DIANA KRALL — Wallflower : The Complete Sessions (2015) SHM-CD | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    California Dreamin' 3:17
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Ramon Stagnaro
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Backing Vocals – Graham Nash, Stephen Stills
Electric Guitar – Michael Thompson
Keyboards – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Written-By – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
2    Desperado 3:30
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Piano – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
3    Supestar 4:17
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Piano – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell
4    Alone Again (Naturally) 3:50
Arranged By – Chris Walden, David Foster
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Featuring – Michael Bublé
Guitar – Dean Parks
Piano – David Foster
Programmed By – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Gilbert O'Sullivan
5    Wallflower 3:05
Arranged By – Chris Walden, David Foster
Featuring – Blake Mills
Guitar – Blake Mills
Piano – Diana Krall
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Bob Dylan
6    If I Take You Home Tonight 3:53
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Bass – Nathan East
Drums – Jim Keltner
Guitar – Dean Parks
Piano – David Foster
Programmed By – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Paul McCartney
7    I Can't Tell You Why 3:40

Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Ramon Stagnaro
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Backing Vocals – Timothy B. Schmit
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit
8    Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 4:11
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Piano – David Foster
Programmed By – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Elton John & Bernie Taupin
9    Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) 3:41
Acoustic Bass – Dennis Crouch
Acoustic Guitar – Michael Thompson, Ramon Stagnaro
Arranged By – David Foster
Backing Vocals – Graham Nash, Stephen Stills
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Electric Guitar – Stephen Stills
Piano – David Foster
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Jim Croce
10    I'm Not In Love 3:52
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Drums – Jim Keltner
Electric Guitar – Michael Thompson
Piano – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman
11    Feels Like Home 4:21
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Michael Thompson
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Drums – Jim Keltner
Featuring – Bryan Adams, Bryan Adams
Piano – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Randy Newman
12    Don't Dream It's Over 3:36
Arranged By – Vince Mendoza
Drums – Jim Keltner
Guitar – Michael Thompson
Keyboards – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Neil Finn
– BONUS TRACK –    
13    In My Life 3:51
Written-By – John Lennon / Paul McCartney
14    Yeh Yeh 3:06
Featuring – Georgie Fame
Written-By – Jon Hendricks, Pat Patrick, Rodgers Grant
15    Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest World (Live) 3:42
Written-By – Bernie Taupin, Elton John
16    Wallflower (Live) 3:10
Written-By – Bob Dylan
17    A Case Of You 4:55
Written-By – Joni Mitchell
18    If You Could Read My Mind 3:45
Featuring – Sarah McLachlan
Written-By – Gordon Lightfoot
19    Everybody's Talkin' 3:36
Featuring – Vince Gill
Written-By – Fred Neil
20    Heart Of Gold 2:51
Written-By – Neil Young

DIANA KRALL - The Very Best Of Diana Krall (2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The Very Best of Diana Krall collects a nice cross-section of tracks the pianist/vocalist recorded beginning with her 1996 breakthrough album, All for You, and moving through to her 2006 effort From This Moment On. These are largely urbane and stylish recordings that range from her intimate and swinging trio work with guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Christian McBride to her lush orchestral and big-band numbers. While this is primarily a compilation for fans of the sophisticated, jazz standards-oriented Krall, Verve does earn some kudos for including at least one cut from her deeply personal and subsequently not as popular effort The Girl in the Other Room. Also featured are cuts from her stellar 2002 concert album Live in Paris. If you're a fan of straight-ahead jazz with a heavy dash of romance and haven't checked out Krall's work, The Very Best is superb place to start. by Matt Collar
Tracklist :
1     'S Wonderful 4:26
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
2     Peel Me a Grape 5:49
Dave Frishberg
3     Pick Yourself Up 3:01
Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern
4     Frim Fram Sauce 5:00
Redd Evans / Joe Ricardel
5     You Go to My Head 6:46
J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie
6     Let's Fall in Love 4:18
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
7     The Look of Love 4:41
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
8     East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) 5:45
Brooks Bowman
9     I've Got You Under My Skin 6:08
Cole Porter
10     All or Nothing at All 4:32
Arthur Altman / Jack Lawrence
11     Only the Lonely 4:16
Sammy Cahn
12     Let's Face the Music and Dance 5:17
Irving Berlin
13     The Heart of Saturday Night 4:05
Tom Waits
14     Little Girl Blue 5:38
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
15     Fly Me to the Moon 5:43
Bart Howard

DIANA KRALL - Temptation (2004) CD, Single / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Temptation 4:28
Bass – Christian McBride
Drums – Terri Lyne Carrington
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Organ [Hammond B-3] – Neil Larsen
Written-By – Tom Waits
2    I'll Never Be The Same 4:47
Written-By – Frank Signorelli, Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck
Credits :
Vocals, Piano, Producer – Diana Krall

DIANA KRALL - Stepping Out (1993-2000) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Krall's first recording remains an eye and ear opener. Without the overt schmaltz, Krall proves a sincere singer and, more so, a fine pianist whose talent in this area would later become sublimated. If you want to hear not only the roots of Krall's jazzier and romantic side, not to mention the fun, you'll get it all on this remastered CD, with a bulletproof rhythm section of the peerless bassist John Clayton and always on-the-money/in-the-pocket drummer Jeff Hamilton. The program contains several songs that have become Krall's signature tunes. "Straighten Up & Fly Right" is typically cute as she nicely modifies the lyric. "Frim Fram Sauce" is easily swung and wittily rendered. Several standards such as the easy swinging, bluesy "I'm Just a Lucky So & So" with its impressive bridge piano or the straight read of "Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me" seem like child's play. She uses delayed, staggered phrasings with energetic pianistics during "As Long As I Live," jumps in more pronounced and driving tones for "This Can't Be Love," and cleverly deviates from the melody in now typical Krall-ian fashion for the previously unreleased "On the Sunny Side of the Street." She's most convincing on the unaccompanied take of the classic "Body & Soul" and goes into semi-classical mode with Clayton's bowed bass during her lone original "Jimmie." There are two instrumentals: "42nd Street" swings very well with flourishes inserted here and there on a slight re-arrange, while Klaus Suonsaari's (not Charlie Parker's) "Big Foot" sports heavy modal introductory chords, impressive stop starts on a blues strut, and the most interaction during this set. Krall's fans should consider this an essential recording in her growing discography, and perhaps in many ways her best. by Michael G. Nastos  
Tracklist :
1     This Can't Be Love 4:31
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
2     Straighten Up and Fly Right 3:56
Nat King Cole / Irving Mills
3     Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 4:04
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
4     I'm Just a Lucky So and So 4:23
Mack David / Duke Ellington
5     Body and Soul 5:35
Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
6     42nd Street 6:21
Al Dubin / Harry Warren
7     Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 4:33
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
8     Big Foot 7:07
Klaus Suonsaari
9     The Frim Fram Sauce 4:08
Redd Evans / Joe Ricardel
10     Jimmie 5:26
Diana Krall
11     As Long as I Live 4:42
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
12     On the Sunny Side of the Street 4:51
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
Credits :
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeff Hamilton
Piano, Vocals, Arranged By – Diana Krall

