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Diana Krall
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Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist
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Diana Krall is a Canadian singer, pianist, songwriter, and jazz musician born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, on November 16, 1964. She has a contralto voice and performs primarily on piano and voice. Her musical genres include jazz, smooth jazz, and contemporary jazz. Krall began her professional work period in 1993 and has worked in New York City. She is signed to Verve Records.
Krall received her education at The Royal Conservatory of Music and Berklee College of Music. Her instructors included Jimmy Rowles, Don Thompson, and Alan Broadbent. She is married to Elvis Costello. Among her notable works are *Wallflower*, *Glad Rag Doll*, *Have Yourself a Merry*, and *Love Scenes*.
She has received the Order of British Columbia and is inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Diana Krall -- Wallflower
- Diana Krall -- Glad Rag Doll
- Diana Krall
- Have Yourself a Merry
- Love Scenes
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Film & TV
Acting · Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second Jazz artist of the 2000–2009…
Known for
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story — Self2024
- Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song — Self2023
- Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration — Self2019
- Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs — Self2019
- CMA Country Christmas 2018 — Self2018
- Pete the Cat — Pete's Mom (voice)2017
- Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 — Self2016
- Diana Krall - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 — Self2013
- Paul McCartney: Live Kisses — Self2012
- A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney — Self2012
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1964
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,350,701
- Total plays
- 27,331,101
Tags
Diana Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada (on November 16, 1964). She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. At the age of fifteen, she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants. She also spent some time in Toronto studying with Canadian Jazz great, Don Thompson (Bass/Piano) and with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts she moved to the U.S to continue studies and dev
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,801x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,231x
- A safe operating space for humanity
· 2009 · cited 9,700x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,000x
- DrugBank 5.0: a major update to the DrugBank database for 2018
· 2017 · cited 7,555x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Diana Jean Krall , ( 1964-11-16 ) November 16, 1964 (age 61) , Nanaimo , British Columbia, Canada
- Genres
- Jazz traditional pop bossa nova
- Occupations
- Singer musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals piano
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Labels
- Justin Time GRP Impulse Verve
- Spouse
- Elvis Costello ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003 )
- Website
- dianakrall .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Diana Jean Krall OC OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the U.S. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second-greatest jazz artist of the decade (2000–2009), establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time.
Krall is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. She has won two Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She has also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums.
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