Diana Krall

+1 with freedriver .

+1 for czarivey, seems incredible that anyone  could not hear how much better Julie London was .

Amen 1 extreme !
Truer words were never spoken, at least in audio circles .

Everybody Creates , it's human nature .
You're right about the not easy part though .

Gordon's little trinket is silly and Diana is fair at best .

Whether floats your boat floats you boat . I'm glad she brings you comfort as she does many others .

That said , there have been many singers with little talent that have had great careers lasting well over a decade or three .

By chance , I heard her in one of those Duo jobs singing, "You Don't Know Me" with the great Ray Charles  this AM in my car .

His toe nail could sing better  .

Well maybe I did lay it on a bit thick , hifiman 5 .

To be dead honest the contrast between her and Ray on this love song
 was ludicrous .

Any person with average smarts who listens to live acoustic music unamplified over a few decades will develop a sense
of what is excellent , good, fair or poor in music .

It is a matter of taste , good taste or bad taste . It takes considerable effort to own the first.

Minor detail ,lalitk .
Classical and Jazz and much of true folk music are Fine Arts not Sports .
Take decades to learn to play and listen to .
I’ll really do care who or what people want to listen to, I do care if they
elevate a mediocre artist to a level they do not deserve .
Not for me, I am nothing  , I run my mouth for others who might believe that and never get into the best .
And and at its best Music can do what no sport can do or for that matter no other Fine Art can do, raise the human
mind , body and soul to the highest level  . The other Arts are representational, music is the thing itself .

If you want to hear true feminine Fine Art , listen to Nina Simone singing
"Porgy" and listen close .

Much better?
I don’t think it get ANY better than Simone singing "Porgy " .

A great artist, not to be confused with a good entertainer .