What’s wrong with Diana Krall?
Diana Krall, along with Michael Buble is amongst the best of our generation. You can take that whichever way you want, but I think at her best she is awesome. Besides, which Hi-Fi show would be complete without the following classic. https://youtu.be/97yf3nqb-Fk |
speaking of... I could do without some of Ella Fitzgerald's recordings, and she is in a class by herself. She belabors some of her songs in live settings, over-embellishing, scatting endlessly, just getting on my nerves. Is that/should that be significant? Not really, but when she sings "the American songbook" in the studio, I melt into my chair. Yellow Basket is so silly it's magnificent. Is all of Billy Holliday's material great? When she was stoned and her voice was at 30%? Do I love her? Of course. We tend to judge people out of context to the time, the venue, the amount of energy a performance demands. Were the Beatles always on THEIR game? What about the New England Patriots? They lost to Miami on Sunday?? That made me happy, but it NEVER should have happened, right? Don't lecture jazz fans about who's perfect and who's not. Orchestras have time to prepare and time to rehearse. Not everyone has that privilege. And even then the soloist comes down with the flu... |
@french_fries, yes it's all a question of taste. I'd rather the smooth sound of Ella or Diana rather than the squeal of Billie or the histrionics of Aretha. That's not to say both Fitzgerald and Krall don't occasionally stray into territories I find bland, but that's my problem. As for the Beatles, all other bands must look and wonder how.. |
I am a huge fan of the Beatles, but the Rolling Stones wrote some pretty amazing material. I never gave them the full credit they deserved. There were many superb rock groups that also deserve a ton of credit for their contribution so I won't list them. But ALL of them had their "off" days. I can't imagine Mozart not finding the right notes for his latest score, but I'm sure it happened every once in awhile. Not Bach of course... |
Yes! I had the same experience. Twice. Once at her performance at the Beacon Theater in NYC a few years ago and recently at a “special “ performance at the Rainbow Room with Tony Bennett. At the Beacon she did everything as you described. At the Rainbow Room she was unapproachable, unlike Tony Bennett who posed for a selfie with me. I paid $1,000 for a VIP ticket and was treated like a poor relation. Something is wrong. In fact that’s how I found your post here. I googled “does Diana Krall hate her fans”. |