DIANA KRALL - Only Trust Your Heart (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Canadian singer/pianist Diana Krall moved up to an American major label, GRP Records, with her second album, Only Trust Your Heart, having made her debut, Stepping Out, with the Canadian independent Justin Time Records two year earlier. The approach is basically the same, although her supporting musicians are different. Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine sits in on three tracks, "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?," "I Love Being Here with You," and the Ray Brown instrumental "CRS-Craft," but otherwise this is piano trio music, with drummer Lewis Nash and either Brown or Christian McBride on bass. Krall is a neo-traditionalist with a legitimate pedigree detailed by Michael Bourne in his liner notes: an isolated upbringing in British Columbia, playing her father's Fats Waller 78s; classical piano lessons while playing in the school jazz band; a Vancouver Jazz Festival scholarship to the Berklee College of Music; a Canadian Arts Council grant to study with Jimmy Rowles in Los Angeles. The result is a performer steeped in traditional acoustic jazz piano playing and singing, and Krall demonstrates her talents on this album, soloing freely on the tunes, which are mostly standards, of course, and singing in a sturdy alto. It says something about the state of jazz circa 1995 that, at age 30, such a performer was getting a big promotional push. Krall was much more than a pretty face and a wave of blonde hair playing old-fashioned jazz, but she was that, too. So, once again in major-label jazz, it was back to the future for a record that, for all intents and purposes, could have been recorded in 1954 instead of 1994, except, of course, that that would have been ten years before the artist was born. by William Ruhlmann  
Tracklist :
1     Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? 4:57
Bill Austin / Louis Jordan
2     Only Trust Your Heart 5:19
Sammy Cahn / Benny Carter
3     I Love Being Here with You 3:40
Peggy Lee / Bill Schluger
4     Broadway 7:27
Billy Bird / Ray Henderson / Teddy McRae / Henry J. Wood
5     The Folks Who Live on the Hill 4:18
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
6     I've Got the World on a String 5:20
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
7     Squeeze Me 5:37
Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines
8     All Night Long 6:41
Curtis Lewis
9     CRS-Craft 3:30
Ray Brown
Credits :
Bass – Christian McBride (pistas: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8), Ray Brown (pistas: 1, 3, 7, 9)
Drums – Lewis Nash
Piano – Diana Krall
Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine (pistas: 1, 3, 9)
Vocals – Diana Krall (pistas: 1 to 8)

DIANA KRALL - All for You (A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio) (1996-2005) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Pianist/vocalist Diana Krall pays tribute to the Nat King Cole Trio on her Impulse! set. In general, the medium and up-tempo tunes work best, particularly such hot ditties as "I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm," "Frim Fram Sauce," and "Hit That Jive Jack." Krall does not attempt to directly copy Cole much (either pianistically or vocally), although his influence is obviously felt on some of the songs. The slow ballads are actually as reminiscent of Shirley Horn as Cole, particularly the somber "I'm Through With Love" and "If I Had You." Guitarist Russell Malone gets some solo space on many of the songs and joins in on the group vocal of "Hit That Jive Jack," although it is surprising that he had no other opportunities to interact vocally with Krall; a duet could have been delightful. Bassist Paul Keller is fine in support, pianist Benny Green backs Krall's vocal on "If I Had You," and percussionist Steve Kroon is added on one song. Overall, this is a tasteful effort that succeeds. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm 2:56
Nat King Cole
2     Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 4:07
Andy Razaf / Don Redman
3     You Call It Madness 4:36
Russ Columbo / Con Conrad / Gladys Dubois / Paul Gregory
4     The Frim Fram Sauce 5:01
Redd Evans / Joe Ricardel
5     The Boulevard of Broken Dreams 6:27
Al Dubin / Harry Warren
6     Baby Baby All the Time 3:36
Bobby Troup
7     Hit That Jive Jack 4:17
John Alston / Alex Alstone / Skeets Tolbert
8     You're Looking at Me 5:33
Bobby Troup
9     I'm Thru With Love 4:26
Gus Kahn / Fud Livingston / Matty Malneck
10     Deed I Do 3:32
Walter Hirsch / Fred Rose
11     A Blossom Fell 5:13
Howard Barnes / Harold Cornelius / Dominic John
12     If I Had You 4:57
Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro
Credits :
Bass – Paul Keller
Guitar – Russell Malone
Percussion – Steve Kroon (pistas: 5)
Piano – Benny Green (pistas: 12)
Piano, Lead Vocals – Diana Krall

DIANA KRALL - Love Scenes (1997) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Vocalist/pianist Diana Krall was a very hot property by the time this Impulse CD was released. Teamed in a trio with her regular guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Christian McBride, Krall here mostly emphasizes ballads having something to do with love. She is at her best on "I Don't Know Enough About You," "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You," and "How Deep Is the Ocean." However, Krall's earlier Nat King Cole tribute had more variety in tempos and moods and is recommended first. A decent but not essential release. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     All or Nothing at All 4:36
Arthur Altman / Jack Lawrence
2     Peel Me a Grape 5:53
Dave Frishberg
3     I Don't Know Enough About You 4:02
Dave Barbour / Peggy Lee
4     I Miss You So 4:44
Jimmy Henderson / Sydney Robin / Bertha Scott
5     They Can't Take That Away from Me 5:40
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
6     Lost Mind 3:48
Percy Mayfield
7     I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You 6:16
Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young
8     You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me 2:16
Al Dubin / Harry Warren
9     Gentle Rain 4:55
Luiz Bonfá / Matt Dubey
10     How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) 4:46
Irving Berlin
11     My Love Is 3:27
Billy Myles
12     Garden in the Rain 4:56
James Dyrenforth / Carroll Gibbons
13    That Old Feeling    2:32
Brown, Fain
Credits :
Bass – Christian McBride
Guitar – Russell Malone
Piano, Lead Vocals – Diana Krall

