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Title: Diana where are you?
Review: In her earlier tribute to Nat King Cole, Diana Krall seemed focused on the music-that is, great jazz tunes made greater by Mr. Cole. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel she simply sang each melody with wonderful timing, a luscious voice, and topped each off with uncomplicated but amazingly interesting piano.With this CD I was immediately struck by the fact that this recording was not about the music at all, but instead was all about Diana Krall. She seemed to be hamming it instead of singing. What happened to the melodies? Where was the piano? Where is the respect for the songwriter?Boozy drawling is OK, but Diana Krall can do much, much better than this.
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