Diana KRALL

Only Trust Your Heart

Only Trust Your Heart is Diana's critically acclaimed debut on the GRP label and marks her first collaboration with GRAMMY-winning producer Tommy LiPuma.
(from the liner notes) Diana Krall recalls her first conversation with the great composer/arranger, Johnny Mandel, she told him that she was both a singer and a pianist. Mr. Mandel replied, "Oh, so you're a hyphenate! Are you a singer-pianist or a painist-singer?" Diana the singer needs Diana the pianist as an accompianist; but Diana the pianist wants to play. And they're both...I mean, she's both...that is, Diana Krall is an extraordinary new artist whether singing or plating or...both!

1 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
2 Only Trust Your Heart
3 I Love Being Here With You
4 Broadway
5 Folks Who Live On The Hill
6 I've Got The World On A String
7 Squeeze Me
8 All Night Long
9 CRS Craft



Live In Paris

The first-ever live concert recording from GRAMMY®-winning vocalist/pianist Diana Krall was Recorded at the Paris Olympia Theatre last winter. Here finally, captured in amazing audio quality, is an album showcasing the magic of Krall’s concert performances.

Krall and her band – perform some of the tunes from Krall’s studio recordings, such as "East of the Sun (West of the Moon)" and "Devil May Care." They are joined by special guests John Pisano (acoustic guitar) and Paulinho DaCosta (percussion) for several tracks, including the Gershwins’ "S’wonderful." The Orchestre Symphonique Europeen, conducted by Alan Broadbent with special guest conductor Claus Ogerman, is featured on the upbeat "Let’s Fall in Love" and a haunting interpretation of "I’ve Got You Under My Skin."

Featured on the album are live renditions of "The Look of Love," the title track from Krall’s platinum-certified Verve release, her first recorded version of the Joni Mitchell-penned "A Case of You," and "Fly Me to the Moon," a song not included on the previously-released DVD Diana Krall – Live in Paris (Eagle Eye/Pioneer Entertainment).

Also on this recording is a special bonus studio track—a rendition of Billy Joel’s "Just The Way You Are" featuring Michael Brecker's beautiful tenor sax solo.

1 I Love Being Here With You
2 Let's Fall In Love
3 Deed I Do
4 The Look Of Love
5 East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
6 I've Got You Under My Skin
7 Devil May Care
8 Maybe You'll Be There
9 'S Wonderful
10 Fly Me To The Moon
11 A Case Of You
12 Just The Way You Are



Love Scenes

When my producer, Tommy LiPuma, and I were deciding on the songs for my newest CD, it never occurred to me that the songs we ultimately chose would be all about love. I selected songs that I personally liked, and that had a special meaning for me. However, as is often the case during the creative process, a connection among the songs just seemed to organically appear. The songs are indeed about romance. But to me there is a broader and more personal attachment to each of the songs than the standard definition of romantic love might imply. I think that these songs represent the strength of love, including the love of family and friends. But rather than describing my own thoughts about each song, it is my hope that all of you who listen to the music and read the lyrics will discover and imagine your own personal "love scenes" among the mountains, oceans, rain and gardens of these songs.

- Diana Krall

Grammy nominated, Love Scenes features Diana's mastery of the romantic ballad in an intimate piano trio setting with Russell Malone on guitar and Christian McBride on bass.

1 All Or Nothing At All
2 Peel Me A Grape
3 I Don't Know Enough About You
4 I Miss You So
5 They Can't Take That Away From Me
6 Lost Mind
7 I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
8 You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
9 Gentle Rain
10 How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
11 My Love Is
12 Garden In The Rain



The Girl In The Other Room

The depth of feeling which lies behind the beautiful façade of Diana Krall's highly successful Verve releases has always been known to her most appreciative listeners. However, with her latest album, The Girl In The Other Room, Krall not only illustrates her understanding of the breadth of possibilities in the jazz idiom but also reveals her talent as a songwriter.

Indeed, the title song of the record is a Krall original. While some may be attracted to the lyrical portrait of a mysterious woman distracted by love (and note in passing that the words were co-written with Elvis Costello), the ear is drawn to the elegant and effortlessly swinging accompaniment of Krall's piano and that of her long-time partners in rhythm: Jeff Hamilton on drums and bassist, John Clayton.

