Diana Krall: The Very Best Of Diana Krall

Diana Krall is one of today’s great female jazz vocalists. While her vocals command attention, she is also an accomplished pianist. She is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Her standing as an artist is justified and undeniable. Her interpretations of jazz classics are typically exceptional and on point. Her original pieces are to be recognized as contributions to the genre. The Very Best of Diana Krall is an exceptional compilation of her “best” work to date (2007). The problem is that this is not her best to date (2007).

As Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes stated, "The title begs a rather obvious question: Do these 15 tracks, spanning 10 years and six albums, truly represent the very best of Diana Krall? The answer is equally obvious: of course not. How could they?..."

The Very Best of Diana Krall is a nice cross-section of tracks beginning with her 1996 breakthrough album, All for You through her 2006 album From This Moment On. If you're a fan of romantic jazz and haven't heard much of Krall's work, The Very Best of Diana Krill is a great place to start. It is also sets a great mood as you sit next to a warm fire with a glass of wine in hand.

That said, from an audiophile perspective the record is like most mass produced greatest hits albums.
They are typically digitally sourced and not much effort is usually given to mastering beyond that which was done for the source provided. As such, the record sounds good, but not great. The dynamic range is limited and sonically there is not great detail. Noise is also present between tracks and throughout the record.

At times, the music can also sound compressed. Again, this is not unusual for mass produced records and compilations such as this.

TRACK LIST
1 S'Wonderful
2 Peel Me a Grape
3 Pick Yourself up
4 Frim Fram Sauce
5 You Go To My Head (previously unreleased)
6 Let's Fall in Love
7 The Look of Love
8 East of the Sun West of the Moon
9 I've Got You Under My Skin
10 All or Nothing At All
11 Only the Lonely (previously unreleased)
12 Let's Face the Music and Dance
13 The Heart of Saturday Night (previously unreleased)
14 Little Girl Blue
15 Fly Me to the Moon

If you are looking for a record with very good easy listening jazz recordings by a very accomplished artists AND an audiophile experience is not a big deal, this is a great album.

If you want to get lost in a musical experience, try one of her records pressed by ORG. 💵

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