Diana Jean Krall,
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,
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the order is administered by the...
(born November 16, 1964) is a
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-winning Canadian
jazz pianistJazz piano is the use of an acoustic piano or electric piano as an improvising, comping or leading instrument in a jazz group/jazz fusion ensemble or as a solo instrument. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings...
and
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. She is known for her
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vocals.
Krall was born into a musical family in
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,
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,
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. Her
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father, Jim Krall, owned a large record collection that helped 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.
Diana Jean Krall,
OCThe Order of Canada is an honour for merit that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the highest such order administered by the Governor General-in-Council, on behalf of the Queen of Canada. Created in 1967, to coincide with the centennial of Canadian...
,
OBCThe Order of British Columbia is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Instituted in 1989 by Lieutenant Governor David Lam, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier Bill Vander Zalm,
the order is administered by the...
(born November 16, 1964) is a
Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards —or Grammys—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry...
-winning Canadian
jazz pianistJazz piano is the use of an acoustic piano or electric piano as an improvising, comping or leading instrument in a jazz group/jazz fusion ensemble or as a solo instrument. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings...
and
singerJazz singing can be defined by the instrumental approach to the voice, where the singer can match the instruments in their stylistic approach to the lyrics, improvised or otherwise, or through scat singing; that is, the use of nonsensical meaningless non-morphemic syllables to imitate the sound of...
. She is known for her
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vocals.
Early life
Krall was born into a musical family in
NanaimoNanaimo is the second largest city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has been dubbed the "Bathtub Racing Capital of the World" and "Harbour City"...
,
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
,
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. Her
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father, Jim Krall, owned a large record collection that helped 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 FestivalThe Vancouver International Jazz Festival is an annual summer event in Vancouver, Canada.The Festival grew out of a local jazz scene that centred around Vancouver Co-op Radio , a community radio station, in the early 1980s...
to study at
Berklee College of MusicBerklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is a private, degree-granting four year college in Boston, Massachusetts. It has a 2009 fall enrollment of approximately 4,100 students and a 2009 faculty of approximately 500...
in Boston. In Nanaimo, her playing attracted the attention of famed bass player
Ray BrownRaymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist.-Biography:Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one...
and drummer
Jeff HamiltonJeff Hamilton is an American jazz drummer. He is co-director of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and leader of his own trio.-Career:...
. After hearing her play, Brown and Hamilton persuaded Krall to move to
Los AngelesLos Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...
, and study with pianist
Jimmy RowlesJimmy Rowles was an American jazz pianist who was best known as an accompanist. He also released a number of albums under his own name, and explored various idioms including swing and cool jazz.Born in Spokane, Washington, Rowles studied at Gonzaga College in Spokane, Washington...
, 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 ClaytonJohn Clayton, Jr. is a Grammy-winning American jazz and classical double bassist.-Music:John Clayton began seriously undertaking the study of double bass at age 16, studying with bass legend Ray Brown...
and
Jeff HamiltonJeff Hamilton is an American jazz drummer. He is co-director of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and leader of his own trio.-Career:...
. It caught the attention of producer
Tommy LiPumaTommy LiPuma is an American music producer. In his long career, he has worked with many musicians, including Miles Davis, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole, Claudine Longet, Dave Mason, the Yellowjackets, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, and The Story...
, who produced her second album,
Only Trust Your HeartOnly Trust Your Heart is the second album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1995 .-Track listing:#"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?" – 4:57...
(1995).
Her third album,
All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole TrioAll for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio is the third album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1995 .-Track listing:#"I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm" – 2:55...
(1996), was nominated for a
GrammyThe Grammy Awards —or Grammys—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry...
and continued for 70 weeks in the
Billboard jazz charts.
Love ScenesLove Scenes is the fourth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1997 . A DTS surround version exists of this soundtrack.-Track listing:#"All or Nothing at All" – 4:35...
(1997) quickly became a hit record with the trio of Krall,
Russell MaloneRussell Malone is an essentially self-taught swing jazz guitarist. He also performs in the bebop and contemporary jazz genres of jazz. He began working with Jimmy Smith in 1988, and went on to work with Harry Connick, Jr...
(guitar) and
Christian McBrideChristian McBride is an American jazz bassist. His father, Lee Smith, and his great uncle, Howard Cooper, are well known Philadelphia bassists who served as McBride's early mentors...
(bass).
In August 2000, Krall was paired on a 20-city tour with
Tony BennettTony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....
. They were paired again for a song on the TV series
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Orchestral arrangements by
Johnny MandelJohnny Mandel is a Grammy Award-winning American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz.Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie , Frank Sinatra Johnny Mandel (November 23, 1925) is a Grammy Award-winning American composer and arranger of popular songs, film...
