I was in Fort Lauderdale last Thursday and saw/heard Diana Krall. Second time, first was in Wilkes Barre PA after Wallflower cd, this one after her recent one. Two quite different concerts, both outstanding. This one was "jazzy", an upright bass, a drummer, guitarist, fiddle/violinist (and a pianist/vocalist). 5 great musicians on the stage, and a wonderful singer. She is wonderful live. Highly recommended, as equipment reviewers often say. Worth the price of admission.
Live in Paris is an awesome concert!!! The DVD and Bluray both have great audio. All or Nothing at All especially is one of my favorites, towards the end of the song I love the way they jam. All musicians are very talented and play so well together.. Temptation in The Girl in the other Room album is one of the songs I use to audition equipment. I've seen her a couple times in concert and was always very satisfied.
I always find it humorous when people on these audio boards (and I've been on a lot) tear down great artists who have produced great recordings by mentioning other artists (many of whom no one as ever heard of) as being so superior. I guess it makes them feel good. They probably also spend $20,000 on tube amps that don't sound as good as a $3000 SS amp.
@czarivey Actually, a potato is not a root, but a tuber, and thus part of the stem of the plant. That's why you can bury potato plants underground and they'll still grow.
I wonder what else in your life you spend so much energy on, wondering if there IS anything else at all. Proving your point seems to drive you, even if, in my opinion, your point is trivial and unimportant to nearly anyone else. But, you seemingly feel free to post any random thought that might cross your mind, so have it,
I enjoy good music and good playing and good singing. Diana Krall uses some of the best musicians and she plays piano pretty well also. I can tell you that in my opinion many of her songs are quite good and are the quality that I can listen to years later and still enjoy.
That, to me is quality in recorded music.
I've see her live on stage a few times and never left disappointed. She is quite good at what she does within her range. As I said earlier, she is on of the few artist that stays within her range and style. That is a very good thing.
She may not be to everyone's taste, but neither was Shirley Horn, Nina Simone, etc. How many of you didn't care for Nina in the day, but now appreciate her music? she was definitely in her own style of music. Not normal, but it was great.
I appreciate Diana Krall.
The girl in the other room, the look of love, When I look in your eyes? are you kidding? Those are really great albums and great music.
When I look in your eyes and why should I care are two of my favorite songs. Quite well done.
it doesn't matter, because I can't do anything with facts. they're usually pretty static and do not change. a 'told' truth sometimes vary up and down buy lo sell hi kinda stuff. never late to learn i guess!
She's fun to listen to and she's good at what she does. I would love to see her live even if I "only" own three of her lp's. Besides, live performances really make you see an artist in a different light.
@rpeluso Agreed. It's like walking into someone's house and verbally trashing their decor or artwork.
@rpeluso. . .you are spot on that your OP was indeed an innocent attempt to share a positive experience you had. Had you posted a question such as, "What do you think of Diana Krall?" then indeed that's an invitation to debate and opposing point of view.
Regardless, you broke the rules--having the temerity to express a personal point of view that the arbiters of superiority deem incorrect is strictly forbidden and you MUST be taken to task. You are wrong to enjoy Diana Krall, and you are wrong to post about it. You are wrong to then defend it. I know this to be a fact because others have said so.
I am wrong too--it is now a known fact by association. I will be going to the concert this Sunday knowing I am wrong. I now know that I should have spent my money seeing a different, "authorized" performer. I'll hate the fact that I'm enjoying the show because that's wrong. I'll be filled with self-loathing the entire time. It will be great.
Man, some of you guys have thin skins! I didn’t think that responses to a post about an artist or a concert experience needed to be limited to posts expressing agreement, but used as an opportunity to discuss and offer reasons for why there is agreement or disagreement. And if one or two posters are less than generous with their comments, so what? I haven’t seen anything particularly “ugly” written about any artist so far. How about everyone be a little more secure with their preferences and opinions. Personally, I don’t particularly like Krall for many of the reasons already stated. For a jazz singer her delivery sounds to me as stylistically forced and way too deliberate; planned. I envision a singer who practices her delivery (interpretation) over and over down to the last little “nuance” and detail with the end result being that there is little sense of the spontaneity and looseness that great jazz singing demands. Pleasant enough and I agree that the stuff that is more pop is more effective, but I think the point is that like others I prefer to listen to singers like London and Horne.
