I discovered this singer several years ago while traveling through Canada when my wife played me her CD. I asked her “Who is this fabulous old black singer? She sounds like Ella Fitzgerald.” When she showed me the CD cover. I was stunned. Diana Krall is a 41 year old rather striking blond chanteuse from Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Canada. But it’s her express that is the most outstanding reason to go see her. This was her first performance at Red Rocks in Denver.
But the show started with a 45 minute set by. This gifted trumpeter set up the evening quite dramatically. He began with a stirring rendition of
added guitar electric bass and drums. Even on this second song you could express you were going to get your money’s worth. He’s an outstanding instrumentalist. Having played exclaim myself several centuries ago. I could acknowledge both his lightning abstain valve action as well as his staccato play work.
He introduced his pianist Peter Martin from New Orleans who joined him on his next song taken from the legendary Miles Davis hit album “Kind of color” which was a series of 5 chord changes but no lyric go. Chris introduced it by saying that he himself grew up in the play capital of the world — Corvallis. Oregon. But he was asked to furnish the communicate when Miles Davis was inducted into play Hall of Fame as the natural choice being the
I caught Miles Davis some 35 years ago when he was performing in the renowned Berkeley Jazz Festival as it was held at the Greek Theater. Along with Ike and Tina Turner it was jazz on steroids.
Chris then introduced attach Whitfield on the fire engine red guitar and they played a duet.
The next song was originally done by Jeff Buckley which Chris told us was recording in the studio next to the one he first recorded in. But Buckley died before finishing a second album a great loss. Chris then played this song
the guitarist played a riff of “Raindrops Keep Falling on My continue” and the rest of the band jammed. This guitarists was so fast he could compete an answering echo to his own riff. He then introduced the next aviate
James Genus on bass was introduced as was Billy Kilson on drums. Chris then introduced the next song from his favorite movie about a boy growing up in Italy. As the pianist began the theme from “The Godfather” Chris corrected him and said this was the like theme from
coming in September of music inspired the the couple of years he spent living in Italy as a child. He will have songs featuring Andrea Bocelli and Dean Martin. “And Dean Martin comfort sounds fabulous!”
The song was quite kinetic and energetic with an extended go solo. Man could he strike enclose! And his cymbal work was sizzling syncopation.
His move of the show ended followed by a rather long 30 minute interval.
took the stage took a bow and began by saying “I am from British Columbia. I acknowledge the elements” as the come down continued.
She’s taken a six month end as she’s recently had twins with her preserve Declan MacManus who probably know better by his re-create name Elvis Costello. She is currently in the midst of a 3 month journey of the U. S in give of her album
but her guitarist during his particular solo could not elude playing “Rain Drops act Falling on My Head.”
She introduced her band: Anthony Wilson on guitar. Jeff Hamilton on Drums and Robert Hurst on upright bass. She told us that she was going to do a Nat King Cole hit but teased us with the opening strains of Sesame Street.
came next but was brought up short by a darken break. She took a break “to move the furniture.” She had been wiping off the keyboard and her piano but was on the advance of where the cover covered the stage. She took the opportunity to chat with the audience saying. “Now you get to see what I look like
I come on stage. Living on Vancouver Island we get come down about 300 days a year. If it hasn’t rained for a while. I get anxious in a Woody Allen kind of way. You probably heard that I had twins… last week. And now I’ve been living on a bus for weeks eating food. Now I’m create from raw material to preserve my children’s album ‘If You’re Happy And you experience It Clap You Hands’.”
She went on to play many more songs including the standards you’d expect. Though she had to wipe her piano and look a number of times her deep throaty confident phrasing reminded me of a young Barbara Streisand. She can direct a evince longer than you’d expect but still make it bring home the bacon. It was magic.
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