DIANA KRALL - When I Look in Your Eyes (1999) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

With this CD, the young Canadian singer/pianist/arranger joins forces with producer Tommy LiPuma, who places his orchestral stamp on eight of the 13 tracks. It is the latest attempt to push Krall to an even wider pop/smooth jazz audience than she already enjoys. After all, Nat Cole, Wes Montgomery, and George Benson, among others, went this route. Wonder if she'd agree the cuts sans strings were more fun and challenging? Krall does get to it with central help from bassists John Clayton and Ben Wolfe, drummers Jeff Hamilton and Lewis Nash, and guitarist Russell Malone, all stellar players. Krall's voice is sweet and sexy. She's also flexible within her range and at times a bit kitschy, mostly the hopeless romantic. On this CD of love songs, it's clear she's cool but very much in love with this music. Bob Dorough's "Devil May Care" and the insistent "Best Thing for You" really click. Favorites are a decent Shearing-esque "Let's Fall in Love" with vibist Larry Bunker; a suave slow bossa on the opening number, "Let's Face the Music"; the lusher-than-lush title track; and especially an incredible horn-fired fanfare intro/outro on the hip "Pick Yourself Up." Some might call this fluff or mush, but it depends solely on your personal taste. This will certainly appeal to Krall's fans, lovers, and lovers at heart. by Michael G. Nastos  
Tracklist :
1     Let's Face the Music and Dance 5:18
Irving Berlin
2     Devil May Care 3:20
Bob Dorough / Terrell Kirk / Joe South
3     Let's Fall in Love 4:19
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
4     When I Look in Your Eyes 4:31
Leslie Bricusse
5     Popsicle Toes 4:28
Michael Franks
6     I've Got You Under My Skin 6:10
Cole Porter
7     I Can't Give You Anything But Love 2:32
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
8     I'll String Along with You 4:45
Al Dubin / Harry Warren
9     East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) 4:57
Brooks Bowman
10     Pick Yourself Up 3:02
Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern
11     The Best Thing For You 2:37
Irving Berlin
12     Do It Again 4:35
Buddy DeSylva / George Gershwin
13    Why Should I Care?    3:44
Credits :
Bass – Ben Wolfe (pistas: 2, 6, 8, 9), John Clayton (pistas: 1, 3, 5, 10 to 12)
Drums – Jeff Hamilton (pistas: 1, 3, 5, 10 to 12), Lewis Nash (pistas: 6, 8)
Guitar – Russell Malone
Vibraphone – Larry Bunker (pistas: 3, 6)
Arranger, Piano, Vocals - Diana Krall 

DIANA KRALL - The Look of Love (2001) Limited Edition / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Diana Krall has a good voice and plays decent piano, but this somewhat ridiculously packaged Verve CD seems like an obvious attempt to turn her into a pop icon, and sex symbol to boot. The bland arrangements by Claus Ogerman (who conducts the London Symphony Orchestra or the Los Angeles Session Orchestra on each track) border on easy listening, while Krall and her various supporting musicians, including John Pisano, Russell Malone, Christian McBride, and Peter Erskine (among others), clearly seem stifled by their respective roles. There are plenty of strong compositions here, including standards like "I Remember You," "The Night We Called It a Day," and "I Get Along Without You Very Well," but the unimaginative and often syrupy charts take their toll on the performances. What is even sillier is the label's insistence on attempting to photograph the artist in various sultry poses, which she evidently wants to discourage by refusing to provide much of a smile (the rumor is that she's not happy with this part of the business at all). If you are looking for unchallenging background music, this will fit the bill, but jazz fans are advised to check out Krall's earlier releases instead. by Ken Dryden  
Tracklist :
1    S-Wonderful    4:29
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
2    Love Letters    4:56
Edward Heyman / Victor Young
3    I Remember You    3:56
Johnny Mercer / Victor Schertzinger
4    Cry Me A River    5:04
Arthur Hamilton
5    Besame Mucho    6:40
Sunny Skylar / Consuelo Velasquez / Consuelo Velázquez
6    The Night We Called It A Day    5:44
Tom Adair / Matt Dennis
7    Dancing In The Dark    5:48
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
8    I Get Along Without You Very Well    3:45
Hoagy Carmichael
9    The Look Of Love    4:42
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
10    Maybe You'll Be There    5:41
Rube Bloom / Sammy Gallop
- Bonus Track -     
11    I Should Care    5:14
12    Maybe You'll Be There (Live Version)    5:29
13    Charmed Life    2:50
14    But Not For Me    5:10
Credits :
Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Claus Ogerman
Bass – Christian McBride
Drums – Jeff Hamilton (pistas: 1, 3, 5), Peter Erskine (pistas: 2, 4, 6, 7 to 10)
Guitar – Dori Caymmi (pistas: 1), John Pisano (pistas: 3, 5), Romero Lubambo (pistas: 7, 9), Russell Malone (pistas: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
Orchestra – Los Angeles Session Orchestra (pistas: 1, 3 , 5), London Symphony Orchestra* (pistas: 2, 4, 6 to 10)
Percussion – Luis Conte (pistas: 7, 9), Paulinho Da Costa (pistas: 1, 3, 5)
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall

