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...path that led to Carnegie Hall started off in the Vancouver suburb of Nainamo, British Columbia, where Krall was born 30 years ago. Canada might not be New Orleans, but its native jazz greats include Oscar Peterson and Gil Evans. Nevertheless, Krall sought her muse south of the border. While still in her teens she left home to study jazz piano at Boston's Berkelee school, then moved on to Los Angeles, where she befriended the great bassist Ray Brown, a veteran of Peterson's band. Brown taught her the Zen of swing--"You just feel it, " she says. "They...
When Diana Krall strode from the wings at a recent tribute concert to saxophone great Benny Carter, the Carnegie Hall audience might have briefly wondered whether Sharon Stone had wandered onstage. Smashingly glamorous, with lavish golden hair and a smoldering glare, Krall could easily have been mistaken for a big-screen starlet. But appearances aside, the moment she launched into the opening notes of Carter's classic heartbreaker, Fresh Out of Love, it was clear that this compelling new singer has more in common with Ella Fitzgerald than with any Hollywood actress...
...Krall's stage presence and her romantic vocal style have been creating ripples of excitement in the jazz world. Although she performs infrequently, she has the conspicuous gift that marks many an up-and-comer: the knack for rising to an occasion. She first drew note last summer at the Montreal Jazz Festival, where, using the tug of her bluesy, mahogany-grained voice, she parlayed a handful of jaunty Nat King Cole Trio tunes into a set of languid, open-hearted meditations with unexpected emotional impact. Accompanying herself on piano, she also showed that she knows how to swing--pounding...
...Freestyle: 1. A, Haddon 20.59; 2. H, Kaplan :20.97; 3. H, Tull :21.52; 4. A, Tieke: 21.71; 5. A, Redd :21.38; 6. A, Krall :21.93; 7. H, Fisher :22.14; 8. H, Lende...
...Freestyle Relay: 1. H, 3:04.83 (Kaplan 46.40, Shagena 45.99, Smith 46.93, Jaffe 45.51); 2. A, 3:11.06 (Tieke 47.61, Krall 47.36, Smorra 47.51, Welch 48.48); 3. H, 3:13.66 (Osterras 49.84; Lin 47.53, Johnson 48.85, Lee 47.44); 4. A, 3:23.18 (Post 49.48, Reardon 46.59, Matheson 49.31, Permuth 48.66); U.A, 3:23.18 (Ewen 48.73, Dikeman 48.41, Rockwell 50.20, McIntosh 54.84); 5. H, 3:29.53 (Lende 50.93, Plunkett 51.41, Killian 53.57, Kaufman...