From the luxurious opening chords of the first track, even before
Diana Krallhas sung a single beautiful note, her new Verve release-
The Look of Love-will have you hooked. After winning a Best Jazz
Vocal Performance Grammy for 1999's platinum-selling When I Look in
Your Eyes, Diana Krall delivers her best album yet-a lush,
cinematic collection of ballads and bossa nova tunes. Produced by
Verve Music Group Chairman Tommy LiPuma, and featuring the London
Symphony Orchestra arranged and conducted by the legendary Claus
Ogerman, The Look of Love brings to mind such classic Frank Sinatra
albums as In The Wee Small Hoursand Only The Lonely. But the
elegant piano solos, the sensual vocals, and the wickedly modern
sense of humor are, inimitably, all Krall. "Claus Ogerman and
Johnny Mandel have been my favorite arranger/composers since I was
seventeen years old," Diana explains. "So I said to Tommy LiPuma,
'wouldn't it be great if we could work with Claus on the next
album?'" At the time, it seemed simply like another 'what if?'
Sure, Ogerman had crafted landmark albums for Sinatra, Barbra
Streisand, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, but the German composer had
been retired from arranging other musicians' work-concentrating
instead on his own piano sonatas and violin concertos-for almost 17
years. Then, when Diana was on tour in Munich, LiPuma arranged for
her to have lunch with Ogerman. Struck by Diana's musicianship, and
their mutual love of old movies, Ogerman took the project on. The
film buff connection proved to be more than a coincidence; it
influenced how Krall has grown as a singer. Her voice is richer
than it has ever been and so is the feeling underneath each song.
"There are passages in which she reminds me of Barbara Stanwyck,"
Ogerman told The Los Angeles Timesrecently. "She's acting the words
great, the way Sinatra did. While he was singing, he was acting out
the lyrics, and Diana does the same thing." From a smoky rendition
of "Cry Me A River," to the heartbreaking tenderness of "I Get
Along Without You Very Well," to a Spanish-language version of
"Besame Mucho," and her sultry rendition of the title track, The
Look of Loveis the album that Diana Krall fans have been waiting
for. Of The Look of Love, Krall says: "I was so creatively pumped.
We recorded so many tunes; I wish we could have released a double
record... This album is my dream come true."
General
Label: |
Universal Jazz
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2001 |
Originally released: |
2001 |
Contributors: |
Tommy LiPuma
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Performers: |
Diana Krall
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Dimensions: |
125 x 142 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
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Running time: |
50 minutes |
Categories: |
Music >
Jazz
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LSN: |
XWS-EYU-342-2 |
Barcode: |
0731454984621 |
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Disk 1
1 |
S'wonderful |
2 |
Love Letters |
3 |
I Remember You |
4 |
Cry Me a River |
5 |
Besame Mucho |
6 |
The Night We Called It a Day |
7 |
Dancing in the Dark |
8 |
I Get Along With You Very Well |
9 |
The Look of Love |
10 |
Maybe You'll Be There |
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