Did he have to shield? Krall covers a Costello number from before they met, Almost Blue, and songs by Mitchell, Tom Waits and Mose Allison. Ive experienced loss like many people. Diana Krall made two bold decisions when she came to record her tenth studio album this year . [14] That year she also sang "Dream a Little Dream of Me" with piano accompaniment by pianist Hank Jones for an "all-star" tribute album We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song (2007) produced by Phil Ramone. People listen.. Diana Krall, the wife of Elvis Costello, is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer. Considering the riffing you do with I Wished on the Moon, and the scope of the new album, how important is the adventure of improvisation now, of jazz now? We did some amazing jamming together, some really deep, wild blues Im always discovering stuff. The subtle and insightful interpreter of the great old tunes from the classic age of jazz and popular song, chestnuts like Let's Fall In Love, How Deep is the Ocean, Cry Me a River, began to write. That was one of the most frightening things weve both ever been through.. Is that fandom difficult for her now? Todays different, so how are we going to choose our next response? Slowly, at first without much purpose, Krall started to do what she had not been famous for doing. She is the hottest thing that's happened to jazz in years. "No - no! Krall's mother died of multiple myeloma in 2002, within months of the deaths of Krall's mentors Ray Brown and Rosemary Clooney. I can recall Tommy saying to me repeatedly, Babe. 2006, with husband Elvis Costello. In 2000, Krall was awarded theOrder of British Columbia, and three years later she was given an honorary Ph.D. in Fine Arts from theUniversity of Victoria, according to Wikipedia. Does she still enjoy his movies? Al Schmitt (the renowned recording engineer), Tommy and I had an amazing partnership. Their love affair turned into marriage on 6 December2003. I dont think that directly affected anything, she adds, returning to her husbands health. They have been together for 15 years now and they are still together. Does this album contain shades of concern for her husband? We were performing together on an old stage and Elvis had on very new, very modern and pointy shoes., He leaned back to sing the high note and all of a sudden I couldnt see him anymore. It felt important and right. Watch the official video for Diana Krall's "Just The Way You Are"Follow Diana Krall everywhere, buy music & more: https://linktr.ee/dianakrall Her nationality is Canadian and her ethnicity is Mixed (Czech, English, Scottish, German). [24] The album was completed in May 2020 with production finished by Krall herself,[25] and included the jazz standard "Autumn in New York" for which a video was created to raise awareness for New York Cares, the largest volunteer organization in New York City founded in 1987. It's a balmy afternoon outside. Still does. Krall stayed in L.A. for three years. 'The spirit has been more than willing but I have to now accept that it is going to take longer than I would have wished for me to recover my full strength. If Krall and company constitute a family, then her longtime producer and music industry giant Tommy LiPuma is its father, a paterfamilias who aided and abetted Krall and her craft through 25 years of recordings until his passing in 2017, not long after Turn Up the Quiet was completed. Krall lost her father in 2014, shortly after she fell ill with pneumonia and had to postpone her newest album and tour. And I went, 'Grammy Award-winning newlyweds?!' The comments below have not been moderated. She laughs. . Krall was awarded theOrder of British Columbia in 2000. If you look on the inner sleeve, its her piano. Shes referring to Jo Andres, the wife of actor Steve Buscemi, a very dear friend of mine and artistic colleague she did the [video for] When The Curtain Comes Down. Actually, there was a very tender moment I was listening to [2004 track] Departure Bay, which he helped me write, in the middle of the night, thinking about it again, and I put my arm around him and said I just felt tender about that time when we worked together. There's a nice fruit plate on the coffee table. She told USA Today in February, 2015, that she has had a very, very long year and that was was shattered when her father died. It's about the ferry dock at Nanaimo, where young Diana skipped flat stones across the still water, where she heard the seaplanes in the distance, and where once she waited impatiently to ship out and into the big world. Diana Jean Krall OC OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. Now? Yes, she admits, she did appear on Vicki Gabereau's afternoon talk show with Costello in March. We used to hang out quite a bit in New