Jazz royalty seduces a Swiss crowd—and your speakers—at midnight.
It’s a fifth appearance at Montreux for this singer in from the cold who has her musical family to keep her warm. A key figure of contemporary jazz, Diana Krall bewitches with her rounded contralto timbre and her piano rambles, for which she’s been awarded several Grammies. In her most recent album, Glad Rag Doll (2012), Diana mischievously extracts the charm from ’20s standards and polishes them up as though they had just been invented yesterday. Marvellous vaudeville, skillfully produced by guitarist T-Bone Burnett and accompanied by Marc Ribot, among others. (FFJM © 2013)
Sound
Krall's contralto that melts like butter
Production
T-Bone Burnett's vintage warmth
Practical Effects
Live piano rambling at its finest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
T-Bone Burnett's production deliberately aged the sound like a fine wine, using vintage microphones and analog equipment to match the 1920s source material.
This was Krall's first Montreux appearance since her 2011-2012 tour cancellation due to her husband Elvis Costello's cancer treatment.
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