Name: Wallflower
Brand: Diana Krall

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2015-01-30

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3786685

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The Complete Sessions

2015-10-02

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Diana Krall

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Verve

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Classical

Diana Krall is an award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. Born on November 16, 1964 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, she has established herself as a prominent figure in the music industry. With her mesmerizing voice and exceptional piano skills, Diana has captivated audiences worldwide.

Married to Elvis Costello, another renowned musician, Diana's talent extends beyond her own performances. She is also a member of the Order Of Canada, showcasing her significant contributions to the arts.

With a unique blend of jazz and soulful melodies, Diana Krall's music resonates with fans who appreciate sophisticated and timeless sounds. Her style can be compared to other talented artists such as Renee Olstead, Sophie Milman, Stacey Kent, Madeleine Peyroux, Eliane Elias and many more.

Verve Records, also known as Verve, is a multinational record label that was founded in 1956 by jazz impresario Norman Granz. The label originated from the consolidation of Granz's earlier labels, Norgran Records and Clef Records. In 1960, Verve was sold to MGM Records and became a subsidiary of the company. Throughout the 1960s, Verve expanded its music genres to include comedy, pop, R&B, rock, and folk music.

During this time, Verve had successful jazz recordings from artists such as Stan Getz, Kai Winding, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jimmy Smith under the direction of Creed Taylor. In 1972, MGM sold its record division to Polydor which brought Verve into the newly formed PolyGram family of record labels. As a result of this transition, Verve focused primarily on jazz reissues while other non-jazz releases were absorbed into Polydor.

In the late 1980s, PolyGram decided to revive Verve with both reissue programs and new artist signings. This revitalization led to strong sales for both new material and remastered classic recordings. With the merger of PolyGram and Vivendi Universal in 1999 creating Universal Music Group (UMG), Verve Records became part of The Verve Music Group alongside other influential labels such as Blue Note Records and Impulse! Records.

<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/diana-krall-mn0000255210">Diana Krall</a> paid tribute to her father on <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/glad-rag-doll-mw0002406053">Glad Rag Doll</a>, the 2012 album sourced from his collection of 78-rpm records, and, in a sense, its 2015 successor <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/wallflower-mw0002696943">Wallflower</a> is a companion record of sorts, finding the singer revisiting songs from her childhood. Like many kids of the 20th century, she grew up listening to the radio, which meant she was weaned on the soft rock superhits of the '70s -- songs that earned sniffy condescension at the time but nevertheless have turned into modern standards due to their continual presence in pop culture (and arguably were treated that way at the time, seeing cover after cover by middlebrow pop singers). <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/krall-mn0000255210">Krall</a> does not limit herself to the songbook of <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gilbert-osullivan-mn0000546735">Gilbert O'Sullivan</a>, <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jim-croce-mn0000848034">Jim Croce</a>, <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-carpenters-mn0000051909">the Carpenters</a>, <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/elton-john-mn0000796734">Elton John</a>, and <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-eagles-mn0000144847">the Eagles</a>, choosing to expand her definition of soft rock to include a previously unrecorded <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-mccartney-mn0000029884">Paul McCartney</a> song called "If I Take You Home Tonight" (a leftover from his standards album <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/kisses-on-the-bottom-mw0002288090">Kisses on the Bottom</a>), <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-dylan-mn0000066915">Bob Dylan</a>'s "Wallflower," <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/randy-newman-mn0000394806">Randy Newman</a>'s "Feels Like Home," and <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/neil-finn-mn0000393768">Neil Finn</a>'s "Don't Dream It's Over," a song from 1986 that has been covered frequently in the three decades since. "Don't Dream It's Over" slides into this collection easily, as it's as malleable and timeless as "California Dreamin'," "Superstar," "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word," or "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)," songs that are identified with specific artists but are often covered successfully. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/krall-mn0000255210">Krall</a>'s renditions rank among those successes because she's understated, never fussing with the melodies but allowing her arrangements to slink by in a deliberate blend of sparseness and sophistication. It's an aesthetic that helps transform <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-eagles-mn0000144847">the Eagles</a>' "I Can't Tell You Why" and <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/10cc-mn0000502163">10cc</a>'s "I'm Not in Love," singles that are as successful as much for their production as their song, into elegant torch songs, yet it doesn't do much for <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/newman-mn0000394806">Newman</a>'s pedestrian "Feels Like Home," nor does it lend itself to the loping country of "Wallflower," which may provide the name for this album but feels like an uninvited guest among these majestically melodic middle-of-the-road standards. These stumbles are slight and, tellingly, they put into context <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/krall-mn0000255210">Krall</a>'s achievement with <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/wallflower-mw0002696943">Wallflower</a>: by singing these songs as sweet

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