York. Its about finding romance in everything, in beauty or in things that are sad., She sees great American songs as living documents, endlessly open to reinterpretation: Listen to how Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson and Teddy Wilson played the same music, or how Sheila Jordan and Rosemary Clooney and Al Jarreau sang the same song. Im having a moment here, its hot. Were good homebodies. What came out is, as always, about keeping it nice and loose. Love Scenes (1997) quickly became a hit record with the trio of Krall, Russell Malone (guitar), and Christian McBride (bass). This song accompanies the film's ending credits (chapter 12) and was composed by fellow Canadian, David Foster. She has blonde hair and green eye. It may save your life. "I said, 'Let's just look at what is here.' She did all my visuals. The second half of the CD changes the mood delicately, with the most old-fashioned tune of the set: an amiable, mid-tempo ditty called I'm Pulling Through, which Billie Holiday recorded back in 1940. ", "Oh, I don't like that. As she puts it: I dont think I could have moved forward unless I did this. [1] She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. Its just not safe right now, so it was a very tough decision. What was the studio environment like between you, Tommy and your players? At the time, she was too shy to tell him she played the piano. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. She passed away last year. She knew when it was time to get hot, to turn it on., For Ms. Krall, the jazz and pop standards on Quiet, like the many others she has performed through the years, represent not the past but the enduring. Diana Krall was born on 16 November 1964, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, and her birth name is Diana Jean Krall. Im in awe of him every day, and how he works. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. If she had an idea for something, and it felt definite, she would let us know, said the drummer Jeff Hamilton, a frequent collaborator who played on the record, whereas in the past she might have said, Is this O.K. So I felt it was good to look back. By August 2002 she'd bought a house on Vancouver Island, near Nanaimo. Diana Jean Krall was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, to Adella A. I come down, have a cup of coffee, hes outside playing his guitar, working! The reason why I don't think about it is because I express it in the music. When she last spoke to the Telegraph, in 2017, she said that some of her influences as a songwriter were filmic and, specifically, that Woody Allen was everything to me. I needed it to be right in your ear, up-close. The 63-year-old singer-songwriter said. Costello had been due to perform in Manchester tonight. Krall has been selected as a Steinway & Sons Artist and performs exclusively with Steinway pianos in recording sessions, concerts, and public appearances, Wikipedia reports. (Wende), an elementary school teacher, and Stephen James Krall, an accountant. Ms. Krall met Mr. Short more than two decades ago, while still an aspiring musician. Thats what makes me feel completely satisfied, the freedom in it., If motherhood and loss have made Ms. Krall more aware of her mortality, shes not preoccupied with it. My kids turned me onto Gorillaz. Of course he is, and so is she. I did not read that book. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. "You know: just write what you know," she says. Krall's upcoming CD is a collection of cover songs from the 1960s to present day. Furthermore, her shoe size is 10(US) and her dress size is 7(US). [22], September 2020 brought the release of her sixteenth studio album, This Dream of You, named after Krall's rendition of the Bob Dylan song from his 2009 album Together Through Life. He added: I was elated and relieved that our European summer tour could go ahead.. It paints a picture, doesnt it?". Love Me Like a Man, a blues shouter that Bonnie Raitt adapted and covered before Krall got to it, is a raucous ode to the most indelicate pleasures of romance: it is, Krall announces with delight, "carnal.". This is big news. Hey, lets listen to the Stooges for 20 minutes! The message is the first time Costello has revealed he has cancer. For the lyrics, she'd write down ideas and phrases. KRALL: You mean me and Elvis? Rowles used to accompany Holiday, one of the greatest jazz singers there ever was. I didnt want to be out playing away from him, on tour. ", Wells, P. (2014). But, far from a recent recording, the tracks were laid down in 2016 and 2017. Costello had been married twice before he met Krall, but her marriage to Costello was her first. It may save your life. Her next, Wallflower, released on February 3, 2015, by Verve Records[16] and produced by David