Diana Krall - Quiet Nights (2009) [Jazz Vocals][320 kbps][h33t][schon55]

Diana Krall - Quiet Nights

Label Verve
Orig Year 2009
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Diana Krall's first studio outing since she and husband Elvis Costello became th
e proud parents of twin boys, 2009's QUIET NIGHTS finds the jazz singer/pianist
turning in a serene and pleasantly subdued set. Krall breezes through a few boss
a ...
Full Descriptionnova standards, most notably "The Girl from Ipanema" (
here gender-reversed to "The Boy..." ) and the title track ( originally "Corcova
do" ), both penned by the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim. QUIET NIGHTS isn't so
lely a Brazilian-themed outing, however, as Krall also spends plenty of time in
the comfortable realm of the Great American Songbook, offering up elegant orches
tral renditions of "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" and the Bacharach/David g
em "Walk On By" that benefit from her supremely smoky vocals and graceful delive
ry. ~ CD Universe
Album review
Diana Krall's albums should come with a warning label: Do not use while operatin
g heavy machinery.
This is not a knock: Krall's round, relaxed voice is a nuanced instrument ideall
y suited for, as this album's title indicates, quiet nights. With this collecti
on delving exclusively into the worlds of classic ballads and bossa nova, the si
nger is in an even quieter place than usual.
Which is a bit of a shame. There's nothing terribly wrong with Krall's breathy
take on Antonio Carlos Jobim with a faithfully bouncy The Boy From Ipanema" and Qu
iet Nights"; the songs glide by with such an evenhanded subtlety it's almost sub
liminal. The only mild frustration is, other than Krall's tackling of the Portug
uese-language Este Seu Olhar" from Joo Gilberto, there isn't really anything new o
r unexpected here.
Burt Bacharach's Walk On By" gets a slightly sassy knock from Krall's vocal turn,
but any seductive kick she could have offered gets lost among the soft-focused
string arrangements that shadow the whole album.
Still, Krall is in fine voice throughout, and her delicate piano work gets time
to shine as well, notably on the bossa nova standard So Nice." While fans looking
for a classic, none- too-jarring soundtrack for a romantic evening surely will
follow this record happily into their good night, Krall has offered us more than
that in the past. ~ All About Jazz Publicity
Some music is intended to paint a romantic scene a candlelit dinner, a walk alon
g a moonlit beach. Quiet Nights
Diana Krall s twelfth album
ain t about that. Using
Brazil as a musical point of reference, the award-winning pianist and singer is
not suggesting a night out; she means to stay in.
It's not coy. It's not peel me a grape, little girl stuff. I feel this album s very w
omanly like you're lying next to your lover in bed whispering this in their ear.
She s not kidding. From Krall s refreshing version of Where or When, to an utterly sou
l-stilling rendition of You re My Thrill, the ten songs on Quiet Nights are disarmin
g in their intimacy. Even those already familiar with the breathy vocals and rhy
thmic lilt in Krall s music
and now there are millions will be taken aback by just
how far the music pushes, unabashedly, into the realm of sweet surrender. It s a s
ensual, downright erotic record and it's intended to be that way.

Krall is the first to credit the musical team she assembled

her loyal quartet, a
ce producer Tommy LiPuma, engineer Al Schmitt plus legendary arranger Claus Oger
man for much of the seductive power on Quiet Nights. But there s a deeper, palpabl
e sense of maturity that she brought to the recording as well. Most of my singing
and playing on the album is really just first or second takes. You're My Thrill,
was a second take
Too Marvelous, first take.
She s completely matured, says Tommy LiPuma, who should know, having first worked wi
th Krall in 1994. Even in the past few years. She approaches her vocal phrasing m
uch more like an instrumentalist than a straight singer. It s in her reading of th
e lyrics, and the timbre of her voice, much more misty like Peggy Lee in her mat
ure period. ( I didn't want to over sing -- I was drawing also from Julie London v
ery strongly on this album, Krall confesses, noting that such influences are not
always conscious on her part. It just came out that way. ) ~ Arlene Garcia
Personnel:
Larry Corbett
Sid Page
Bruce Dukov
Josefina Vergara
Matt Funes - viola
Katia Popov
Reggie Hamilton
Tereza Stanislav - violin
Mario De Leon
Cecilia Tsan
Darius Campo
Drew Dembowski
Earle Dumler - oboe
Steve Kujala
Evan Wilson
Joel Pargman
Sue Ranney
Kate Reddish
Tammy Hatwan
Amy Wickman
Brad Warnaar - French horn
Ed Meares - bass guitar
Peter Kent
Liane Mautner
Steve Richards
Nico Abondolo
Dan Smith
Trevor Handy
Rick Todd
Thomas Diener
David Walther
Razdan Kuyumjian
Vickie Miskolczy
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith - cello
Caroline Campbell
Rudy Stein
Tiffany Yi Hu
Dan Neufeld
Heather Clark - alto flute, bass flute
Joseph Meyer
Doug Tornquist - tuba
Eun Mee Ahn
Charles Bisharat
David Shostac

Geri Rotella
Janet Lakatos
Mari Tsumura
Yue Deng
Antony Cooke
Barbra Porter
Bill Lane
David Ewart
Gil Romero
Helen Nightengale
Robert Zimmiti - vibraphone
Timothy Landauer
Todd Marda
Diana Krall - Quiet Nights Tracks:
01 Where Or When
02 Too Marvelous For Words
03 I've Grown Accustomed To His Face
04 The Boy From Ipanema
05 Walk On By
06 You're My Thrill
07 Este Seu Olhar
08 So Nice
09 Quiet Nights
10 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
11 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
12 Everytime We Say Goodbye