Diana Kall - Live in Paris, 2001 - DVD5/PAL

Diana Krall vocals, piano
John Clayton acoustic bass
Paulinho da Costa percussion
Jeff Hamilton drums
John Pisano acoustic guitar
Anthony Wilson guitar
Alan Broadbent music director/conductor
Claus Ogerman conductor

Time: 130 min

1. Love Being Here
2. All or Nothing
3. Let's Fall In Love
4. The Look of Love
5. Maybe You'll Be There
6. Deed I Do
7. Devil May Care
8. Cry Me a River
9. Under My Skin
10. East of the Sun
11. I Get Along
12. Pick Yourself Up
13. S'Wonderful
14. Love Letters
15. I Don't Know Enough About You
16. Do It Again
17. A Case of You

DVD9 to DVD5
PAL - 16:9
DDigital5.1
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The Canadian jazz singer and pianist gives about a two-hour concert in Paris and all two hours are very worthwhile to watch and hear. This is good stuff - and I'm not really a jazz fan. Krall is accompanied by five other jazz musicians and a European symphony orchestra, conducted by Alan Broadbent.

This is simply good music by real pros in the jazz business and led, of course, by Krall, who has a wonderful voice and is a terrific pianist. It doesn't hurt that she looks great, too! (Actually, the whole concert is filmed beautifully.) To Krall's credit, she lets her band get a lot of solo time and she's generous with the compliments. I found guitarist Anthony Wilson a particular standout.

However, you can see Krall is partial to longtime musicians John Clayton (bass) and Jeff Hamilton (drums.) She speaks of them like old buddies, which they probably are.
The first selection is the most upbeat of the concert and gets things rolling. All of it is first-class and gets better and better with each viewing.