Foster,[17] tackled more recent composers including the Eagles (two songs), Elton John and Bernie Taupin ("Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"), 10cc ("I'm Not in Love"), Neil Finn ("Don't Dream It's Over"), and Gilbert O'Sullivan ("Alone Again (Naturally)"). Why have we forgotten the most accomplished man in Europe? Since Ms. Krall began a recording career in the early 1990s, her screen-siren looks and alluring alto a voice at once cool and sultry, wielded with a rhythmic sophistication and discretion culled from years of leading with her other instrument have provided, for some, an aura of almost unapproachable glamour. I was working hard to be a jazz pianist, and had done a record with John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton my band, to this day. We had so much fun working together. In all the sadness and all the worry, there is beauty, something that takes away some of the pain. Were careful but not to the point where She stops. Youve got me thinking about Tommy", Composing herself, she continues:So, the last sessions that we did, Tommy was already not feeling so great but was like: Lets just keep going, explore, keep going til we dont have any time left So we ended up with an abundance of material. I worked and worked and got to New York City and was introduced to Carl Griffin (then the senior VP of A&R at GRP Records) who was, credit where credits due, looking to sign me first. In it LiPuma talks about being there near the start of your career, first hearing you and not entirely digging it, then seeing you on BET doing Body and Soul and getting that light bulb moment that you were a hardcore jazz purist. We would go to the same restaurant, talk and have the most delightful time. Costello Married Jazz Singer Diana Krall in 2003 & They Had Twin Boys in 2006 Singers Elvis Costello and his wife Diana Krall attend the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Fifth Annual Benefit. The tour commences July 2nd in St. Williams, ON and concludes in Vienna, VA at Wolf Trap on August 12th. Hes really healthy, hes doing great. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Battling cancer is the cause Krall holds dearest. The old Tom Waits albums took another spin on the hi-fi. She has Czech, German, English, and Scottish ancestry. Elvis Costello has revealed he is battling a very aggressive form of cancer and has cancelled his European tour. Krall is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debuting at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums. [Then when] he died, it was such a sudden thing. Like so many of us, Krall went home. Therefore, I must reluctantly cancel all the remaining engagements of this tour. She does not have any brothers. [27] Their twin sons, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, were born December 6, 2006, in New York City.[28]. Do you and your husband talk much about work, like the fact that the two you have albums out this autumn with releases mere weeks from the other? She released her first album,Stepping Out in 1993. She has made a very good business of it. Diana Krall is married to the English musician Elvis Costello. The statement said: 'The spirit has been more than willing but I have to now accept that it is going to take longer than I would have wished for me to recover my full strength. Diana Jean Krall OC OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. The great betrayal: How journalist Isabel Oakeshott leaked Matt Hancock's WhatsApps after they worked Don't just stick to the Malbec! 2002 was a rough year for Krall, who lost her mother to multiple myeloma, and, within months, lost two of her beloved mentors Ray Brown and Rosemary Clooney. Tommy wouldnt be removed. The less Tommy said, the more he knew he would get from me. She married Costello shortly after in 2003 at Elton Johns estate on the outskirts of London. It feels well suited to autumn. And what does the final product sound like? Chris Pleasance explains how Belarus minister said he feared Putin would annex his country after Ukraine shortly before his sudden death Russian-born doctor 'died four days before she was unveiled as the medic who delivered Putin's secret Boris Johnson appears tense in first public appearance since the leak of 100,000 WhatsApp messages sent at Britain's first child Covid death, 13, may have been contributed to by doctors as senior medic admits 'Appalled and sickened but not surprised at all': Fury of Covid families as WhatsApps 'show Matt Hancock Sunak bustled like a wide-eyed labrador, his tail waggier than a windscreen wiper in a downpour: HENRY Do not sell or share my personal information. The album's title song is from Bob Dylan's "Bootleg Series", and Paul McCartney gave her his blessing to include I'll Take You Home Tonight, a