Diana Krall - The Girl in the Other Room
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Artist: Diana KrallEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2004-04-27
Music Label: Verve
Soundtracks:
- Stop This World
- The Girl In The Other Room
- Temptation
- Almost Blue
- I've Changed My Address
- Love Me Like A Man
- I'm Pulling Through
- Black Crow
- Narrow Daylight
- Abandoned Masquerade
- I'm Coming Through
- Departure Bay
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Free Music Review: A Complete Departure, Not for the Old Guard
Hit: 3 Stars
A Jazz CD Not Just For Jazz Lovers
Diana Krall has made a bold move with this CD, veering away from the American Song Book she typically adheres to, and I am glad she's done it. Although originally attracted to her laid back reading of the standards, this gives a whole new dimension to her talent. The song on the CD that first caught my ear was "Narrow Daylight"--all about reading between the lines, such as:
"I walked through halls of reputation, among the infamous too
As the camera clings to the common thread, beyond all vanity
Into a gaze to shoot you through"
I wonder to myself, is this the photographer's point of view? I decide it is, and that he or she is commenting on the vanity of those of high reputation and essentially ripping their vanity away. Stripped down to the "common thread" which shows they are just people, despite their resplendent attire ...The photographer's lens sees their foibles.
I am deeply moved by the line in Narrow Daylight, "washing away all the sadness and tears, that will never fall so heavily again", not so much by the words but my Ms. Krall's typically restrained and yet simultaneously deeply passionate reading of the line.
And I could go on song by song about the meaning, passion, and the always subtle play of the lyrics, Diana's relaxing voice and reliably top notch musicians blending into a combination of vivacious tunes, tales of love lost, and coursing through the entire collection of songs, the rousing song of a mature women: One expressing her freedom and power, all on her own, not as a man's women--but as creator of her own art and excitement. Listen to "I'm Coming Through", all about moving on, lonely or not.
Those faithful to the standards will be happy that Krall returns to them in subsequent releases, but I for one hope to hear more along the lines of "Girl in the Other Room".
The Girl in the Other Room Poster
Singer/pianist Diana Krall breaks new ground interpreting modern standards by Tom Waits, Mose Allison, and Joni Mitchell, as well as compositions by herself and new husband, Elvis Costello. Krall's piano-jazz cred comes through loudly and clearly on her Count Basie-styled version of the Bonnie Raitt staple "Love Me Like a Man" (written by folk-bluesman Chris Smither). But it's the collaborations with her spouse that unearth untapped emotional nuances of her velvet voice; many are reminiscent of Bill Evans's moody, impressionistic pieces. The title track, "Narrow Daylight," "Abandoned Masquerade," and "I'm Coming Through" all deal with love and loss. "Departure Bay," a picturesque ode to her hometown of Nanaimo, B.C., proves that this is the start of something big, and that two heads--and hearts--are better than one. --Eugene Holley Jr.Jazz Music CDs
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