Artist: DIANA KRALL
Album: QUIET NIGHTS (CD)

Year: 2009
Media type: CD

Diana Krall's first studio outing since she and husband Elvis Costello became the proud parents of twin boys, 2009's QUIET NIGHTS finds the jazz singer/pianist turning in a serene and pleasantly subdued set. Krall breezes through a few bossa nova standards, most notably "The Girl from Ipanema" (here gender-reversed to "The Boy...") and the title track (originally "Corcovado"), both penned by the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim. QUIET NIGHTS isn't solely a Brazilian-themed outing, however, as Krall also spends plenty of time in the comfortable realm of the Great American Songbook, offering up elegant orchestral renditions of "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" and the Bacharach/David gem "Walk On By" that benefit from her supremely smoky vocals and graceful delivery.

Audio Remasterer: Doug Sax.
Audio Mixer: Al Schmitt.
Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Arranger: Claus Ogerman.

TRACKLIST:

1. Where Or When
2. Too Marvelous For Words
3. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face
4. Boy From Ipanema, The
5. Walk On By
6. You're My Thrill
7. Este Seu Olhar
8. So Nice
9. Quiet Nights
10. Guess I'll Hange My Tears Out To Dry

Bonus tracks:
11. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
12. Everytime We Say Goodbye

LINE-UP:

Joel Pargman, Eun Mee Ahn, David Ewart, Amy Wickman, Gil Romero, Katia Popov, Tammy Hatwan, Razdan Kuyumjian, Alan Grunfeld, Helen Nightengale, Barbra Porter, Mari Tsumura, Sid Page, Bruce Dukov, Peter Kent, Yue Deng, Tiffany Yi Hu, Darius Campo, Liane Mautner, Josefina Vergara, Caroline Campbell, Charles Bisharat, Mario De Leon, Tereza Stanislav (violin); Marlow Fisher, Dan Neufeld, Vickie Miskolczy, Kate Reddish, Todd Marda, Janet Lakatos, David Walther, Evan Wilson, Thomas Diener, Matt Funes (viola); Trevor Handy, Rudy Stein, Timothy Landauer, Steve Richards, Dan Smith , Antony Cooke, Larry Corbett, Cecilia Tsan, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith (cello); Steve Kujala, Geri Rotella, David Shostac, Heather Clark (alto flute, bass flute); Earle Dumler (oboe); Joseph Meyer, Todd Miller, Bill Lane, Rick Todd, Brad Warnaar (French horn); Doug Tornquist (tuba); Robert Zimmiti (vibraphone); Drew Dembowski, Sue Ranney, Reggie Hamilton, Nico Abondolo, Ed Meares (bass guitar).