For much of the album, the musical support comes from drummer Peter Erskine and bassist Christian McBride. The inventive and sympathetic guitar playing of Anthony Wilson is heard throughout a record that which also features drummer Terri Lynne Carrington and Neil Larson sitting in on Hammond B-3 for one cut.

The album is the first co-produced by Krall and her long-time producer Tommy LiPuma. Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood and Avatar Recording, New York City, the sessions were engineered throughout 2003 by another long-term cohort, Al Schmitt.

Listeners used to Krall's intimate and seductive interpretations of standard ballads may be surprised at first by her present choice of composers. Take a listen to her take on Mose Allison's timely blues, "Stop This World" or the driving and joyfully carnal "Love Me Like a Man" (with its final chorus salute to Count Basie) and you will hear a singer, bandleader and piano player in her top form.

Krall's sensual approach to Tom Waits' "Temptation," with its extraordinary introduction by Christian McBride, is balanced by Krall's own exquisite preface to a most tender rendition of Elvis Costello's "Almost Blue." A beautifully reflective version of a relatively obscure standard, "I'm Pulling Through," recalls the style of her teacher, Jimmy Rowles.

The spirit of Rowles and an apprenticeship of the jazz club experiences is inspiration for one of Krall’s new compositions, "I've Changed My Address," only as Krall reflects, revisiting some of these venues can be a shock: "Everything looks pretty much the same but the place is now a sports bar and there is pool table where there used to be a piano."

While so much of the music is new, the album itself recalls a vinyl disc of two sides. The bold and flowing solos from Krall and guitarist Anthony Wilson on Joni Mitchell's song of travel, "Black Crow," announce a series of original songs that speak of family and of love, but also of enduring the grievous loss of a parent. As Krall explained recently: "I went through a series of deep personal losses and changes. So...this is what I did instead of shutting the door and saying ‘I can't deal with it’".

So it is that the gospel changes of the hopeful "Narrow Daylight" give away to the sophisticated blues of "Abandoned Masquerade." It is this song that most clearly expresses the need (for now at least) for the singer to step out from behind the beautiful romantic illusions found in so many songs of the past. Once again, the music leaves the listener in no doubt that they are hearing the work of a jazz composer.

The gently defiant tone of "I'm Coming Through" marks another subtle shift of musical scene with wonderful playing from Anthony Wilson. The content of these last songs is undoubtedly the most specifically personal material yet recorded by Diana Krall.

The album closes with perhaps the most deeply felt of the self-composed titles. "Departure Bay" contains vivid and touching images of her hometown of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island but also a wrenching description of her family's first Christmas without her mother and a final verse that welcomes new love and hope for the future.

Musically composed by Krall alone, these songs mark a lyrical collaboration with her new husband, Elvis Costello. Explaining how they worked, Krall said: "I wrote the music and then Elvis and I talked about what we wanted to say. I told him stories and wrote pages and pages of reminiscences, descriptions and images, and he put them into tighter lyrical form. For "Departure Bay," I wrote down a list of things that I love about home, things I realized were different, even exotic, now that I've been away".

Songs often suggest and recall moments in our own lives and listeners must surely be aware that Diana Krall's previous recordings contained many personal but private meanings for the artist. On The Girl In The Other Room, what was once partly hidden has been brought beautifully into view.

"The thing about Diana is her musicianship," Al Schmitt said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. "More than most singers, she knows what's right for her, and she knows how to make it happen musically."

1 Stop This World
2 The Girl In The Other Room
3 Temptation
4 Almost Blue
5 I've Changed My Address
6 Love Me Like A Man
7 I'm Pulling Through
8 Black Crow
9 Narrow Daylight
10 Abandoned Masquerade
11 I'm Coming Through
12 Departure Bay



When I Look In Your Eyes

This platinum selling album marks Diana's first break from the piano trio and includes several tracks backed with beautiful orchestrations arranged by Johnny Mandel. When I Look in You Eyes also features some of Diana's best know recordings including "Let's Face The Music and Dance" and "I've Got You Under my Skin"

1 Let's Face The Music And Dance
2 Devil May Care
3 Let's Fall In Love
4 When I Look In Your Eyes
5 Popsicle Toes
6 I've Got You Under My Skin
7 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
8 I'll String Along With You
9 East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
10 Pick Yourself Up
11 The Best Thing For You
12 Do It Again
13 Why Should I Care?