DIANA KRALL - Live in Paris (2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Recorded "live" at the Paris Olympia, Live in Paris offers listeners Diana Krall's understanding of the musical techniques of composition, piano, and vocal improvisation on 12 songs from the Great American Songbooks of Cole Porter,Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, and contemporary artists Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel. Accompanied by the award-winning Anthony Wilson on guitar, John Pisano on acoustic guitar, John Clayton on bass, Jeff Hamilton on drums, and Paulinho Da Costa on percussion as well as the Orchestra Symphonies European on "Let's Fall in Love" and "I've Got You Under My Skin," the lovely vocalist heightens your listening pleasures with distinctive phrasings and tangible pathways to inside the creative imagination by getting inside harmony, the changes, and melodic structures. On Joel's "Just the Way You Are," Krall is accompanied by Christian McBride on bass, Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone, Lewis Nash on drums, and Wilson on guitar, among others. This song also resides on the soundtrack to the film The Guru and is probably one of the best ballads on the set due to the great solo from Brecker. His powerful but sensitive playing adds the ultimate expression and approach to the melody -- one with attitudinal preparation, which is always necessary for a song that has such familiarity and association with another musician. For those who may not have heard Krall perform "live," this recording will give you a firsthand account of the ambience and excitement of a musical evening with her. by Paula Edelstein  
Tracklist :
1    I Love Being Here With You 5:12
Written-By – William Schluger, Peggy Lee
2    Let's Fall In Love 4:34
Directed By [Music Director], Conductor – Alan Broadbent
Orchestra – Orchestre Symphonique Europeen
Written-By – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
3    Deed I Do 5:18
Written-By – Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch
4    The Look Of Love 5:00
Acoustic Guitar – John Pisano
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Written-By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
5    East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) 5:58
Written-By – Brooks Bowman
6    I've Got You Under My Skin 7:24
Directed By [Music Director], Conductor – Alan Broadbent
Guitar – John Pisano
Orchestra – Orchestre Symphonique Europeen
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Written-By – Cole Porter
7    Devil May Care 6:52
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Written-By – Bob Dorough, Terrell Kirk
8    Maybe You'll Be There 5:48
Written-By – Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop
9    'S Wonderful 6:00
Acoustic Guitar – John Pisano
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Written-By – George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin
10    Fly Me To The Moon 6:06
Written-By – Bart Howard
11    A Case Of You 6:50
Written-By – Joni Mitchell
12    Just The Way You Are 5:00
Bass – Christian McBride
Drums – Lewis Nash
Engineer [Second] – Aya Takemura, Brian Montgomery
Keyboards [Additional] – Rob Mounsey
Percussion – Luis Quintero
Saxophone [Tenor Saxophone Solo] – Michael Brecker
Technician [Mix Assistant] – Andy Saroff
Written-By – Billy Joel
Credits :
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeff Hamilton
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Vocals, Piano – Diana Krall

DIANA KRALL - The Girl in the Other Room (2004) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

While the jazz fascists (read: purists) may be screaming "sellout" because Diana Krall decided to record something other than standards this time out, the rest of us can enjoy the considerable fruit of her labors. The Girl in the Other Room is, without question, a jazz record in the same manner her other outings are. The fact that it isn't made up of musty and dusty "classics" may irk the narrow-minded and reactionary, but it doesn't change the fact that this bold recording is a jazz record made with care, creativity, and a wonderfully intimate aesthetic fueling its 12 songs. Produced by Tommy LiPuma and Krall, the non-original material ranges from the Mississippi-fueled jazzed-up blues of Mose Allison's "Stop This World" to contemporary songs that are reinvented in Krall's image by Tom Waits ("Temptation"), Joni Mitchell ("Black Crow"), Chris Smither ("Love Me Like a Man"), and her husband, Elvis Costello ("Almost Blue"). These covers are striking. Krall's read of Allison's tune rivals his and adds an entirely different shade of meaning, as does her swinging, jazzy, R&B-infused take on Smither's sexy nugget via its first hitmaker, Bonnie Raitt. Her interpretation of Waits' "Temptation" is far more sultry than Holly Cole's because Krall understands this pop song to be a jazz tune rather than a jazzy pop song. "Black Crow" exists in its own space in the terrain of the album, because Krall understands that jazz is not mere articulation but interpretation. Likewise, her reverent version of Costello's "Almost Blue" takes it out of its original countrypolitan setting and brings it back to the blues.

As wonderful as these songs are, however, they serve a utilitarian purpose; they act as bridges to the startling, emotionally charged poetics in the material Krall has composed with Costello. Totaling half the album, this material is full of grief, darkness, and a tentative re-emergence from the shadows. It begins in the noir-ish melancholy of the title track, kissed with bittersweet agony by Gershwin's "Summertime." The grain in Krall's pained voice relates an edgy third-person tale that is harrowing in its lack of revelation and in the way it confounds the listener; it features John Clayton on bass and Jeff Hamilton on drums. In "I've Changed My Address," Krall evokes the voices of ghosts such as Louis Armstrong and Anita O'Day in a sturdy hip vernacular that channels the early beat jazz of Waits and Allison. The lyric is solid and wonderfully evocative not only of time and place, but of emotional terrain. Krall's solo in the tune is stunning. "Narrow Daylight," graced by gospel overtones, is a tentative step into hope with its opening line: "Narrow daylight enters the room, winter is over, summer is near." This glimmer of hope is short-lived, however, as "Abandoned Masquerade" reveals the shattered promise in the aftermath of dying love. "I'm Coming Through" and "Departure Bay," which close the set, are both underscored by the grief experienced at the loss of Krall's mother. They are far from sentimental, nor are they sophomoric, but through the eloquence of Krall's wonderfully sophisticated melodic architecture and rhythmic parlance they express the experience of longing, of death, and of acceptance. The former features a beautiful solo by guitarist Anthony Wilson and the latter, in its starkness, offers memory as reflection and instruction. This is a bold new direction by an artist who expresses great willingness to get dirt on her hands and to offer its traces and smudges as part and parcel of her own part in extending the jazz tradition, through confessional language and a wonderfully inventive application that is caressed by, not saturated in, elegant pop. by Thom Jurek  
Tracklist :
1    Stop This World 3:59
Written-By – Mose Allison
2    The Girl In The Other Room 4:05
Music By, Lyrics By – Diana Krall, Elvis Costello
3    Temptation 4:28
Drums – Terri Lyne Carrington
Organ [Hammond] – Neil Larsen
Written-By – Tom Waits
4    Almost Blue 4:04
Written-By – Elvis Costello
5    I've Changed My Address 4:47
Lyrics By – Diana Krall, Elvis Costello
Music By – Diana Krall
6    Love Me Like A Man 5:49
Arranged By [Adapted By] – Bonnie Raitt
Written-By – Chris Smither
7    I'm Pulling Through 4:03
Written-By – Arthur Herzog, Irene Kitchings
8    Black Crow 4:48
Written-By – Joni Mitchell
9    Narrow Daylight 3:32
Lyrics By – Diana Krall, Elvis Costello
Music By – Diana Krall
10    Abandoned Masquerade 5:11
Lyrics By – Elvis Costello
Music By – Diana Krall
11    I'm Coming Through 5:07
Lyrics By – Diana Krall, Elvis Costello
Music By – Diana Krall
12    Departure Bay 5:40
Lyrics By – Diana Krall, Elvis Costello
Music By – Diana Krall
- Bonus Tracks -     
13    I'll Never Be The Same 4:49
Lyrics By – Gus Kahn
Music By – Frank Signorelli, Matty Maineck
14    Sometimes I Just Freak Out 5:18
Music By – Diana Krall
Credits :
Bass – Christian McBride (pistas: 1, 3, 4, 7 to 12), John Clayton (pistas: 2, 5, 6)
Drums – Jeff Hamilton (pistas: 2, 5, 6), Peter Erskine (pistas: 1, 4, 7 to12), Terri Lyne Carrington (pistas: 3)
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Organ [Hammond B-3] – Neil Larsen (pistas: 3)
Producer, Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall