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 OgermanClaus Ogerman is a German musical arranger/ orchestrator, conductor, and composer, perhaps best known for his work with Antonio Carlos Jobim.-Life and work:...
; this record achieved platinum status and reached the top 10 of the
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.
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
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standard popularized in the late 1960s by
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and
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, reached number 22 on the adult contemporary chart.
In September 2001, Krall began a world tour. Her concert at the
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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 AwardThe Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
. The album included covers of
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's "Just The Way You Are" (a hit on U.S.
smooth jazzSmooth jazz is a sub-genre of jazz which is influenced stylistically by R&B, funk and pop.Beginning in the early 1970s, it was an evolution into jazz with a modern, electronic sensibility...
radio) and
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's "A Case Of You."
After marrying
Elvis CostelloElvis Costello is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres...
, she worked with him as a lyricist and started to compose her own songs, resulting in the album
The Girl in the Other RoomThe Girl in the Other Room is the eighth album by jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall. For the first time, she performs songs that she co-wrote with her husband Elvis Costello. The album has already gone top 5 in the UK and debuted high on the Billboard 200 in May 2004.-The making of the...
. 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
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on his
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album in 2004 on the song, "You Don't Know Me".
In late May 2007, Krall was featured in a
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ad campaign. She also sang, "Dream a Little Dream of Me" with piano accompaniment by pianist
Hank JonesHenry "Hank" Jones is an American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable....
.
"
Quiet NightsQuiet Nights is the tenth studio album by Canadian jazz singer–songwriter and pianist Diana Krall, released on March 31, 2009 by Verve Records...
", her latest album, was released on 31 March 2009.
Krall also produced
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's album
Love Is The AnswerLove Is the Answer is an album of jazz standards by Barbra Streisand released on September 29, 2009. The album was produced by Diana Krall and features Krall on piano. Orchestral arrangements are by Johnny Mandel, Anthony Wilson and Alan Broadbent. A deluxe edition contains a bonus disc featuring...
, released on 29 Sep 2009.
Personal life
Krall lost her mother Adella to
multiple myelomaMultiple myeloma , also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler's disease is a cancer of the white blood cells known as plasma cells. A type of B cell, plasma cells are a crucial part of the immune system responsible for the production of antibodies in humans and other vertebrates...
in 2002, within months of also losing her mentors
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and
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. Diana's only sibling, Michelle, a former member of the
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, actively supports her older sister's career.
Krall and
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musician
Elvis CostelloElvis Costello is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres...
were married on December 6, 2003 at
Elton JohnSir Elton Hercules John, CBE is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has sold more than 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single, Candle in the Wind 1997, has sold over 37 million copies, becoming the...
's estate outside
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. Their twin sons Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, were born December 6, 2006 in New York City.
Grammy history
Diana Krall Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards —or Grammys—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry... History |
| Year |
Category |
Title |
Label |
Result |
Notes |
| 1996 |
Best Jazz Vocal Performance |
All for You All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio is the third album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1995 .-Track listing:#"I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm" – 2:55...
|
Impulse! |
Nominated |
|
| 1997 |
Jazz Vocal Performance |
Love Scenes Love Scenes is the fourth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1997 . A DTS surround version exists of this soundtrack.-Track listing:#"All or Nothing at All" – 4:35...
|
Impulse! |
Nominated |
|
| 1999 |
Jazz Vocal Performance |
When I Look in Your Eyes When I Look in Your Eyes is the fifth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1999 . It was a nominee for Album of the Year at the 2000 Grammy Awards.-Track listing:...
|
Verve |
Winner |
|
| 1999 |
Album of the Year |
When I Look in Your Eyes When I Look in Your Eyes is the fifth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1999 . It was a nominee for Album of the Year at the 2000 Grammy Awards.-Track listing:...
|
Verve |
Nominated |
|
| 2002 |
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals |
"Better Than Anything" |
Umvd Labels |
Nominated |
on the album Ask A Woman Who Knows (Natalie Cole Natalie Cole is an American singer, songwriter and performer. She achieved success in her early career as an R&B star, but smoothly changed her repertoire toward a more pop and jazz oriented musical style in the early 1990s... ) |
| 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 EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He has received five Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and five People's Choice Awards—including one for Favorite All-Time Motion Picture Star.Eastwood is... film True CrimeTrue Crime is a 1999 mystery drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on Andrew Klavan's 1997 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars in the film as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent.-Plot:Clint...
|
| 2007 |
Best Jazz Vocal Album |
From This Moment On From This Moment On is the tenth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2006 . This album was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards-Track listing:...
|
Verve |
Nominated |
|
Honours
In 2000, she was awarded the
Order of British ColumbiaThe Order of British Columbia is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Instituted in 1989 by Lieutenant Governor David Lam, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier Bill Vander Zalm,
the order is administered by the...
