Diana Krall

@tweak1:

"Different strokes..."

Yes, of course...

I guess the bottom line is that DK sounds more like a lounge singer than a Jazz singer to me and I simply prefer the latter. Helen Merrill, Sarah Vaughan, Sheila Jordan, Betty Carter and-- to mention one of DK's contemporaries, Jacki Ryan-- are some of my favorites. 

@stuartk


What, no Billie Holiday... no Ella?

@tweak1:

"What, no Billie Holiday... no Ella?"

Nope.

I listen to what pleases me. My CD collection is definitely not set up to mimic an encyclopedia of Jazz. Many "greats" are missing, simply because, there are other artists whose work I much prefer. 

This may ruffle feathers, but Ella has always sounded bland and emotionally uninvolving to me, while B. Holiday occupies the opposite extreme. I can't listen to Sandy Denny's solo recordings for the same reason-- too depressing.  

I should see her live as her studio albums somehow leave me cold at times.


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I posteda  topic some time back about how some/mo0st studio recordigs are tinkered, adjusted, EQed, Doctored up, tweaked thus emblishing their natural vocals.
In this topic , Krall was mentioned as foremost in my OP,,
I have to now recant.
That opinion was based on her cd, When I Look into Your Eyes, (tahts all i have of Diana Krall) and someone in the 1st post, *I knew upon reading the OP, that Diana Krall
s name was going to be there..** and it was.
It was this Diana Krall and perhaps also Sophie Milman's cds, that prompted this recation to studio **enhancements**
Well lately, as of yesterday in fact,, there's a  new twist to my impressions of Diana Krall's talents in the studio.
I LOVE her poetic gifts.
(Less one track, which I find Sophie Milman OWNs that song) 
This new experience of Diana's voice was all due to my new speaker experiements.
See I am in the middle of creating a  WBer + xover style speaker,,and listening to Diana after initial setup, made me more aware of her gifts,,
But it was not until I addeda  **sleeping* (sitting on shelf past 6 monthsA) DavidLouis 4 inch WBer , it was then Diana Krall's voice transformed into magic, poety just flowing like a gentle mountain stream.
I now *GOT* Diana's natural gifts.

Speakers can make or break music.
With a true high fidelity speaker,, our old music now transforms into something new, if not magical and stunning.


My sincere aplogogy to Diana Krall, as  i made some innuendos that were not at all acurrate or courteous to a woman who has wonder-FULL gifts of poetic soulful vocals. 
Once you hear Dinana Krall's  music via my speaker,, you will not want to stop the cd til the end,,,and then perhaps, press play yet again after the last track.
The fault lies not with Diana Krall, she has the magic.
Its our speakers that  filter out and block  this magic.

And I understand why this added DL4 opened up this fidelity in my system.

I have admired Diana Krall for many years. As many have pointed out the "Live in Paris" album and video is good. I would also recommend the album, "Girl in the Other Room" as her finest album since she collaborated with her husband Elvis Costello and it is genuine and original.
I have heard people talk about audiophiles and vendors playing her songs at audio shows far too much. As a result of this, and the fact some do not care for her music.... many are not fans at all. I think she is similar o Adele in that her style may not appeal to many, but her talent is still top notch. She is a sublime singer and piano player and her somewhat "easy on the eyes" appearance often works against her and not for her.