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 

DIANA KRALL - Quiet Nights (2009) Deluxe Edition / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Bossa nova is not unfamiliar to Diana Krall, but 2009's Quiet Nights is her first record devoted to the gently swaying rhythm. Teaming up again with arranger Claus Ogerman, who last worked with Krall on 2001's The Look of Love and who also frequently collaborated with bossa nova godfather Antonio Carlos Jobim, Krall winds up with a mellow, lazy album that recalls the relaxed late-night sophistication of Jobim's duet album with Frank Sinatra, which Ogerman also happened to arrange and conduct. It's not just the sound, it's the songs: how '60s standards like Bacharach/David's "Walk on By" sit next to three Jobim tunes, a song by Marcos Valle ("So Nice"), and a few American Songbook standards placed at the beginning, the better to ease listeners into purer bossa nova at the end. Then again, they don't need much persuasion -- if any music could be called accessible it's this, with its warm intimacy and classic good taste. If anything, there may be a bit too much classic good taste on Quiet Nights -- there is no reinterpretation, only homage -- but that's not quite a problem because Krall knows enough to lay back, to never push, only to glide upon the gossamer surface. After all, some things are timeless for a reason; they need no updating, only replicating. by Stephen Thomas Erlewine  
Tracklist :
1     Where or When 4:10
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
2     Too Marvelous for Words 4:05
Johnny Mercer / Richard A. Whiting
3     I've Grown Accustomed to His Face 4:48
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
4     The Boy from Ipanema 5:54
Norman Gimbel / Antônio Carlos Jobim
5     Walk on By 5:03
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
6     You're My Thrill 5:47
Sidney Clare / Jay Gorney
7     Este Seu Olhar 2:45
Antônio Carlos Jobim
8     So Nice 3:52
Norman Gimbel / Paulo Sérgio Valle
9     Quiet Nights 4:45
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Gene Lees
10     Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 4:59
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
11     How Can You Mend a Broken Heart 4:30
Barry Gibb / Maurice Gibb / Robin Gibb
12     Every Time We Say Goodbye 5:18
Cole Porter
Credits :
Alto Flute, Bass Flute – David Shostac, Geri Rotella, Heather Clark, Steve Kujala
Arranged By, Conductor – Claus Ogerman
Bass – John Clayton, Reggie Hamilton
Cello – Antony Cooke, Cecilia Tsan, Dan Smith*, Rudy Stein, Steve Richards, Timothy Landauer*, Trevor Handy, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
Cello [1st] – Larry Corbett
Contractor, Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Shari Sutcliffe
Double Bass – Drew Dembowski, Nico Abondolo, Susan Ranney
Double Bass [1st] – Ed Meares
Drums – Jeff Hamilton
French Horn – Brad Warnaar, Joseph Meyer, Todd Miller, Bill Lane
French Horn [1st] – Rick Todd
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Oboe – Earle Dumler
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (pistas: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 9)
Producer – Diana Krall, Tommy LiPuma
Recorded By – Steve Genewick
Tour Manager – Pete Buckland
Tuba – Doug Tornquist
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Robert Zimmiti
Viola – Dan Neufeld, David Walther, Evan Wilson, Janet Lakatos, Kate Reddish, Todd Marda, Marlow Fisher, Matt Funes, Thomas Diener, Vicki Miskolczy
Violin – Alan Grunfeld, Amy Wickman, Barbra Porter, Caroline Campbell, Charles Bisharat, Darius Campo, David Ewart, Eun-Mee Ahn, Gil Romero, Helen Nightengale, Joel Pargman, Josefina Vergara, Katia Popov, Liane Mautner, Mari Tsumura, Mario De Leon, Peter Kent, Razdan Kuyumjian, Tammy Hatwan, Tereza Stanislav, Tiffany Yi Hu, Yue Deng
Violin, Concertmaster – Bruce Dukov, Sid Page
Vocals, Piano – Diana Krall

DIANA KRALL - Glad Rag Doll (2012) Deluxe Edition / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

