The Voice Is Dark and the Emphasis Mysterious

[Lazaro Vega]

ARTS / MUSIC | June 25, 2009

Music Review | Diana Krall: The Voice Is Dark and the Emphasis Mysterious

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

A subdued Diana Krall held forth on Tuesday at Carnegie Hall, where she gave the first of two concerts with a 41-piece orchestra, augmented by a jazz trio.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/arts/mus...l.html?emc=eta1

[Drew Peacock]

I didn't know that Claus Ogerman arranged and orchestrated her latest CD. I'm going to have to keep this news away from the wife. She's a huge Krall fan and I am not.

I thought Claus was in retirement, good to see that I'm wrong.

Why is Russell Malone no longer her guitar player?

[Van Basten II]

Guess he has his own career to take care of. Can be wrong but it has been a while they've been playing togething

[Niko]

I didn't know that Claus Ogerman arranged and orchestrated her latest CD. I'm going to have to keep this news away from the wife. She's a huge Krall fan and I am not.

for my girlfriend krall is up there with albert ayler ("99,9% of jazz are either kitsch or noise or both", and those two are among the worst from that point of view)

Edited June 25, 2009 by Niko

[Ted O'Reilly]

"for my girlfriend .....99,9% of jazz are either kitsch or noise or both"

Well, Niko, I trust she has other qualities. Got any pictures?

[Chuck Nessa]

"for my girlfriend .....99,9% of jazz are either kitsch or noise or both"

Well, Niko, I trust she has other qualities. Got any pictures?

Haven't checked the statistics since the '70s, so she might be correct.

[thedwork]

ARTS / MUSIC | June 25, 2009

Music Review | Diana Krall: The Voice Is Dark and the Emphasis Mysterious

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

A subdued Diana Krall held forth on Tuesday at Carnegie Hall, where she gave the first of two concerts with a 41-piece orchestra, augmented by a jazz trio.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/arts/mus...l.html?emc=eta1

well written review. makes me wish i'd been there. isn't Holden also a film critic?

also solidifies my desire for Krall to return to her earlier set-up and play her piano more - like on her 1st recording. she's a real good straight-ahead piano player. and if she'd spent the last 10 years digging into that side of her musical personality, she'd be even that much better at it now.

this other more orchestarted obviously market driven stuff is fine for what it is, but i don't enjoy it half as much as her just blowing on standards. and w/ Hurst in the group, you'd think everyone would know what a giant resource resource he is for that stuff. oh well...

[Niko]

"for my girlfriend .....99,9% of jazz are either kitsch or noise or both"

Well, Niko, I trust she has other qualities. Got any pictures?

imho 99,9% percent is a pretty high figure and unlike her i enjoy listening to kitsch and/or noise from time to time - but then how many girlfriends agree that lucky thompson is much better than diana krall, norah jones, keith jarrett and albert ayler alll rolled into one

(and yes ,that's not her only quality)