Diana Krall

@2chfreak, you have nailed it. Very few artist that has such onstage presence. She was born to play jazz, I have seen her live twice and she absolutely killed it both times with her sultry voice, exquisite piano play and great choice of musician ensemble. 

She is coming to town on Jun 23 and I plan to be there.

+1, @hifiman5,

And perhaps the uncontrollable impulse to chime in for the sake of adding number of posts to their credit.

All those fans who posted here that Krall CD’s don’t sound as good as her live concert, I urge them to try the XRCD’s. They offer another dimension of her recordings. Sorry to say but I agree that regular CD’s does sound like crap in direct comparison with XRCD’s.

I agree, it’s very disappointing to see a well regarded member stoop to this level.

@czarivey,

You wrote “Truth sometimes ugly”

How is your personal opinion or preference for an artist translates to Truth?

Truth in my mind is a fact or belief that is accepted as true. 

IMHO, any person with average smarts that lacks sportsmanship is no connoisseur. He or she is pretty much a common snob, nothing more nothing less!

schubert,

“I do care if they elevate a mediocre artist to a level they do not deserve”

And why do you care so much if few folks out of the millions chose to put DK on a pedestal. As it’s been said repeatedly in this thread, music or artist is a personal choice or preference.

Although Nina Simone is a fine artist, do you think everyone out there should appreciate her true feminine art as much you do?

AMERICA is built on diversity my friend, you should learn to embrace and appreciate the freedom of choice we all have been afforded (and often taken for granted).

czarivey,

Does she need to compete for any popularity vote in X-factor, probably only in your imagination...LOL!!!

She is a accomplished jazz pianist and talented singer, who has already sold 15 million albums worldwide.

Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debuting at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums. To date, she has won three Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She has also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums....imagine that.

But I do agree with you, laughing is much healthier and easier. And I am laughing my rear off listening to Frank Zappa.

czarivey,

All jokes aside, Frank Zappa may be considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his era...but he is not my cup of tea. I guess I am bit young to appreciate his unconventional style of singing.

Peace out!

DK remains one of my favorite artist, just picked up Limited run of ‘Live In Paris’ SACD. This concert is one of the best live recordings captured on any format and it sounds even better on the Japanese SACD…Wow!