The Look Of Love

From the luxurious opening chords of the first track, even before Diana Krall has sung a single beautiful note, her new Verve release-The Look of Love-has us hooked. After winning a Best Jazz Vocal Performance GRAMMY® for 1999's platinum-selling When I Look in Your Eyes, Diana Krall delivers her best album yet-a lush, cinematic collection of ballads and bossa nova tunes. Produced by Verve Music Group Chairman Tommy LiPuma, and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra arranged and conducted by the legendary Claus Ogerman, The Look of Love brings to mind such classic Frank Sinatra albums as In the Wee Small Hours and Only The Lonely. But the elegant piano solos, the sensual vocals, and the wickedly modern sense of humor are, inimitably, all Krall.

1 'S Wonderful
2 Love Letters
3 I Remember You
4 Cry Me A River
5 Besame Mucho
6 The Night We Called It A Day
7 Dancing In The Dark
8 I Get Along Without You Very Well



Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

1 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2 - Christmas Time Here
3 - Jingle Bells
4 - And I Love Him
5 - Dreamsville
6 - Soldier in the Rain



Stepping Out

Stepping Out, Diana Krall's historic debut recording for Justin Time Records, is an unpretentious, timeless recording that showcases Krall's strong musical choices, excellent taste and unbridled energy. Produced in Los Angeles by label founder Jim West, it's unadulterated jazz from start to finish, with the young, enthusiastic Diana expertly supported by bassist John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton. Notable also is the appearance of Diana's first original composition, "Jimmie," named for her father and Jimmie Rowles, both huge influences. An exciting debut that amply displays the artist's future promise, it's also one that fares well with each new listening. From Ray Brown's liner notes: I met Diana Krall in her hometown of Nanaimo, in Canada. She was then a teenage piano wiz. She called me some years ago to ask whom she should study with and I recommended either Jimmie Rowles or Hank Jones. Jimmie Rowles was available and it has paid off handsomely. Ray Brown comments on several tracks from Stepping Out: Body And Soul - This track is going to get Diana a bunch of fans. I find that there is a lot of soul inside this lady. This is a track with excellent piano accompaniment. Straighten Up And Fly Right - An old Nat Cole hit. Here Diana displays some good, hard-driving, funky piano playing. Clayton and Hamilton lay down a perfect rhythm track here. Listen to the way she pronounces 'straighten up'. It must be some vintage Canadian brogue sneaking in! All in all, this is an excellent first album and I can see lots of success for this lady down the road.

1 This Can't Be Love
2 Straighten Up and Fly
3 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
4 I'm Just A Lucky So and So
5 Body and Soul
6 42ND Street
7 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
8 Big Foot
9 Frim Fram Sauce
10 Jimmiejavascript:void(0)
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11 As Long As I Live
12 On the Sunny Side of the Street



All For You (A Dedication To The Nat King Cole Trio)

All For You is Diana Krall's moving tribute to the great Nat King Cole.

(from the liner notes) Scene: A semi-dark recording studio in Manhattan. Time: Two-thirty in the afternoon -- half past breakfast, if you live on Jazz Standard Time. Benny Green is sitting patiently at the Hamburg Steinway in the piano booth; Tommy LiPuma, the producer, is slumped in a chair in the main studio, fidgeting with his headphones. ("I like to be right in the middle of things. Too many distractions in the control room. Too much stuff to think about.") The shy-looking blonde in the corner booth, waiting for her cue to sing, is Diana Krall. This is her recording session, but you wouldn't know it. She acts as if she were the least important person in the room.

A disembodied voice slates the take: "O.K., we're rolling. If I Had You, Take five." Green tosses off four lean bars of intro; LiPuma rests his head in his hands, ready to listen. And all at once, the air is filled with a sound that is soft and warm and strangely knowing, floating out of the studio monitors like the smoke from a film-noir cigarette: I could show the world how to smile/I could be glad all of the while/I could change the gray skies to blue/If I had you... .

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1 I'm An Errand Girl For Rhythm
2 Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
3 You Call It Madness
4 Frim Fram Sauce
5 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
6 Baby Baby All The Time
7 Hit That Jive Jack
8 You're Looking At Me
9 I'm Thru With Love
10 Deed I Do
11 A Blossom Fell
12 If I Had You