DIANA KRALL - From This Moment On (2006) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Returning to the large ensemble sound of her 2005 success, Christmas Songs, pianist/vocalist Diana Krall delivers a superb performance on 2006's From This Moment On. Although having received a largely positive critical response for her creative departure into original singer/songwriter jazz material on 2004's The Girl in the Other Room, here listeners find Krall diving headlong into the Great American Songbook that has long been her bread and butter. While she's always been a pleasant presence on album, Krall has developed from a talented pianist who can sing nicely into an engaging, classy, and sultry vocalist with tastefully deft improvisational chops. But it's not just that her phrasing and tone are well-schooled. Having long drawn comparisons to such iconic and icy jazz singers as Julie London and Peggy Lee, Krall truly earns such high praise here. In fact, tracks like "Willow Weep for Me" and "Little Girl Blue" are drawn with such virtuosic melancholy by Krall as to be far and away some of the best ballads she's put to record. Similarly impressive big swing numbers like "Come Dance with Me" showcase her muscular rhythmic chops both vocally and on the keys. Backing her here is the always wonderful Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, featuring some punchy and solid solo spots by trumpeter Terell Stafford, as well as the rhythm section talents of guitarist Anthony Wilson, bassist Robert Hurst, and drummer Jeff Hamilton. by Matt Collar  
Tracklist :
1    Diana Krall Featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – It Could Happen To You 3:29
Piano – Gerald Clayton
Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen-Johnny Burke
2    Diana Krall Featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – Isn't This A Lovely Day 6:07
Soloist, Alto Saxophone – Jeff Clayton
Soloist, Trombone – Ira Nepus
Soloist, Trumpet – Terell Stafford
Written-By – Irving Berlin
3    Diana Krall Featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – How Insensitive 5:20
Acoustic Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes
4    Diana Krall –    Exactly Like You 3:03
Written-By – Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields
5    Diana Krall Featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – From This Moment On 3:24
Piano – Gerald Clayton
Soloist, Trumpet – Gil Castellanous, Terell Stafford
Written-By – Cole Porter
6    Diana Krall – I Was Doing All Right 5:11
Written-By – George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin
7    Diana Krall – Little Girl Blue 5:38
Written-By – Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart
8    Diana Krall Featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – Day In Day Out 3:59
Written-By – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
9    Diana Krall Featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – Willow Weep For Me 5:38
Piano – Tamir Hendelman
Soloist, Soprano Saxophone – Jeff Clayton
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Rickey Woodard
Soloist, Trumpet – Terell Stafford
Written-By – Ann Ronell
10    Diana Krall Featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – Come Dance With Me 4:23
Piano – Gerald Clayton
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Rickey Woodard
Soloist, Trumpet – Terell Stafford
Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn
11    Diana Krall – It Was A Beautiful Day In August / You Can Depend On Me 5:17
Written-By ['It Was A Beautiful Day In August'] – Ray Brown
Written-By ['You Can Depend On Me'] – Charles Carpenter, Earl Hines, Louis Dunlap
12    Diana Krall – The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 5:35
Written-By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren