Diana Krall

PS: I can’t edit my comment above anymore, one last thought: Laura made her first record for Verve when she was 16 years old. Clive Davis signed her to Columbia a year later. She was painfully shy, did the Davis audition with the lights off, the keyboard lit by a small candle.

She burst onto the scene in the mid 60s, and is considered the first female singer songwriter in the way we understand the term today. Without Laura Nyro, Diana Krall would not be the Diana Krall we know.

She simplifies lots of classic songs and feels like sufficient effort she places to the score, but either insufficient or unrefined effort for improvisation. Everything she sings seems simplified from jazz to simple pop. She seems to me a female Dean Martin that can put some stuff to the show and show off.

unreceivedogma, I once saw Laura in Central Park, a free concert (not sure they are held any longer), I admire her as a singer, pianist, composer no doubt.  But( isn't there always a but?) I don't see the connection between Laura and Diana K.  What is it you are saying, if I may ask?  

czarivey, thanks for your thoughts/explanation.  I can see where our tastes differ, just a fact, no big thing.  I find the improvisation less to my liking, so I see why we differ in our views of her.  I'm not a big jazz fan, but appreciate that many many are.  Thanks again.

FWIW, I tried (and own) many of  Krall's earlier recordings. They are not really bad, really. And without references I'd probably enjoy them more. I've never heard her live so I can't really comment on here showmanship and whether or not that is additive in a positive way.

What is interesting is that when I want the kind of music that she wants to sing I always reach for Shirley Horn. If you have not heard her do so when you next want a intimate singer/piano player of great talent. 

I have several Shirley Horn recordings, and do like them, a lot, thanks for the reminder.