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BLP unsourced section|date=November 2010Infobox musical artist| | name = Diana Krall| image = Diana_krall.jpg| caption = Diana Krall at a CD signing in Toronto, Ontario (Sept 2007)| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1964|11|16| birth_place = Nanaimo , British Columbia , Canada| origin =| instrument = Vocals Piano | genre = Jazz , traditional pop , bossa nova | occupation = Singer Pianist Songwriter| years_active = 1990–present| label = Justin Time Records|Justin Time (1993) GRP Records|GRP (1995) Impulse& #33; Records|Impulse (1995–2001) Verve Records|Verve (2002–present)| associated_acts = Elvis Costello | website = http://www.dianakrall.com DianaKrall.com| notable_instruments = Steinway & Sons|Steinway cite web|url= http://www.steinway.com/steinway/artist_roster/roster.php? artistSection=main& artistListing=k |title= Artist roster | publisher =Steinway & Sons |date= |accessdate=2011-03-02 piano Diana Jean Krall , Order of Canada|OC , Order of British Columbia|OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian Jazz piano|jazz pianist and Vocal jazz|singer , known for her contralto vocals.cite web|url= http://music.barnesandnoble.com/The-Look-of-Love/Diana-Krall/e/731454984621 |title= Music review: Diana Krall | publisher = Barnes & Noble |date=2001-09-18 |accessdate=2011-03-02 She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide. On December 11, 2009, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard magazine named her the second Jazz artist of the 2000–09 decade, establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time. She is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debuting at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums . http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/artists-of-the-decade? year=2009& begin=51& order=position "Best of the 2000s - Artists of the Decade" positions 51–60, Billboard To date, she has won three Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards . She also has earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums.
Professional career
In 1993, Krall released her first album, Stepping Out (Diana Krall album)|Stepping Out , which she recorded with John Clayton (bassist)|John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton (drummer)|Jeff Hamilton . It caught the attention of producer Tommy LiPuma , who produced her second album, Only Trust Your Heart (1995).citation needed|date=November 2010 Her third album, All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996), was nominated for a Grammy award|Grammy and continued for 70 weeks in the Billboard magazine|Billboard jazz charts. Love Scenes (Diana Krall album)|Love Scenes (1997) quickly became a hit record with the trio of Krall, Russell Malone (guitar) and Christian McBride (bass).citation needed|date=November 2010 In August 2000, Krall was paired on a 20-city tour with Tony Bennett . They were paired again for a song on the TV series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... citation needed|date=November 2010 Orchestral arrangements by Johnny Mandel provided the background on When I Look In Your Eyes (1999). The band mix was kept, following arrangements on The Look of Love (Diana Krall album)|The Look of Love (2001) created by Claus Ogerman ; this record achieved platinum status and reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200 . The title track from the album, a cover of the Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale standard popularized in the late 1960s by Dusty Springfield and Sérgio Mendes , reached number 22 on the adult contemporary chart.citation needed|date=November 2010 In September 2001, Krall began a world tour. Her concert at the Paris Olympia was recorded and released as her first live record, Diana Krall - Live in Paris . The album included covers of Billy Joel 's "Just The Way You Are" (a hit on U.S. smooth jazz radio) and Joni Mitchell 's "A Case Of You."citation needed|date=November 2010 The 2001 movie The_Score_(film)|The Score (U.S.A. and Germany) starring Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, features a recording of Krall entitled: “I’ll Make It Up As I Go.” This song accompanies the film’s ending Credits (Chapter 12) and was composed by a fellow Canadian, David Foster .DVD (ending Credits), Universum Film GmbH & Co. KG., Constantin Films and BMG Video, Germany, 2005
After marrying Elvis Costello , she worked with him as a lyricist and started to compose her own songs, resulting in the album The Girl in the Other Room . The album, released in April 2004, quickly rose to the top five in the United Kingdom and made the Australian top 40 album charts.citation needed|date=November 2010 She also joined Ray Charles on his Genius Loves Company album in 2004 on the song, " You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold song)|You Don't Know Me ".citation needed|date=November 2010In late May 2007, Krall was featured in a Lexus ad campaign.YouTube|456ksLJu4Bo|Lexus commercial She also sang, "Dream a Little Dream of Me" with piano accompaniment by pianist Hank Jones .
Quiet Nights (Diana Krall album)|Quiet Nights , her latest album, was released on 31 March 2009.citation needed|date=November 2010 Krall also produced Barbra Streisand 's album Love Is the Answer (album)|Love Is the Answer , released on 29 Sep 2009.citation needed|date=November 2010
Personal life
Krall was born on November 16, 1964 in Nanaimo , British Columbia , Canada. Her father played piano around the house and her mother sang in a community choir. She was playing piano herself at the age of four and playing jazz in a local restaurant at 15. She went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston on a scholarship before heading out to L.A. to play jazz. She returned to Canada to release her first album in 1993.cite news | title = In Step With: Diana Krall | publisher = Parade Magazine | date = April 25, 2004 | url = http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_04-25-2004/in_step_with_0
Krall lost her mother Adella to multiple myeloma in 2002, within months of also losing her mentors Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown and Rosemary Clooney .citation needed|date=November 2010 Diana's only sibling, Michelle, is a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP ).
