los Angeles, and study with pianist Jimmy Rowles, with whom she began to sing. This also brought her into contact with influential teachers and producers. In 1990, Krall relocated to New York.

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, 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).

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...

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. 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. The Look of Love went to number one on the Canadian album charts and went quadruple platinum in that country. 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, 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. 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 legendary pianist Hank Jones.

"Quiet Nights," her latest album, was released on 31 Mar 2009.

Personal life

Krall lost her mother Adella to multiple myeloma in 2002, within months of also losing her mentors Ray Brown and Rosemary Clooney. Diana's only sibling, Michelle, a former member of the RCMP, actively supports her older sister's career.

Krall and British musician 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 History3
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

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

DVDs

Film

  • 2004 - DeLovely - music performer "Just One of Those Things"

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