Jazz / Vocal, Bossa Nova, Contemporary Jazz, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Diana Krall - Vocals, Piano, Producer
Al Schmitt Mixing, Engineer
Alan Grunfeld Violin
Amy Wickman Violin
Andy Kman Release Coordinator
Anthony Wilson Guitar
Antony Cooke Cello
Barbara Porter Violin
Bill Lane French Horn
Brad Warnaar French Horn
Bruce Dukov Violin, Concert Master
Caroline Campbell Violin
Cecilia Tsan Cello
Charlie Bisharat Violin
Chris McMillan Hair Stylist
Claus Ogerman Conductor, Arranger
Dan Johnson Assistant Engineer
Dan Neufeld Viola
Dan Tobin Smith Cello
Daniel Behr Photography
Darius Campo Violin
David Ewart Violin
David F. Walther Viola
David Shostac Flute (Bass), Flute (Alto)
Doug Sax Mastering
Doug Tornquist Tuba
Drew Dembowski Bass
Earl Dumler Oboe
Ed Meares Bass
Eun Mee Ahn Violin
Evan Wilson Viola
Geri Rotella Flute (Bass), Flute (Alto)
Gil Romero Violin
Helen Nightengale Violin
Hollis King Art Direction
James Freebarin-Smith Cello
Janet Lakatos Viola
Jeff Hamilton Drums
Joe Meyer French Horn
Joel Pargman Violin
Joey Tierne Wardrobe
John Clayton Bass
John Newcott Release Coordinator
Josephina Vergara Violin
Katia Popov Violin
Larry Corbett Cello
Liane Mautner Violin
Lisa Hansen Release Coordinator
Marda Todd Viola
Mari Tsumura Violin
Mario de Leon Violin
Marlo Fisher Viola
Matt Funes Viola
Melanie Inglessis Make-Up
Nico Carmine Abondolo Bass
Paulinho Da Costa Percussion
Peter Kent Violin
Razdan Kuyumijian Violin
Reggie Hamilton Bass
Rick Fernandez Assistant Engineer
Rick Todd French Horn
Robert Maxwell Photography
Robert Zimmitti Vibraphone
Rudy Stein Cello
Sangwook "Sunny" Nam Mastering
Shari Sutcliffe Contractor, Project Coordinator
Sid Page Concert Master, Violin
Steve Genewick Engineer
Steve Kujala Flute (Bass), Flute (Alto)
Steve Richards Cello
Sue Raney Bass
Tereza Stanislav Violin
Thomas Dienner Viola
Timothy Landauer Cello
Todd Miller French Horn
Tommy LiPuma Producer
Trevor Handy Cello
Yue Deng Violin
Diana Krall's 12th album Quiet Nights is an intimate recording of ballads and bossa novas from the team that brought you her best-selling GRAMMY Award-winning CD The Look of Love. Accompanied by her quartet and orchestra, Diana turns her sensual vocals and consummate piano skills to "The Boy from Ipanema", "Walk on By"and other classic tunes. Quiet Nights is initially available as a limited edition CD including 2 bonus tracks - her stunning rendition of the Bee Gee's "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" and the standard "Every Time We Say Goodbye".
Bossa nova is not unfamiliar to Diana Krall, but 2009's Quiet Nights is her first record devoted to the gently swaying rhythm. Teaming up again with arranger Claus Ogerman, who last worked with Krall on 2001's The Look of Love and who also frequently collaborated with bossa nova godfather Antonio Carlos Jobim, Krall winds up with a mellow, lazy album that recalls the relaxed late-night sophistication of Jobim's duet album with Frank Sinatra, which Ogerman also happened to arrange and conduct. It's not just the sound, it's the songs: how '60s standards like Bacharach/David's "Walk on By" sit next to three Jobim tunes, a song by Marcos Valle ("So Nice"), and a few American Songbook standards placed at the beginning, the better to ease listeners into purer bossa nova at the end. Then again, they don't need much persuasion -- if any music could be called accessible it's this, with its warm intimacy and classic good taste. If anything, there may be a bit too much classic good taste on Quiet Nights -- there is no reinterpretation, only homage -- but that's not quite a problem because Krall knows enough to lay back, to never push, only to glide upon the gossamer surface. After all, some things are timeless for a reason; they need no updating, only replicating. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Diana Krall
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: Nov 16, 1964 in Nanaimo, Canada
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Torch Songs, Neo-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Singer/pianist Diana Krall got her musical education when she was growing up in Nanaimo, British Columbia, from the classical piano lessons she began at age four and in her high school jazz band, but mostly from her father, a stride piano player with an extensive record collection. "I think Dad has every recording Fats Waller ever made," she said, "and I tried to learn them all." Krall attended the Berklee College of Music on a music scholarship in the early '80s, then moved to Los Angeles, where she lived for three years before moving to Toronto. By 1990, she was based in New York, performing with a trio and singing. After releasing her first album on Justin Time Records, Krall was signed to GRP for her second, Only Trust Your Heart and transferred to its Impulse! division for her third, a Nat King Cole Trio tribute album called All for You. Love Scenes followed in 1997, and in late 1998, she issued the seasonal Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. When I Look in Your Eyes followed in 1999. Whatever reknown Krall had earned over the years for her work exploded with this album, which became an international best-seller and earned her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. It also was the first jazz album to be nominated for Album of the Year in 25 years. Krall's crossover success followed her as she performed in Lilith Fair the following year ,and her songs cropped up everywhere from episodes of Sex in the City to films like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. In 2001 she released The Look of Love featuring charts by legendary arranger Claus Ogerman best known for working with bossa nova innovator Antonio Carlos Jobim in the '60s. The album topped the Billboard charts and went quintuple platinum in Canada, the first by a Canadian jazz artist to do so. The Look of Love also helped Krall win three Junos in 2002, taking home awards for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. In 2003, Krall married iconic British rock musician Elvis Costello. A year later, she issued The Girl in the Other Room. Covering a few standards, this album also included original material -- some co-written by Costello -- for the first time in her career. Returning to the large ensemble standards approach of her previous album, Krall released From This Moment On in 2006. In 2009, she teamed once again with The Look of Love arranger Ogerman for the bossa nova-themed Quiet Nights.
---William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
