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| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby | 4:52 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. Only Trust Your Heart | 5:19 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. I Love Being Here With You | 3:38 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Broadway | 7:27 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 5. Folks Who Live On The Hill | 4:19 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. I've Got The World On A String | 5:20 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Squeeze Me | 5:37 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. All Night Long | 6:41 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. CRS Craft | 3:28 | £0.69 |
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Recorded with a trio of Diana on piano, Lewis Nash on drums and Ray Brown and Christian McBride on bass. It has a lot more simplicity and intimacy than the later albums, and definately has a jazz, rather than the easy listening of her last two albums, feel. There is also the addition of Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone on three of the songs included in this selection, which adds a bit of variety into the mix.
Among the highlights of the album are 'The Folks Who Live on the Hill', a moving and sentimental ballad with a lovely laid back simple backing; 'I love being here with you' and 'I've got the world on a string' both swinging numbers in which Diana's talents of voice and piano shine through; Another great tune is 'KRS Craft' which is the only instrumental on the album. It totally swings with ease and is a joy to listen to.
Diana Krall is a superbly talented artist. Her piano playing is brilliant, and it is a crying shame that in her latest album, 'The Look of Love' she doesn't get a chance to shine her piano skills off to the full. Not that 'The Look of Love' is a bad album, in fact it is a lovely romantic ballad album. However, it lacks the jazz and swing of her previous recordings and for me doesn't have enough variety to keep me interested.
If you want to hear Diana Krall at her swinging best then I can thoroughly recommend this album, it is superb.
Like so many of Diana's albums, this one relies heavily on songs from the first half of the twentieth century, beginning with Louis Jordan's classic Is you or is you ain't my baby. Other classic songs featured here include Squeeze me (Duke Ellington) and two songs associated with Peggy Lee (I love being here with you, The folks who live on the hill). The only original is the closing bluesy instrumental, CRS craft.
This is a fine album that will particularly appeal to jazz aficionados. It may even expand the market as fans of Diana's later music learn to appreciate jazz. But some of those fans may not like this – if in doubt, listen to some of it before buying.
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