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	Diana Krall From This Moment On Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists From This Moment On is an 11-song collection that captures the Canadian-born sensation in full swing, in great company, and at the top of her game. It could also be called her strongest, most cohesive release to date. Kral... more » « less
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All Artists: Diana Krall
Title: From This Moment On
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Unive
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Swing Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: From This Moment on, From This Moment On
UPC: 602517050426

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From This Moment On is an 11-song collection that captures the Canadian-born sensation in full swing, in great company, and at the top of her game. It could also be called her strongest, most cohesive release to date. Krall--for the few still unknowing--is the 41-year old sensation whose cool, heavy-lidded vocals and strikingly sensitive piano-playing has helped her transcend barriers of genre to become a popular artist of the first order who has carved herself a permanent position at the top of the jazz charts. In songs, mood, and delivery, From This Moment On reveals Krall's personal ardor for that golden era of song-making, when Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and (especially) Nat "King" Cole were in their prime. It's musical territory that Krall has often explored, but this album was certainly not a case of simply repeating past formulas: Krall's A-team of support--producer Tommy LiPuma, engineer Al Schmitt, and arranger/bandleader John Clayton--were on hand to ensure that inspiration was kept on an edge, unhindered by the studio environment. More Diana Krall

All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio
Live in Paris
Love Scenes
The Girl in the Other Room
Christmas Songs
Stepping Out

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CD Reviews

Diana Crawls from this moment on

Michael Janocik | Louisville, KY | 10/04/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"To establish my credentials as a long-time Diana Krall fan, My wife and I bought airline tickets and hotel room to see her in Washington, D.C. I have all her CDS, and have seen her live twice. Her last three outings - Room, Christmas, and this CD have been huge disappointments. Diana seems to lack the sparkle she had as Trio and Live in Paris. The band revs up, but she doesn't come along. She is bending her notes like a bad carnival ride at most every turn. Her range is compressed. All in all, a very dissapointing CD with few thrills and a lot of mediocrity. My earlier reviews had compared DK with Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. I see now those comparisions were grossly premature and I wish to apologize to these late greats. I truely hope Diana finds her form again, but it all seems down hill from after Live in Paris. I wish her well with her new family and miss her earlier outstanding output."

Joyous celebration of life.

music4yourears | London-New York | 12/10/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It was the 2004 album 'The Girl In The Room' that showcased Krall's own songwriting talents, inspired by her own collection of records and artists she admired such as Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell and highlighting the melancholic side of life and its complex ambiguities.

This proved to be one of the critical successes of the year and a surprise at that.

Krall returns to more familiar territory this time with a collection of standards, enlisting once again the talents of Jeff Hamilton and Jeff Clayton as part of her regular trio (and adding their big band) and the contemplative guitar licks of Anthony Wilson, son of orchestral maestro Gerald.

The melancholy of the previous album has dissipated to be replaced by a joyous celebration of life.

This is reflected in tunes such as 'Isn't This A Lovely Day' and 'Come Dance With Me', while 'Exactly Like You' is given a mid-tempo latin feel.

On the reflective side Jobim's 'How Sensitive' receives a Claus Ogerman-style arrangement. In general the trio playing is near flawless and the Basie-esque big band swings to good effect.

A recording guaranteed to appeal to audiophiles of jazz sensibility. While awaiting more challenging and eclectic musical explorations from Diana Krall in the future, for the present this will do just fine.

"

Not quite what I had hoped for

D. Jacobs | Los Angeles, CA USA | 09/26/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I'm with the reviewers who have expressed a longing for Diana's smaller band days. Only Trust Your Heart and Love Scenes are my favorites, as well as Live From Paris. Even on When I Look In Your Eyes, in the midst of all of those orchestral arrangements, there was still a sense of soulfulness to her songs. The Big Band sound on this CD really undercut what I love most about Diana's voice-- the sultry intimacy of it.

I pre-ordered this CD because Diana's name alone is good enough for me to invest in her projects, but this one felt stunningly empty, like a shell without a core. But I understand that artists must try any and all things to grow. Some things will resonate with a lot a people, while others won't. It's all a matter of personal taste. I will continue to buy Diana's music, but this one was lukewarm for me."

Not What She Does Best

A. Ballentine | Williamsburg, VA USA | 10/07/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Darn, it, Diana Krall has made another lushly-produced orchestral-backed vocal record, along the lines of "The Look of Love" (2001). My guess is that she feels the need, or is receiving the advice that it is not enough to be a jazz star; but that the next step for her career is to become a diva. But she simply does not have the voice to be effective when surrounded by lush arrangements. She is at her best when her sultry voice is one of the instruments in a small jazz ensemble.

That's why I actually liked "The Girl in the Other Room" (2004), as a departure from "The Look of Love." I saw it as an attempt to return to the small ensemble, but with some inventiveness, approaching jazz singing from an unexpected edge. I'm sorry that she did not continue in that direction with this new release.

To my ears, the five-star Diana Krall recording is "When I Look In Your Eyes" (1999). That recording does feature some orchestral arrangements, but, even on those tracks, the influence of her small ensemble still sets the tone. There's fine interplay between Diana's voice and the other instruments. Her recordings that will be most in my CD player are those from the 1990s, and "The Girl In The Other Room" when I want to hear something inventive. The lushly-arranged albums will just be sitting on the shelf."

Warm, cheery and classy.

hal st soul | between London and Los Angeles | 02/27/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

""No more blue songs/ only whoop-de-doo songs". In the words of the Cole Porter title track, Diana Krall is in upbeat mode on her 10th album. Domestic bliss with her husband Elvis Costello has contributed to her cheery state.

While she has recently covered contemporary artists such as Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell and co-written with Costello, she has reverted here to the previous era of American songwriters such as the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart and Sammy Cahn.

This might seem a retrograde step, especially as thousands of jazz singers everywhere think they can sing songs like "Day In, Day Out" or "Come Dance With Me".

But, apart from her distinctive, low, sultry voice, what they haven't got is Diana's big band of first-rate musicians, who are here impeccably recorded in the totemic Capitol studios in Hollywood, where Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole recorded, and whose ghosts seem to haunt this record.

Diana Krall has a rare awareness of her capabilities and uses her voice like an instrument, which she blends perfectly with inventive arrangements from long-time collaborator John Clayton.

She does a superb job of co-producing -- from a delicate brush on the drums to the stabs of the brass, you can hear every precise detail in living stereo. If at times a little knowing, this is a truly sophisticated (before that word was diluted through over-use) record of tenderness, intelligence and humour."