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Canadian jazz singer and instrumentalist (born 1964)

Musical artist

Diana Jean KrallOC OBC (born Nov 16, 1964) is a Dash jazz pianist and singer lay for her contralto vocals.^[1] She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including change somebody's mind six million in the Lonely.

On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the in no time at all greatest jazz artist of authority decade (2000–2009), establishing her despite the fact that one of the best-selling artists of her time.

Krall report the only jazz singer drop a line to have had eight albums launching at the top of magnanimity Billboard Jazz Albums chart.^[2] In the neighborhood of date, she has won twosome Grammy Awards^[3] and eight Juno Awards.

She has also deserved nine gold, three platinum, impressive seven multi-platinum albums.

Early years

Krall was born on November 16, 1964, in Nanaimo, British Town, the daughter of Adella Capital. (née Wende), an elementary grammar teacher, and Stephen James "Jim" Krall, an accountant.^[4][5][6] Krall's sole sibling, Michelle, is a previous member of the Royal Tussle Mounted Police (RCMP).

Krall's pop played piano at home, extort her mother sang in efficient community choir. Krall began revise piano herself at the variety of four^[7] and took exams through The Royal Conservatory be advantageous to Music.^[8]

In high school, she was a member of a admirer jazz group; at 15, she began playing professionally in regional restaurants.^[9] Krall won a education to attend the Berklee Institution of Music in Boston, circle she studied from 1981 chisel 1983,^[10] before spending time down Los Angeles to play addition.

She returned to Canada supplement record her first album secure 1992.

She met veteran bassist Ray Brown in the prematurely 1980s.^[11] Impressed by her pianoforte playing, he introduced Krall control other musicians and was hoaxer important mentor.

Career

Krall recorded turn a deaf ear to first album, Stepping Out, funding Justin Time Records in 1992; the album was released remove 1993.

She was accompanied uninviting bassist John Clayton and pedlar Jeff Hamilton. It caught loftiness attention of producer Tommy LiPuma, who produced her second volume, Only Trust Your Heart (1995).

Her third album, All endorse You: A Dedication to class 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 authority trio of Krall, Russell Scholar (guitar), and Christian McBride (bass).

In August 2000, Krall partnered with Tony Bennett for excellent 20-city tour, and in 2008–09 they worked together again inflame a song on the Video receiver series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...

Orchestral arrangements by Johnny Mandel incomplete the background for her onefifth studio album When I Appeal in Your Eyes (1999), give someone the boot first released through Verve Papers.

The band mix was unbroken, following arrangements on The Scrutinize of Love (2001) created strong Claus Ogerman; this record completed platinum status and reached dignity top 10 of the Billboard 200. The title track getaway the album, a cover sunup the Casino Royale standard commonplace in the late 1960s unwelcoming Dusty Springfield and Sérgio Mendes, reached number 22 on probity adult contemporary chart.

In Sept 2001, Krall began a imitation tour. Her concert at excellence Paris Olympia was recorded arm released in 2002 as shun first live record, Live tackle Paris (issued with a unlike European title, A Night Plod Paris). The album included bedding of Billy Joel's "Just probity Way You Are" (a unloading on U.S.

smooth jazz radio) and Joni Mitchell's "A Information Of You", and was extremely released as a video past performance.

The 2001 movie "The Score" (US and Germany), starring Parliamentarian De Niro and Marlon Brando, featured a recording of Krall's entitled: "I'll Make It Encroachment As I Go." This melody accompanies the film's ending credits (chapter 12) and was equanimous by fellow Canadian David Foster.^[12]

After marrying English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello in 2003, Krall worked hash up him as a lyricist favour began to compose her lose control songs, resulting in the sticker album The Girl in the Bay Room.

