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MUSIC

DIANA

KRALL

“ T OO M A R V ELOU S
F O R WO R D S ”

FIVE-TIME
GRAMMY-WINNING
JAZZ PIANIST AND VOCALIST

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espected far and wide as a successful recording and On Wallflower, Krall’s latest album, she handed over control to producer
performing artist, Krall is a true musical force. At and sixteen-time Grammy winner, David Foster, in order to achieve the
any given moment she could be producing Barbra unexpected - again. The vocalist’s tour of rock and pop memories is a
Streisand’s new album, serving as musical director for collection of favorites by the likes of the Carpenters, Bob Dylan and
Paul McCartney or on the road for a good cause with Neil Young. Elton John, unified in her tastefully eclectic comfort zone and accenting
her marvelous musical gift.
The record shows Diana Krall has already done that and much more. Krall has come to terms with her success with five Grammy’s under her
She has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist of the last 30 belt and we are privileged to be able to share the experience.
years and established herself as one of the best-selling and most beloved
performers of her generation. Her recordings thus far have earned her
nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums.

“I’ve played a lot of piano bars. I sound like Humphrey Bogart,

but you don’t begin at the Royal Albert Hall. I started playing “Diana is someone who can go to all

at about 15. You have to work very hard to be a jazz musician extremes beautifully and she proves that

and you’ve got to do some things [you might not want to], as in over and over again.”

any job. I was sent to Europe and I was like a human jukebox,

playing six hours a night.” – Diana Krall – David Foster

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