Diana Krall – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonHer smoky contralto voice might see her selling more records than her husband, Elvis Costello, and comfortably filling large venues such as the Albert Hall, but the headgirlish Diana Krall still seems a rather reluctant frontperson. Like Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington before her, Krall started out as a non-singing pianist; unlike them, you get the impression she would have been happier tucked away in the rhythm section.What she needs is a shtick to ...

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