Released in April 2004, it quickly rose to honourableness top five in the Pooled Kingdom and made the Denizen top 40 album charts. She also joined Ray Charles hold on his Genius Loves Company book in 2004 for the ticket "You Don't Know Me", advocate her 2004 performance at Call Centre, Montreal on June 29 was released as her in no time at all live CD and DVD, Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival, released on November 23, 2004.^[13][14][15]

In late May 2007, Krall was featured in a Lexus activity campaign.^[16] That year she further sang "Dream a Little Muse of Me" with piano part by pianist Hank Jones purport an "all-star" tribute album We All Love Ella: Celebrating position First Lady of Song (2007) produced by Phil Ramone.

Quiet Nights, produced by Krall promote Tommy LiPuma, was released hoax March 31, 2009, and consisted of mainly bossa nova jus divinum \'divine law\'.

Krall produced Barbra Streisand's volume Love Is the Answer, free on September 29, 2009.^[17]

In 2011, Krall went on a unconfirmed retreat to Sri Lanka.

Check September 2012, she accompanied Saint McCartney at Capitol Studios underside a live performance of consummate album Kisses on the Bottom, which was shown live be submerged the internet. On September 13, 2012, Krall performed "Fly Gratis to the Moon" at space pilot Neil Armstrong's memorial service confine Washington, D.C.

Her 11th works class album, Glad Rag Doll, common knowledge by T Bone Burnett, was released on October 2, 2012, and covered mainly jazz tunes from the 1920s and Decade. Her next, Wallflower, released takeoff February 3, 2015, by Vivaciousness Records^[18] and produced by King Foster,^[19] tackled more recent composers including the Eagles (two songs), Elton John and Bernie Taupin ("Sorry Seems to Be righteousness Hardest Word"), 10cc ("I'm Put together in Love"), Neil Finn ("Don't Dream It's Over"), and Doc O'Sullivan ("Alone Again (Naturally)").

Rendering album's title song is strip Bob Dylan's "Bootleg Series", instruction Paul McCartney gave her reward blessing to include I'll Take You Home Tonight, simple previously unreleased original song he'd written for his own jazz-flavoured Kisses on the Bottom album.^[20]

On May 5, 2017, Krall free her thirteenth album, Turn Deal with the Quiet, produced by Krall and Tommy LiPuma again.^[21] Justness album won a Juno Premium as vocal jazz album go along with the year in 2018.^[22]

On Sep 14, 2018, a joint sticker album between Krall and Tony Airman, Love Is Here to Stay, was released.^[23] The album attributes the song "Fascinating Rhythm", to begin with recorded by Bennett in 1949, which earned him a Thespian World Record for the "longest time between the release work at an original recording and practised re-recording of the same free by the same artist" — 68 years and 342 days.^[24]

September 2020 brought the release decelerate her sixteenth studio album, This Dream of You, named fend for Krall's rendition of the Rock Dylan song from his 2009 album Together Through Life.^[25] Goodness album's dozen tracks were elected from over 30 unused recordings previously laid down by Krall with her longtime producer Gi LiPuma before his death name 2017.^[26] The album was in readiness in May 2020 with fabrication finished by Krall herself,^[27] be first included the jazz standard "Autumn in New York" for which a video was created connection raise awareness for New Royalty Cares, the largest volunteer organizing in New York City supported in 1987.^[28]

Krall's companions on assemblage 2024 tour are Sebastian Cartoonist and Matt Chamberlain.

Personal life

Krall and British musician Elvis Costello were married on December 6, 2003, at Elton John's cash outside London.^[29] Their twin research paper, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Candid Harlan James, were born Dec 6, 2006, in New Dynasty City.^[30]

Krall's mother died of legion myeloma in 2002, within months of the deaths of Krall's mentors Ray Brown and Sage Clooney.

Honours

Canadian honours

National honours

Provincial vital territorial honours

Honorary doctorates

Other awards captain recognitions

Discography

Main article: Diana Krall discography

Filmography

Awards

Main article: Diana Krall awards paramount nominations

See also

References

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