For only the second time in her career, jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall deviates from her tried, true m.o. of covering easily identifiable jazz standards. On Glad Rag Doll she teams with producer T-Bone Burnett and his stable of studio aces. Here the two-time Grammy winner covers mostly vaudeville and jazz tunes written in the 1920s and '30s, some relatively obscure. Most of the music here is from her father's collection of 78-rpm records. Krall picked 35 tunes from that music library and gave sheet music to Burnett. He didn't reveal his final selections until they got into the studio. Given their origins, these songs remove the sheen of detached cool that is one of Krall's vocal trademarks. Check the speakeasy feel on opener "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye," with Marc Ribot's airy chords, Jay Bellerose's loose shuffle, and Dennis Crouch's strolling upright bass. Krall's vocal actually seems to express delight in this loose and informal proceeding -- though her piano playing is, as usual, tight, top-notch. The shimmering sentimental nocturnal balladry there gives way to swing in "Just Like a Butterfly That's Caught in the Rain," which stands out because of the interplay between Ribot's ukulele, a pair of basses, and Bellerose's brushes. Krall's vocal hovers; she lets the melody guide her right through the middle. On the title cut, her only accompanist is Ribot on an acoustic guitar. Being the best-known tune in the bunch, it's easy to compare this reading with many others, but Krall's breathy vocal fully inhabits the lyric and melody and makes them her own. A few tracks stand apart from the album's theme. There's the modern take on Betty James' rockabilly single "I'm a Little Mixed Up," which allows Burnett to indulge himself a little and showcases a rarity: Krall playing rock & roll piano. The atmospheric reading of Doc Pomus' "Lonely Avenue" is somewhat radical, but is among the finest moments here. Burnett gets his obligatory reverb on here, but the weave of his and Ribot's guitars (and the latter's banjo) and the mandola by Howard Coward (Elvis Costello in one of several guest appearances) is arresting. The arrangement also contains an odd yet compelling reference to Miles Davis' "Right Off (Theme from Jack Johnson)"; Krall's piano solo is rife with elliptical, meandering lines and chord voicings. But vocally she gets inside the tune's blues and pulls them out with real authority. Glad Rag Doll is not the sound of Krall reinventing herself so much as it's the comfortable scratching of an old, persistent itch. The warmth, sophistication, humor, and immediacy present on this set make it a welcome addition to her catalog. by Thom Jurek  
Tracklist :
1    We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye 3:07
Acoustic Guitar – Dennis Crouch
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Written-By – Harry M Woods
2    There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears 4:30
Dobro – Colin Linden
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Electric Guitar – Marc Ribot
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Written-By – Fred Fisher
3    Just Like A Butterfly That's Caught In The Rain 3:43
Acoustic Guitar – Bryan Sutton
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Bass [6 String Bass] – Marc Ribot
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Electric Guitar – Bryan Sutton
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Ukulele – Marc Ribot
Written-By – Harry M Woods, Mort Dixon
4    You Know - I Know Ev'rything's Made For Love 3:48
Acoustic Guitar – Bryan Sutton
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Ukulele – Howard Coward
Written-By – Al Sherman, Charles Tobias, Howard E. Johnson
5    Glad Rag Doll 4:35
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Written-By – Dan Dougherty, Jack Yellen, Milton Ager
6    I'm A Little Mixed Up 4:37
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Electric Guitar – Colin Linden
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Written-By – Betty James, Edward Johnson
7    Prairie Lullaby 4:22
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Written-By – Billy Hill
8    Here Lies Love 5:09
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Banjo – Marc Ribot
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Electric Guitar – Marc Ribot
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Written-By – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
9    I Used To Love You But It's All Over Now 2:51
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Written-By – Albert Von Tilzer, Lew Brown
10    Let It Rain 5:44
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Written-By – Hal Dyson, James Kendis
11    Lonely Avenue 6:38
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Banjo – Marc Ribot
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Electric Guitar – Marc Ribot, T-Bone Burnett
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Mandola – Howard Coward
Written-By – Doc Pomus
12    Wide River To Cross 3:51
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Backing Vocals – Howard Coward
Baritone Guitar – Bryan Sutton
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Electric Guitar – Marc Ribot
Guitar [Tenor] – Howard Coward
Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia
Written-By – Julie Miller/Stephen P Miller
13    When The Curtain Comes Down 4:55
Acoustic Guitar – Marc Ribot
Backing Vocals – Howard Coward
Banjo – Marc Ribot
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Drums – Jay Bellerose
Horns [Eb Horn] – Marc Ribot
Mellotron – Keefus Ciancia
Ukulele – Howard Coward
Written-By – Al Lewis, Al Sherman, Carl Hoefle
- Bonus Tracks -    
14    As Long As I Love    2:30
15    Glad Rag Doll (Alternate Version)    2:55
16    Garden In The Rain    2:55
17    There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears (Alternate Version)    2:07

DIANA KRALL - Wallflower (2015) Deluxe Edition / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Diana Krall paid tribute to her father on Glad Rag Doll, the 2012 album sourced from his collection of 78-rpm records, and, in a sense, its 2015 successor Wallflower is a companion record of sorts, finding the singer revisiting songs from her childhood. Like many kids of the 20th century, she grew up listening to the radio, which meant she was weaned on the soft rock superhits of the '70s -- songs that earned sniffy condescension at the time but nevertheless have turned into modern standards due to their continual presence in pop culture (and arguably were treated that way at the time, seeing cover after cover by middlebrow pop singers). Krall does not limit herself to the songbook of Gilbert O'Sullivan, Jim Croce, the Carpenters, Elton John, and the Eagles, choosing to expand her definition of soft rock to include a previously unrecorded Paul McCartney song called "If I Take You Home Tonight" (a leftover from his standards album Kisses on the Bottom), Bob Dylan's "Wallflower," Randy Newman's "Feels Like Home," and Neil Finn's "Don't Dream It's Over," a song from 1986 that has been covered frequently in the three decades since. "Don't Dream It's Over" slides into this collection easily, as it's as malleable and timeless as "California Dreamin'," "Superstar," "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word," or "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)," songs that are identified with specific artists but are often covered successfully. Krall's renditions rank among those successes because she's understated, never fussing with the melodies but allowing her arrangements to slink by in a deliberate blend of sparseness and sophistication. It's an aesthetic that helps transform the Eagles' "I Can't Tell You Why" and 10cc's "I'm Not in Love," singles that are as successful as much for their production as their song, into elegant torch songs, yet it doesn't do much for Newman's pedestrian "Feels Like Home," nor does it lend itself to the loping country of "Wallflower," which may provide the name for this album but feels like an uninvited guest among these majestically melodic middle-of-the-road standards. These stumbles are slight and, tellingly, they put into context Krall's achievement with Wallflower: by singing these songs as sweet and straight as the dusty old standards on Glad Rag Doll or the bossa nova on 2009's Quiet Nights, she demonstrates how enduring these once-dismissed soft rock tunes really are. by Stephen Thomas Erlewine  
Tracklist :
1    California Dreamin' 3:17
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Ramon Stagnaro
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Backing Vocals – Graham Nash, Stephen Stills
Electric Guitar – Michael Thompson
Keyboards – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Written-By – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
2    Desperado 3:32
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Piano – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
3    Supestar 4:17
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Piano – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell
4    Alone Again (Naturally) 3:50
Arranged By – Chris Walden, David Foster
Bass – Dennis Crouch
Featuring – Michael Bublé
Guitar – Dean Parks
Piano – David Foster
Programmed By – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Gilbert O'Sullivan
5    Wallflower 3:05
Arranged By – Chris Walden, David Foster
Featuring – Blake Mills
Guitar – Blake Mills
Piano – Diana Krall
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Bob Dylan
6    If I Take You Home Tonight 3:53
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Bass – Nathan East
Drums – Jim Keltner
Guitar – Dean Parks
Piano – David Foster
Programmed By – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Paul McCartney
7    I Can't Tell You Why 3:40
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Ramon Stagnaro
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Backing Vocals – Timothy B. Schmit
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit
8    Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 4:11
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Piano – David Foster
Programmed By – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Elton John & Bernie Taupin
9    Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) 3:41
Acoustic Bass – Dennis Crouch
Acoustic Guitar – Michael Thompson, Ramon Stagnaro
Arranged By – David Foster
Backing Vocals – Graham Nash, Stephen Stills
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Electric Guitar – Stephen Stills
Piano – David Foster
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Jim Croce
10    I'm Not In Love 3:52
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Drums – Jim Keltner
Electric Guitar – Michael Thompson
Piano – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman
11    Feels Like Home 4:21
Acoustic Bass – Christian McBride
Acoustic Guitar – Michael Thompson
Arranged By – David Foster, William Ross
Drums – Jim Keltner
Featuring – Bryan Adams, Bryan Adams
Piano – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Randy Newman
12    Don't Dream It's Over 3:37
Arranged By – Vince Mendoza
Drums – Jim Keltner
Guitar – Michael Thompson
Keyboards – David Foster
Synthesizer – Jochem van der Saag
Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Neil Finn
- Bonus Tracks -    
13    In My Life 3:53
14    Yeh Yeh 3:00
Featuring – Georgie Fame
15    Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest World (Live) 3:44
16    Wallflower (Live) 3:10

