Diana Krall

Diana Krall is an accomplished singer, and jazz pianist. Diana was born in British Columbia Canada in 1964. She learned to play piano when she was just four-years-old. Everybody is her family are musicians. When she was in high school she played in a jazz group, and at just fifteen played in lots of restaurants in Nanaimo. She won a scholarship from Vancouver International Jazz Festival at 17 years old to go to Berklee College of Music. She stayed for 1 along with a half years.

When she played in Nanaimo, Ray Brown, a famous bass player and ex-husband of Ella Fitzgerald told her to move to Los Angeles, California and increase her talents with Jimmy Rowles, a pianist. She did, and began to sing with him. This move led her to into a circle of producers and teachers who could further her career. In 1990 she went to New York and married the British musician Elvis Costello, on musician Elton John's estate in 2003. Diana and Elvis had twins Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James in 2006.

Listening to her fathers big jazz music albums is what helped Diana be the musician she is nowadays. She lost her mother to multiple myeloma in 2002, and her mentors Ray Brown and Rosemary Clooney in just a number of short months of each and every other. Her younger sister is often a strong supporter of her jazz music career.

Her 1st album came out in 1993, known as Stepping Out. John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton had been part of that record. Tommy LiPuma heard it and produced her next album Only Trust Your Heart in 1995. Her next album was referred to as All For You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio, in 1996. That was nominated for a Grammy award and was on the jazz charts in Billboard magazine for seventy weeks. In 1997 Enjoy Scenes was a hit record with Russell Malone on guitar, and Christian McBride on bass guitar.

In 2000, Diana went on a tour with Tony Bennett and was nominated for additional Grammy awards. The Look of Love album went platinum, the following year. It went to number 1 on the Canadian charts, and on the Billboard 200, top ten. In 2001 Diana toured the world. The Paris Olympia concert was recorded, and Diana Krall-Live in Paris was released and went to the top of Billboard jazz charts, number 5 in Canada plus the top 20 of Billboard 200. On the recording was a cover of Billy Joel's 'Just The Way You Are' and 'A Case Of You' by Joni Mitchell.

Diana also wrote with her husband following they were married, and wrote her own songs. The Girl within the Other Room was the result of her work, in 2004. This year, she was in a Lexus ad. Diana also sang 'Dream a bit Dream of Me' with Hank Jones, a well-known pianist. In 2003 she received an honorary doctorate from University of Victoria. In 2004 she was included inside the Canada's Walk of Fame.

By: Henry Rippelmeyer

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