Biography diana first krall

Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall became the toast of the international jazz scene, as well as to more mainstream audiences, during the mids.

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The late s and early s brought her a Grammy Award and three Canadian Juno Awards for her work, and even broader international acclaim. A modest yet commanding performer, Krall plays mostly her own interpretations of the old jazz standards accompanied by her relaxed, intimate singing style. Despite Krall's undeniable talent as a serious pianist and singer, her success drew attack from some jazz critics and fans who accused her of selling out to the popular culture by playing to a wide range of audiences; in , for example, she appeared on two episodes of television's Melrose Place playing herself as a performer at a local bar and toured with Sarah McLachlan's all-female Lillith Fair concert.

Krall herself felt somewhat uneasy about her sudden fame. When we finish a show I love to make people happy but I'm not comfortable with that. I'm trying to handle it. I'm happy for my success, and I'm trying to enjoy it. As a child, Krall, the oldest of two daughters her sister later became a police officer in Nanaimo , enjoyed a home always filled with music.

Her father, an accountant, accumulated over the years an enormous record and sheet music collection and Krall's mother Adella, an elementary school teacher and librarian who later earned a master's degree in educational administration, played the piano and sang. Both parents loved music and old television and radio shows.