previously unreleased original song he'd written for his own jazz-flavoured Kisses on the Bottom album. Its not about a period of time or a demographic. The trauma of losing her mother led, in a roundabout way, to this new record. I havent watched one of his movies, no, she says. A month later, two of Krall's most cherished musical mentors, singer Rosemary Clooney and bassist Ray Brown, died within days of each other. Quarantined with her two children and husband Elvis Costello (whose own new album, "Hey Clockface," is due a month from now), Krall in her first interview regarding "This Dream of You" . At 520 North Bel Aire Dr., up in Burbank? In September 2001, Krall began a world tour. I can remember having to do press on Turn Up the Quiet ten days after he died I was torn into bits between dealing with the shock of that happening, then talking about a record. Elvis Costello began his European Tour on June 15 but has had to cancel six future gigs, along with two that were axed last month. I cant finish sentences; I go all over the place, Ms. Krall said, which is true, to the extent that in her enthusiasm about any given subject movies, photography and family are consuming interests she seems eager to leave nothing and no one out, deflecting any praise directed toward her in the process. Diana Krall, Elvis Costello's wife, started playing the piano when she was just 4-years-old. [23] The album's dozen tracks were selected from over 30 unused recordings previously laid down by Krall with her longtime producer Tommy LiPuma before his death in 2017. He tasted moderate success and was signed to Columbia Records in the US a few months later, even performing on Saturday Night Live in the same year, only to be banned from the show for more than a decade for stopping mid-performance to play a song he had been told not to sing by the producers. Such a talented artist. Quarantined with her two children and husband Elvis Costello (whose own new album, Hey Clockface, is due a month from now), Krall in her first interview regarding This Dream of You talked expansively and emotionally on a series of far-ranging topics. where she performed with her husband, Elvis Costello, as well as friends James Taylor, Elton John, and Sarah McLachlan. Costellos Hey Clockface, his 31st studio album, was recorded in Helsinki, Paris and New York right before Covid struck, then mixed in Los Angeles, and completed via what the 66-year-old has called electrical wire. Krall cheerfully acknowledges the assist. She is one of the highest-paid singers and she has accumulated a net worth of $20 million as of 2022, throughout her career but her salary is not revealed yet. I know! she laughs. Diana Krall is a Canadian musician. He turned Tommy on to that BET thing You find people to champion you, partner with you. Someone the other day said to me, I cant believe youre 52! And I thought, Its O.K., dude. Then you think, I wonder if Joni Mitchell went through this. But its liberating, in a way, she said. He has also written music for films including Notting Hill and Cold Mountain and has appeared as himself in films and television including 30 Rock, The Simpsons and Austin Powers. She pauses and takes a deep breath. How does she feel about him today, given the allegations against him of sexual abuse by his daughter Dylan (allegations he denies)? Yes. As per her education, Diana Krall learned music at Berklee College of Music. " This won't do. After two years, she released her second album titled Only Trust Your Heart. Learn how your comment data is processed. The band mix was kept, following arrangements on The Look of Love (2001) created by Claus Ogerman; this record achieved platinum status and reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200. In 2003, she received an honorary Ph.D. from theUniversity of Victoria and he was inducted intoCanadas Walk of Fame in 2004. Success took a while she was seven albums in before she had a UK Top Ten hit but now has a total of five Grammy awards. As with 2017s Turn Up the Quiet, Krall is joined on This Dream of You by what she calls her extended family: her longtime backing trio of John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton and Anthony Wilson on several tracks, rhythm masters Christian McBride and Russell Malone on two tunes, and the quartet of Marc Ribot, Stuart Duncan, Tony Garnier and Karriem Riggins on the rest of the LP. Diana Jean Krall was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, to Adella A. I ask if her concern for Costello reared up again this year. No. And our own careers. The 2001 movie "The Score" (US and Germany), starring Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, featured a recording of Krall's entitled: "I'll Make It Up As I Go." 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