Some fans of jazz artist Diana Krall apparently don’t like jazz.

[JSngry]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/17/review-diana-krall-concert-tour-mountain-winery-saratoga/

I mean, I'm not a big fan or anything, but truth is truth!

[rostasi]

Without paywall

[JSngry]

Sorry about that.. it was in my Google news feed and didn't have a paywall for me.

I hate paywalls.

[rostasi]

That's OK. We all have these different setups.
It happened to me, so I thought maybe it may happen elsewhere.

[Dan Gould]

Is it really any surprise given the way she was promoted and who she is married to?

I'd like to know if the writer makes any effort to explain to people what jazz artists do and why there are these boring interminable instrumentals that might reward close listening if the complainers had the slightest ability to listen closely.

[dicky]

Your title and the review are somewhat at odds. People left. Why? Who knows. The venue appears to have a capacity of 2500. If half the audience split that's still pretty impressive.

I'm no Krall fan. But she's a gateway artist. She can play & a certain percentage of her fans will ultimately discover musicians we all admire. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

Her husband of now 20+ years, Elvis Costello, recorded w/ Ray Brown as early as 1986. I presume a portion of her audience stems from him. 

 

[JSngry]

24 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

Is it really any surprise given the way she was promoted and who she is married to?

I'd like to know if the writer makes any effort to explain to people what jazz artists do and why there are these boring interminable instrumentals that might reward close listening if the complainers had the slightest ability to listen closely.

He was (sorta) reviewing a show, not teaching a Music Appreciation class.

4 minutes ago, dicky said:

Your title and the review are somewhat at odds. 

Not my title. That was the headline of the review, copied and pasted verbatim.

[dicky]

Not my title. That was the headline of the review, copied and pasted verbatim.

First line of the review. My apologies for missing that.

 

[sambrasa]

23 minutes ago, dicky said:

Your title and the review are somewhat at odds. People left. Why? Who knows. The venue appears to have a capacity of 2500. If half the audience split that's still pretty impressive.

I'm no Krall fan. But she's a gateway artist. She can play & a certain percentage of her fans will ultimately discover musicians we all admire. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

Her husband of now 20+ years, Elvis Costello, recorded w/ Ray Brown as early as 1986. I presume a portion of her audience stems from him. 

 

I haven't heard much from Elvis Costello, but the album he did with Bill Frisell in 1999, The Sweetest Punch, is excellent.

[Pim]

I’ve read some reviews here and there on the internet by attenders of several gigs that her latest concerts are not good. Some say she seems to be drunk or intoxicated forgetting lyrics and tunes to play, mumbling instead of singing. I don’t know. I’m no fan but hope she’s okay.