. In 2003 she was given an honorary Ph.D. (Fine Arts) from the
University of VictoriaThe University of Victoria is the second oldest degree granting university in British Columbia. This medium-sized university is located in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with an enrollment figure of more than 19,000 students. The campus is famous for its prestige, beautiful gardens...
. In 2004, she was inducted into
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. In 2005, she was made an Officer of the
Order of CanadaThe Order of Canada is an honour for merit that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the highest such order administered by the Governor General-in-Council, on behalf of the Queen of Canada. Created in 1967, to coincide with the centennial of Canadian...
.
She is an honorary board member of the
Multiple Myeloma Research FoundationThe Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation was founded in 1998 by twin sisters Kathy Giusti and Karen Andrews following Kathy's diagnosis with multiple myeloma at the age of 37...
. Adella Krall, mother of Diana Krall, was diagnosed with
multiple myelomaMultiple myeloma , also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler's disease is a cancer of the white blood cells known as plasma cells. A type of B cell, plasma cells are a crucial part of the immune system responsible for the production of antibodies in humans and other vertebrates...
in 1996 and died May 2002 at the age of 61.
Discography
- 1990 (2003) - Heartdrops with Vince Benedetti - (TCB, unauthorized)
- 1993 - Stepping Out - (Justin Time Records
Justin Time Records, Inc. is a Canadian record label based in Montreal. It was established in 1983 and specialises mostly in jazz and blues. The first artist to be featured on the label was pianist Oliver Jones, from Canada.-Past and present artists:...
)
- 1995 - Only Trust Your Heart
Only Trust Your Heart is the second album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1995 .-Track listing:#"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?" – 4:57...
- (GRP RecordsGRP Records is an American jazz record company that was founded in New York by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1982.-History:Previously, the duo had formed Grusin/Rosen Productions as a freelance production team in 1976, making records for labels such as RCA, Blue Note and CTI with artists like Jon...
)
- 1996 - All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio
All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio is the third album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1995 .-Track listing:#"I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm" – 2:55...
- (Impulse! Records)
- 1997 - Love Scenes
Love Scenes is the fourth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1997 . A DTS surround version exists of this soundtrack.-Track listing:#"All or Nothing at All" – 4:35...
- (Impulse! Records)
- 1998 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (EP) - (Impulse! Records
Impulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s first signings and thanks to the consistent sales and critical kudos generated by his...
)
- 1999 - When I Look in Your Eyes
When I Look in Your Eyes is the fifth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 1999 . It was a nominee for Album of the Year at the 2000 Grammy Awards.-Track listing:...
- (Verve)
- 2001 - The Look of Love - (Verve)
- 2002 - Live in Paris - (Verve)
- 2004 - The Girl in the Other Room
The Girl in the Other Room is the eighth album by jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall. For the first time, she performs songs that she co-wrote with her husband Elvis Costello. The album has already gone top 5 in the UK and debuted high on the Billboard 200 in May 2004.-The making of the...
- (Verve)
- 2005 - Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs is a 2005 album by Diana Krall performed with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. This is Krall's first full-length album of Christmas songs , and her first studio album with a big band...
with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz OrchestraJohn Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, and Jeff Clayton brought together a group of Los Angeles-based musicians in 1985 and formed the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra . Reviewers and fans loved the big band, and the orchestra's first recording, Groove Shop , earned a Grammy Award nomination. CD Review named...
- (Verve)
- 2006 - From This Moment On
From This Moment On is the tenth album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2006 . This album was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards-Track listing:...
- (Verve)
- 2007 - The Very Best of Diana Krall
The Very Best of Diana Krall is the eleventh album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2007.On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number 19, selling about 30,000 copies in its first week....
- (Verve)
- 2009 - Quiet Nights
Quiet Nights is the tenth studio album by Canadian jazz singer–songwriter and pianist Diana Krall, released on March 31, 2009 by Verve Records...
- (Verve RecordsVerve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The...
)
Filmography
- 2002 - Live in Paris - (Eagle Records, Pioneer DVD)
- 2004 - DeLovely - music performer, "Just One of Those Things"
- 2004 - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival - (Verve Records)
- 2007 - The Very Best of Diana Krall
The Very Best of Diana Krall is the eleventh album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2007.On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number 19, selling about 30,000 copies in its first week....
- (Verve Records)
- 2009 - Live in Rio - (Eagle Rock Entertainment, 2009). Also available in Blu-ray.
- 2009 - Public Enemies (2009 film) - girl singer, Bye Bye Blackbird
"Bye Bye Blackbird" is a song published in 1926 by the American composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon. It is considered a popular standard and was first recorded by Gene Austin in 1926....
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