Diana Krall's New CD "Live in Paris"????

Elmuncy makes the mistake of confusing insulting the singer with insulting those that like the music. Perhaps this is intentional. I never criticized Ms. Krall's fans; I just said that I thought that she was not very good. If popularity was the barometer by which we measure talent then why own anything but Abba discs or Ford autos? Perhaps a side effect of listening to her music is that it makes your skin thin. But I am not sure due to my limited intellect. As to criticism, I was quite clear that I find her delivery to lack emotion. If you would like an expansion on this, her phrasing seems to have a sameness, combined with a tendency to hue closly to the middle registers and a rhythmic homoginazation that causes the music to lack character. She has not addressed any of this in her latest outing. Contrast this with Mitchell, Sinatra or, to pick someone from the current crop of jazz lite chantuses, Cassandra Wilson and you will realize how free of character her performance truly is.

Sorry about hijacking this thread a bit.

Viridian, I think your definition of what a good singer that you like is quite interesting, but a little clumsy. Let's take a singer that may be the most annoying to me: Mariah Cary. Mariah has 1) her own very distinctive style 2) sings with emotion 3) has an amazing vocal range delivering each performance in a unique way. Maybe you do not like her music... but as a vocalist you should love her, using your criteria that you set above for a good singer that you enjoy.

Personally, Mariah annoys me to no end. I think she could butcher any song given to her without even trying.

Many times singers will sing very plainly on their albums, but will be MUCH better in concert. Let's take Jewel for example. Whoever records Jewel's albums should be fired. I have seen her three times in concert, and her voice is very very good. On her records, she is recorded like she is singing through a PVC tube. Jewel even joked that she sounds like kermit the frog on one of her songs on her first album (this alone should convince her to get different people to record her albums).

Anyway, I have not heard Krall in concert, but she may sing very differently to a live audience.

I have several of Krall's albums, and I think she is pretty good. I would not put her in the league of say... Jennifer Warnes or say Marie Claire Heron, BUT she is pretty good for a modern day pop vocalist.

I do like Jewel better than Krall though because of my experiences seeing Jewel live. Jewel is a killer blonde with a very funny sense of humor who is armed with a great voice.

KF

She has a nice way with a song and is a fine jazz pianist. I like her. That's all I care about.

I have yet to hear this one. I have her other recordings and rarely listen to them. Truthfully, I have friends who like her and so I have them available for company.

If you like the sound of a white female singer, they try Tierney Sutton (smooth, like a Macallan 15 yr old single malt) or Christine Tobin (more like a smoky Lagavulin).