Diana Krall - All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio
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Free Music Notes for All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio
Free Music Review: The best (so far!)
Hit: 5 Stars
You can't argue that Diana Krall isn't sensous looking, and that's how her record company is selling her(pick up her fine XMAS 3 song CD/calendar and you'll see.) Listen carefully to this album and you'll hear sensual singing, thoughtful production and top notch musicianship. It is a joy, and so far the best of her recordings (and the others are all very good.) Listen in your car, or alone in a quiet room, or through headphones. Her voice, husky and idosyncratic, is mesmerizing. Her interesting pianistics matches perfectly. And her interplay with the phenomenal guitarist Russell Malone is almost telepathic. If this were a vinyl disk, you'd wear it out from overplaying. Every track is a gem, perhaps aided by the programmatic nature of this material. It makes you wish that the great Nat Cole were still here to hear this tribute! P.S. Want better than this disc? - You'll have to catch Krall live in an intimate jazz club setting. If she's in your neighborhood, don't miss her!!!Free Music Review: Krall at her best
Hit: 5 Stars
The young and talented Diana Krall really comes into her own with this Grammy-nominated album, a tribute to the Nat King Cole Trio. The album contains ballads (the lovely and sad "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") and another version of the catchy (I dare you not to sing it!) "Frim Fram Sauce," which Krall recorded in a much slower version on an earlier album. Two other uptempo tunes deserve mention: the flamboyant "Hit that Jive, Jack" with its catchy, jittery rhythms, and "I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm" with its natty piano bridge.Krall is quickly becoming a vocalist to contend with, as versatile as other singers in her age range such as Jane Monheit or Madelaine Peyroux. And if that isn't enough, she's a gifted jazz pianist to boot. There isn't a misstep in song selection or performance on this album. A must-have for anyone interested in jazz vocals, piano jazz or general jazz aficionados.
Free Music Review: Krall at her best!
Hit: 5 Stars
Diana Krall is my favorite jazz pianist/vocalist. If you've been listening to and playing jazz as I have for over 45 years you develop an ear for natural talent. Krall has it all. Unfortunately, her last album (The Look of Love) does not reveal any of her jazz artistry, but that does happen to talented people sometimes -- the commercial aspects overtake the artistic ones and we get less art and more commercials. I have all her albums and this one is her best to date. I'm just hoping she'll get past the commericial route and get back to her straight-ahead jazz in the next album -- maybe a live recording from one of her many concerts. I saw her in El Cajon last year -- brilliant. I'll see her again in Escondido in December and I'm expecting another great show from this great talent.
Free Music Review: Diana Krall's finest
Hit: 5 Stars
This is Diana Krall's best album, and if you are just starting to get to know her music, I would start with this one. I really love all her other albums too (I'd give them all five stars), but this one has the best balance of the sweet and sultry Diana Krall and the witty, winsome and fast playing Diana Krall that I love listening to. Stylistically, I think her singing in her subsequent CDs 'Love Scenes' and 'When I Look in Your Eyes' is more refined and understated, but 'All for You' is definitely closest to what she is like live.And what a live show she puts on! I just saw her in Washington DC in March and she thrilled a packed theatre with her music, humor and charm. It is great to see that she is getting the acclaim that she deserves.
Free Music Review: What she does, she does well
Hit: 5 Stars
Diana Krall has become a huge selling singer over the years, which has often made her a target of the jazz "purists" who scoff at anything popular as a sellout. Perhaps she's not the greatest lounge-style singer and pianist ever, but I would argue that she's very good, and has popularized that style of music with her success. That's not a bad thing.
Of her CD's, I enjoy this one the most. As another reviewer wrote here, it's a lot "swingier" than much of her other material, and she brings meaning to the lyrics, the playfulness and the innuendo of it all. This album is a great place to start for those who've liked anything they've heard from Diana Krall. What she does, in this case smoky lounge music, she does very well.