Does anyone know if her live DVD's (Rio and Montreal Jazz Festival) can be purchased in CD or SACD format? My Music Vault does not read DVD or Blue Ray.
Will see her a week from today. She's my wife's favorite. The first time we saw her was at Wolf Trap, she featured a little known musician named Chris Botti, whom we had never heard of before. :)
As often happens here (I gave up trying to explain to myself why) an innocent post about an experience at a live music event turned into a vindictive, ugly, depressing (to me, where is humanity now???) series of opinions. What's the point in that? Keep it to yourself why don't you, do you really think your views and opinions are fact and all others are fantasy? Are you that much of a narcissistic a-hole??? I tend to think you do, which is even more depressing.
Diana Kral is similar to snow queen of Hans Christian Anderson with heart turned to icycle.
With strong accompany of REAL musicians (live in Japan) she is just a place holder in the band just like Pat Barber and Nora Jones or Joni Mitchell. Somehow TV favors her more. I guess buy low and sell high is main contributing factor of her success
I for one like Diana Krall's music. She stays within her range, which is very nice. She doesn't try to do things she isn't capable of or those that are outside her range. I really like that.
As for Shirley Horn. Wow. everytime she came to Los Angeles, I would go see her perform. Quiet small venues. She would be sitting at the bar with a drink between sets talking. Her music was wonderful and we lost a real artist.
And perhaps the uncontrollable impulse to chime in for the sake of adding number of posts to their credit.
All those fans who posted here that Krall CD’s don’t sound as good as her live concert, I urge them to try the XRCD’s. They offer another dimension of her recordings. Sorry to say but I agree that regular CD’s does sound like crap in direct comparison with XRCD’s.
I like her music a lot and really like that live in Paris album. However sometimes I feel like I'm at an audio show when I listen to her music. I feel it's far over played at those types of locations.
Thoughts? Yep. Tearing down well known, beloved artists in favor of the more obscure, at least in the modern sense, makes the naysayers feel like they have a superior musical understanding. Inferiority breeds contempt. 😬
Rpeluso, - Nyro’s dad was a jazz bass player - to me, the connection to Krause is obvious and I’ve stated it already. The only thing that I might have left unsaid is that I think of Krauss as a jazz-tinged pop singer, like Nyro, not the other way around. She belongs with Bette Midler, not Billy Holiday or Maxine Sullivan.
I have several of her Diana's cds .Sometimes you have to be in the mood more on easy listenjng more relaxing . Sometimes a little snsppier like - - PATRICIA Barber who is a very creative artist and has s lot twists and turns in her jazz music and excellent musicians. Cassandra Wilson a lot of people still don't know and has some very good bluesy music.
I love her Live in Paris cd! It's in my regular rotation. I hope she puts out another live recording soon, as I agree with some on this thread that her studio recordings are just "ok".
I saw her live about 10 years ago, with Chris Botti opening. Both put on an outstanding show... the best concert I've attended.
@lalitk... Yes, she has a sultry voice and a come hither quality that grabs my attention when she sticks to Jazz/American Song Book recordings. I think The Girl In The Other Room, one of the first times she ventured away from her comfort zone, was actually a very good album. Shirley Horn and Blossom Dearie are mentioned often as influences, some similarities. Maybe she is "Jazz lite" compared to the purists out there, but whatever she is and does, she does well and I just happen to dig her. I feel the same way about Julie London; not the greatest voice, narrow range, but she did more with what she had than many more naturally gifted singers. Julie London captured an era and style in the '60s with her sultry, smokey voice and her languid vocal style. It was said that "she sang as if she was in one room - with you, and that made all the difference." It really is amazing what Julie London could do with such limited vocal range, but within that range she was pure dynamite and a unique talent.
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