Krall and British musician Elvis Costello were married on December 6, 2003 at Elton John 's estate outside London.cite web|last=Susman|first=Gary|title=Get Happy Elvis Costello marries Diana Krall. The singers wed in at Elton John's castle in England on Saturday |date=10 December 2003 |url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,559324,00.html|publisher=Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=8 March 2011 Their twin sons, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, were born December 6, 2006 in New York City.cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6164859.stm |title= Costello and Krall have twin boys |publisher=BBC News Online |date=9 December 2006 |accessdate=30 September 2010
Honours
In 2000, she was awarded the Order of British Columbia .cite web|author=Posted by orderbceditor |url= http://www.orderofbc.gov.bc.ca/members/obc-2000/2000diana-krall/ |title=2000 Recipient: Diana Krall & #124; Order of BC |publisher=Orderofbc.gov.bc.ca |date=2009-01-15 |accessdate=2011-03-02 In 2003 she was given an honorary Ph.D. (Fine Arts) from the University of Victoria .cite web|url= http://communications.uvic.ca/releases/release.php? display=release& id=86 |title=University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Media releases |publisher=Communications.uvic.ca |date=2003-11-03 |accessdate=2011-03-02 In 2004, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame .cite web|url= http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/diana-krall |title=Canada’s Walk of Fame celebrating Inductee Diana Krall |publisher=Canadaswalkoffame.com |date=1964-11-16 |accessdate=2011-03-02 In 2005, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada .cite web|url= http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp? lang=e& TypeID=orc& id=10157 |title=Order of Canada |publisher=Archive.gg.ca |date=2009-04-30 |accessdate=2011-03-02
In 2008, Nanaimo Harbourfront Plaza was renamed Diana Krall Plaza .cite web|url= http://www.nanaimo-info-blog.com/2008/04/nanaimo-harbourfront-plaza-renamed.html|title=Nanaimo Harbourfront Plaza Renamed|accessdate=2011-05-02
She is an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation .cite web|url= http://www.themmrf.org/about-the-mmrf/leadership/honorary-board-of-directors.html |title=Honorary Board |publisher=Themmrf.org |date= |accessdate=2011-03-02
Discography
Main|Diana Krall discography ;Studio albums
1993: Stepping Out (Diana Krall album)|Stepping Out
1995: Only Trust Your Heart
1996: All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio
1997: Love Scenes (Diana Krall album)|Love Scenes
1999: When I Look in Your Eyes
2001: The Look of Love (Diana Krall album)|The Look of Love
2002: Live in Paris (Diana Krall album)|Live in Paris
2007: The Very Best of Diana Krall
;DVDs
2002: Live in Paris (Diana Krall album)|Live in Paris
2004: Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
2009: Live in Rio (Diana Krall DVD)|Live in Rio
Filmography
1999 - At First Sight .... Singer
2003 - Anything Else .... Herself
2004 - De-Lovely .... Musical Performer
2009 - Public Enemies (2009 film)|Public Enemies .... Torch Singer
Awards
Main|Diana Krall awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Award s are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . awards table|- || 38th Grammy Awards|1996 | All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album|Best Jazz Vocal Album |nom|- || 39th Grammy Awards|1997 | Love Scenes |Best Jazz Vocal Album |nom|- |rowspan="3"| 42nd Grammy Awards|2000 |rowspan="3"| When I Look in Your Eyes | Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year |nom|- |Best Jazz Vocal Performance |won|- | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (to Al Schmitt ) |won|- |rowspan="2"| 44th Grammy Awards|2002 ||"Better Than Anything" | Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals |nom|- | The Look of Love | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (to Al Schmitt ) |won|- || 45th Grammy Awards|2003 || Live in Paris |Best Jazz Vocal Album |won|- || 47th Grammy Awards|2005 ||"I Should Care" | Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)|Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) |nom|- || 49th Grammy Awards|2007 || From This Moment On |Best Jazz Vocal Album |nom|- |rowspan="2"| 52nd Grammy Awards|2010 |rowspan="1"| Songs of Joy & Peace|Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace |Best Classical Crossover Album |nom|- |" Corcovado (song)|Quiet Nights " | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) (to Claus Ogerman )
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References
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External links
Commons category|Diana Krall
http://www.dianakrall.com Diana Krall's website
http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2008/2/13/the-state-of-jazz-singing-today "The State of Jazz Vocals Today" by Ted Gioia, http://www.jazz.com Jazz.com.
S-starts-ach Succession box| title = Juno Award for Artist of the Year | years = 2002 | before= Jann Arden | after = Shania Twain
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