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Bossa nova is not unfamiliar to Diana Krall, but 2009's Quiet Nights is her first record devoted to the gently swaying rhythm. Teaming up again with arranger Claus Ogerman, who last worked with Krall on 2001's The Look of Love and who also frequently collaborated with bossa nova godfather Antonio Carlos Jobim, Krall winds up with a mellow, lazy album that recalls the relaxed late-night sophistication of Jobim's duet album with Frank Sinatra, which Ogerman also happened to arrange and conduct. It's not just the sound, it's the songs: how '60s standards like Bacharach/David's "Walk on By" sit next to three Jobim tunes, a song by Marcos Valle ("So Nice"), and a few American Songbook standards placed at the beginning, the better to ease listeners into purer bossa nova at the end. Then again, they don't need much persuasion -- if any music could be called accessible it's this, with its warm intimacy and classic good taste. If anything, there may be a bit too much classic good taste on Quiet Nights -- there is no reinterpretation, only homage -- but that's not quite a problem because Krall knows enough to lay back, to never push, only to glide upon the gossamer surface. After all, some things are timeless for a reason; they need no updating, only replicating.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Lyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar - Richard A. Whiting, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Frederick Loewe, ComposerLyricist - Alan Jay Lerner, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Norman Gimbel, Translator - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - Vinicius De Moraes, Lyricist - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Jay Gorney, Composer - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar - Sidney Clare, Lyricist
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Norman Gimbel, Translator - Marcos Valle, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar - Paulo Sergio Kostenbader Valle, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Gene Lees, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Barry Gibb, ComposerLyricist - Robin Gibb, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Diana Krall, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist - John Clayton, BassVocalist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, DrumKit - Anthony Wilson, Guitar
℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Bossa nova is not unfamiliar to Diana Krall, but 2009's Quiet Nights is her first record devoted to the gently swaying rhythm. Teaming up again with arranger Claus Ogerman, who last worked with Krall on 2001's The Look of Love and who also frequently collaborated with bossa nova godfather Antonio Carlos Jobim, Krall winds up with a mellow, lazy album that recalls the relaxed late-night sophistication of Jobim's duet album with Frank Sinatra, which Ogerman also happened to arrange and conduct. It's not just the sound, it's the songs: how '60s standards like Bacharach/David's "Walk on By" sit next to three Jobim tunes, a song by Marcos Valle ("So Nice"), and a few American Songbook standards placed at the beginning, the better to ease listeners into purer bossa nova at the end. Then again, they don't need much persuasion -- if any music could be called accessible it's this, with its warm intimacy and classic good taste. If anything, there may be a bit too much classic good taste on Quiet Nights -- there is no reinterpretation, only homage -- but that's not quite a problem because Krall knows enough to lay back, to never push, only to glide upon the gossamer surface. After all, some things are timeless for a reason; they need no updating, only replicating.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:35
- Main artists: Diana Krall
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 2013 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2013 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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