DIANA KRALL - Turn Up The Quiet (2017) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Diana Krall spent the better part of the 2010s exploring byways of American song -- her 2012 set Glad Rag Doll drew heavily on obscure jazz from the 1920s and '30s, its 2015 sequel Wallflower concentrated on pop and rock tunes -- but 2017's Turn Up the Quiet finds the pianist/singer returning to well-known standards from the Great American Songbook. Reuniting with producer Tommy LiPuma for the first time since 2009's bossa nova-inspired Quiet Nights, Krall works with a trio of lineups on Turn Up the Quiet, alternating between a trio, quartet, and quintet. The album isn't divided into triads but rather gently shifts between these bands, a move that's sometimes imperceptible because the focus is firmly on Krall, the pianist. Her voice often operates at a hushed whisper -- a decision that suits this collection of romantic, dreamy material; it also underscores the importance of the record's title -- and that emphasizes her lithe piano along with the solo spotlights from her featured musicians. Krall gives her three bands plenty of space to shine -- fiddler Stuart Duncan, in particular, stuns with his solo on "I'll See You in My Dreams," but there are nice turns from guitarists Russell Malone, Anthony Wilson, and Marc Ribot, along with supple playing by bassists Christian McBride, Tony Garnier, and Anthony Wilson -- but what impresses is how these ensembles are all united in spirit and attitude, all thanks to their leader. Krall has a definite vision for Turn Up the Quiet -- she wants to keep things smoky and subdued, a record for the wee hours -- and the end result is so elegant, it seems effortless. by Stephen Thomas Erlewine  
Tracklist :
1    Like Someone In Love 3:16
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – Christian McBride
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Guitar – Russell Malone
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
2    Isn't It Romantic 4:29
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – John Clayton Jr.
Cello – Alisha Bauer, Jennifer Kuhn, Jodi Burnett, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
Concertmaster – Joel Derouin
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Drums – Jeff Hamilton
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Orchestrated By, Conductor – Alan Broadbent
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Vibraphone – Stefon Harris
Viola – Andrew Duckles, Colleen Sugata, Kathryn Reddish, Michael Whitson
Violin – Charles Bisharat, Ina Veli, John Wittenberg, Kathleen Sloan, Katia Popov, Kevin Connolly, Marcy Vaj, Mario DeLeon, Michele Richards, Natalie Leggett, Neel Hammond, Songa Lee, Tamara Hatwan
Written-By – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
3    L-O-V-E 4:21
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – John Clayton Jr.
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Drums – Jeff Hamilton
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler
4    Night and Day 4:39
Acoustic Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – John Clayton Jr.
Cello – Alisha Bauer, Jennifer Kuhn, Jodi Burnett, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
Concertmaster – Joel Derouin
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Drums – Jeff Hamilton
Orchestrated By, Conductor – Alan Broadbent
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Viola – Andrew Duckles, Colleen Sugata, Kathryn Reddish, Michael Whitson
Violin – Charles Bisharat, Ina Veli, John Wittenberg, Kathleen Sloan, Katia Popov, Kevin Connolly, Marcy Vaj, Mario DeLeon, Michele Richards, Natalie Leggett, Neel Hammond, Songa Lee, Tamara Hatwan
Written-By – Cole Porter
5    I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 3:24
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – Tony Garnier
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Fiddle – Stuart Duncan
Guitar – Marc Ribot
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Al J. Neiberg, 'Doc' Ralph Edward Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds
6    Moonglow 5:15
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – Tony Garnier
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Fiddle – Stuart Duncan
Guitar – Marc Ribot
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Edgar DeLange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson
7    Blue Skies 4:39
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – Christian McBride
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Guitar – Russell Malone
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Irving Berlin
8    Sway 6:13
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – John Clayton Jr.
Cello – Alisha Bauer, Jennifer Kuhn, Jodi Burnett, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
Concertmaster – Joel Derouin
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Drums – Jeff Hamilton
Guitar – Anthony Wilson
Orchestrated By, Conductor – Alan Broadbent
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Viola – Andrew Duckles, Colleen Sugata, Kathryn Reddish, Michael Whitson
Violin – Charles Bisharat, Ina Veli, John Wittenberg, Kathleen Sloan, Katia Popov, Kevin Connolly, Marcy Vaj, Mario DeLeon, Michele Richards, Natalie Leggett, Neel Hammond, Songa Lee, Tamara Hatwan
Written-By – Luis Demetrio Traconis Molina, Norman Gimbel, Pablo Rosas Rodriguez
9    No Moon At All 4:06
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – John Clayton Jr.
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – David A. Mann, Redd Evans
10    Dream 4:05
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – Christian McBride
Cello – Alisha Bauer, Jennifer Kuhn, Jodi Burnett, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
Concertmaster – Joel Derouin
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Guitar – Russell Malone
Orchestrated By, Conductor – Alan Broadbent
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Viola – Andrew Duckles, Colleen Sugata, Kathryn Reddish, Michael Whitson
Violin – Charles Bisharat, Ina Veli, John Wittenberg, Kathleen Sloan, Katia Popov, Kevin Connolly, Marcy Vaj, Mario DeLeon, Michele Richards, Natalie Leggett, Neel Hammond, Songa Lee, Tamara Hatwan
Written-By – John H. Mercer
11    I'll See You In My Dreams 3:51
Arranged By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Diana Krall
Bass – Tony Garnier
Contractor – Shari Sutcliffe
Drums – Karriem Riggins
Fiddle – Stuart Duncan
Guitar – Marc Ribot
Piano, Vocals – Diana Krall
Written-By – Gus Kahn, Isham Jones

