Turn Up The Quiet (2LP)

“Sometimes you just have to turn up the quiet to be heard a little better,” says Diana Krall. It’s a philosophy she puts into action on this exquisite collection of standards from the Great American Songbook by the likes of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart. Master musicians and regular collaborators including bassist Christian McBride and drummer Jeff Hamilton provide assured accompaniment in trio, quartet and quintet settings but, as ever, it’s Krall’s intimate, sultry and sophisticated vocals that take centre stage.