Susan Neumeier Alisha Cooper Cara Lee Bryan Stobaugh

Diana’s Early Years • Born on November 16 th, 1964 • Began taking piano lessons at the age of 4

• By the age of 15, Diana was playing professionally in restaurants of her home town. • At the age of 17 she was awarded a scholarship that enabled her to travel to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music until 1983 • Diana’s first big break was when she was heard playing at a local establishment in Nanaimo by Ray Brown.

• “I think dad had every recording Fats Waller ever made, and I tried to learn them all. ” -Diana

Diana’s Influences… • • • Dinah Washington Roberta Flack Shirley Horn Aretha Franklin Carmen Mc. Rae Nat “King” Cole

Musical Style • Represents Krall’s extensive knowledge of the 1920’s, 1930’s and 1940’s • Singer/acoustic oriented jazz musician • Handles all of the piano playing herself • Performs jazz hits from previous decades • Reveals even more of her talent as a songwriter in her latest album, “The Girl in the Other Room”

Types of Jazz • Jazz came to North America via slave ships • Jazz started in New Orleans in 1895 • 3 types of Jazz relate to Diana Krall

Bebop -early to mid-1940’s -first, modern, major type to emerge from swing style -Examples: Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Hard Bop -describes soulful, intense and hard driving derivatives of bop from the 1950’s and 60’s -louder drums -lighter piano -Examples: Miles Davis, Horace Silver & Art Blakey

Crossover • 1970’s-1990’s • Returned jazz to the basics • Examples: Chuck Margione & Kenny G.

Vocal Jazz • 1930’s • Using the voice as instrument • Examples: Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong & Frank Sinatra

How do these 3 types of Jazz relate to Diana Krall? • • She loves the basics. Crossover Example: Her and the piano She likes to bop Bebop/Hard Bop Her voice is her natural instrument Vocal Jazz

“Diana Krall, Live In Paris”

“The Girl In The Other Room”: • Gold in U. S. , France, England, and Portugal.

“When I Look Into Your Eyes”: • Double-Platinum-Canada Platinum-Portugal & U. S. Gold-France • #1 position on Billboard’s jazz chart for 52 weeks • Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance • Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Non. Classical • Grammy nomination for Album of the Year • Won Canadian Juno Award for Best Vocal Jazz Album

“The Look of Love”: • Quadruple Platinum-Canada • Platinum-Australia, New Zealand, Poland & Portugal • Gold-France, Singapore & England • Entered Billboard 200 at #9 • Sold 95, 000 copies in U. S. its first week • Canada’s Juno Awards-winner in Best Artist, Best Album, and Best Vocal Jazz Album

Other Awards and Achievements: • Top selling Jazz vocalist • Major attraction at Lilith Fair Festival • Named one of People magazine’s “ 25 Most Intriguing People of 2001” • “Live in Paris” wins her a Grammy for Best Vocal Jazz Album of the year.

Sources: • www. dianakrall. com • http: //www. cosmopolis. ch/english/cosmo 9/krallc oncert. htm • www. ultimatedianakrall. com • http: //library. thinkquest. org/J 0112733/History. Jaz z/Where. Jazz. Came. From/default. htm • http: //. coestudents. valdosta. edu/ssyoung/typejaz z. htm • Reid, J. (2002) Diana Krall, The Language of Love. Quarry Press.

QUESTIONS: 1. 2. At what age did Diana start taking piano lessons? True or False. Diana handles all of the piano playing herself for her music. 3. Which album won her 2 Grammies? A. The Girl In The Other Room B. When I Look Into Your Eyes C. The Look Of Love 4. What do Ella Fitzgerald and Diana Krall have most in common? A. They are both great dancers B. They are Vocal Jazz musicians C. They worked at a convenience store together