Diana Krall

ps, thank you for these statements; there is an enormous difference between those who create and those who consume and denigrate, as you so perfectly stated here.  The person who posted the quote from a review referencing Liberace, well that one is worthy of a psychology advanced degree dissertation, so easy for me to see, so difficult for others.  Wait, am I as arrogant as some here?   Could that be true?  But my disdain for critics who have zero talent themselves is unbounded.

Still I marvel that this post, initiated by me, was about a pleasant experience at a live concert event.  Nothing more than that.  BUT, I continue to be fascinated by the drive/urge/compulsion of some to crap all over others.  And at times quite depressed by that same behavior.  

I am a huge fan of DK, no question.  She has an evocative voice and such wonderful phasing... and she plays the piano at the same time.  I have all her recordings.  My pal loves Patty Barber and she is excellent, but to my ears, she is too analytical, but acknowledge that she is fabulous.  Another jazz singer that I absolutely adore is Karen Souza.... her cover of "Every Breath You Take" is fabulous.  

Gordon's little trinket is silly and Diana is fair at best .

frogman
...  Imo, some audiophile/music lovers do not do a good enough job of separating the “ear-candy” appeal of some recordings from its intrinsic musical value when making an assessment of the recording’s or the artist’s musical merit.  DK’s recordings are generally very well recorded and in a way that appeals to the audiophile’s sensibilities.  Conversely, some artists whose recordings are generally not as “impressive” in the sonics department are sometimes bumped down a notch or two (or more) in spite of being on a considerably higher level of musicality.

Agree. Which is why I use a couple of songs I normally don't listen to for demoing speakers. Just to find what their potential is in case I get a phenomenal recording in the music I do listen to. And let's not lie ... it's to show off to curious guests also. How many of us love to see that expression on their faces and that familiar phrase "sounds like they're in the room".

However, these recordings must also be within my tolerance musically. I don't care how good it sounds, if it bores the crap out of me, I'm not playing it. All these audiophile soft jazz, easy listening selections fall into that category for me. Especially if they don't have a talent that stands out as virtuosic. But like I said, to each their own.