DIANA KRALL - This Dream of You (2020) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Diana Krall reunited with Tommy LiPuma, the producer who worked with her for the first decade-and-a-half of her career, for Turn Up The Quiet, a 2017 album that found the pianist returning to the Great American Songbook interpretations that made her name. LiPuma died just before the release of Turn Up the Quiet, prompting Krall to fashion a quasi-tribute to her collaborator from the album's leftovers. The ensuing This Dream of You is hushed and reserved, a leisurely stroll through quite familiar standards augmented by a version of Bob Dylan's "This Dream of You," a deep cut from his 2009 album Together Through Life. Krall is supported by a rotating cast of all-star players -- Christian McBride and Russell Malone are on "Autumn in New York," Marc Ribot and Karriem Riggins are on "How Deep Is the Ocean" and the Dylan tune -- but the energy is so subdued, the shift in players is felt more than heard; the exception is the lively, swinging "Just You, Just Me," where fiddler Stuart Duncan makes his presence known. That mellowness is an attribute of This Dream of You, as it gives the album a distinctly relaxed, sophisticated vibe, but it's also a detriment because the record is so soft and slow it can veer into the sleepy. That wasn't a problem with Turn Up the Quiet, whose stillness was compelling, so This Dream of You winds up shining a light on the accomplishment of the final album Krall and LiPuma finished in his lifetime. Together, they knew which songs to select to create a complete listen. What remained behind is nice but not quite absorbing. by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracklist:
1     But Beautiful 4:50
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
2     That's All/Azure-Te 4:04
Alan Brandt / Wilfred Douchette / Bob Haymes / Donald Wolf
3     Autumn in New York 5:19
Vernon Duke
4     Almost Like Being in Love 3:40
Alan Lerner / Frederick Loewe
5     More Than You Know 3:57
Edward Eliscu / Billy Rose / Vincent Youmans
6     Just You, Just Me 2:24
Jesse Greer / Raymond Klages
7     There's No You 4:47
Thomas Adair / Harold Hopper
8     Don’t Smoke in Bed 3:17
Willard Robison
9     This Dream of You 7:01
Bob Dylan
10     I Wished on the Moon 2:37
Dorothy Parker / Ralph Rainger
11     How Deep Is the Ocean 5:18
Irving Berlin
12     Singing in the Rain 3:27
Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed
Credits :
Accompanied By, Piano – Alan Broadbent
Bass – John Clayton
Bass Guitar – Karriem Riggins
Contrabass – Christian McBride, Russell Malone
Created By – Tommy LiPuma
Drum – Jeff Hamilton
Guitar – Anthony Wilson, Marc Ribot, Stuart Duncan
Rhythm Guitar – Tony Garnier

TONY BENNETT & DIANA KRALL - Love Is Here To Stay (2017) [24-96] FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tony Bennett and Diana Krall's partnership didn't begin with the 2018 duets album Love Is Here to Stay. Krall popped up on two prior duets albums from Bennett and the pair toured at the dawn of the 2000s, but Love Is Here to Stay marks their first full record together, and it's an elegant affair. Conceived as a tribute to George Gershwin, the album is filled with familiar tunes, but hints of imagination lurk around the edges, such as the revival of "Fascinating Rhythm," the tune Bennett recorded for his first single in 1949. Nearly 70 years separate that version of "Fascinating Rhythm" from this 2018 rendition, and while Bennett certainly sounds older -- his voice is slightly raspy, he can't hit the high notes the way he used to, nor does he sing with quite as much force -- he still sounds spry and commanding, happily dancing through these cozy melodies, singing with as much rhythm as lyricism. Krall responds in kind, trading staccato phrases that are slyly complementary to Bennett's own. In the Bill Charlap Trio, the pair have empathetic support, keeping the proceedings both light and lush, helping to turn this album into a charming testament to endurance -- endurance of the Gershwin catalog, the collaboration between Krall and Bennett, and, especially, how Tony Bennett can still sound completely committed to songs he's spent decades singing.  by Stephen Thomas Erlewine  
Tracklist
1 'S Wonderful 2:51
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 
2 My One and Only 2:50
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 

3 But Not for Me 3:06 

George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 

4 Nice Work if You Can Get It 2:45 

George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 

5 Love Is Here to Stay 4:28 

George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 

6 I Got Rhythm 1:59 

George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 

7 Somebody Loves Me 3:41 

Buddy DeSylva / George Gershwin / Ballard McDonald 
8 Do It Again  2:55
Buddy DeSylva / George Gershwin 
9 I've Got a Crush on You 4:00
 George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 
10 Fascinating Rhythm 2:42
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 

11 They Can't Take That Away From Me 3:25 

George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 

12 Who Cares?  1:56 

George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin 
Credits
Accompanied By – The Bill Charlap Trio (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 12) 
Accompanied By, Piano – Bill Charlap (tracks: 3) 
Arranged By – Bill Charlap, Diana Krall (tracks: 3) 
Music By – George Gershwin
Musician [The Bill Charlap Trio], Bass – Peter Washington
Musician [The Bill Charlap Trio], Drums – Kenny Washington
Musician [The Bill Charlap Trio], Piano – Bill Charlap