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Diana Krall

Diana Krall is a Canadian jazz singer and pianist who brings her own phrasing and piano touch to standards, bossa nova and songs from across the American songbook.

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Overview

Born: November 16, 1964, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Work: Jazz singer and pianist
First album: Stepping Out, released in 1993
Breakout: When I Look in Your Eyes, 1999
GRAMMY Awards: Two wins, including Live in Paris and When I Look in Your Eyes

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How it started.

Diana grew up in Nanaimo, began piano at four and was playing local restaurants at 15. A scholarship took her to Berklee in Boston. Later, in Los Angeles, she learned from musicians including Ray Brown and Jimmy Rowles. Her debut, Stepping Out, arrived in 1993.

Finding her audience.

All for You and Love Scenes helped build her audience before When I Look in Your Eyes became her 1999 breakthrough. It spent 52 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s jazz chart. The Look of Love followed in 2001, pairing her singing with Claus Ogerman’s arrangements and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Musical conversations.

Her collaborations include a Gershwin album with Tony Bennett, Love Is Here to Stay. For This Dream of You, she finished recordings made with longtime collaborator Tommy LiPuma, working with engineer Al Schmitt. More recently, Ron and Diana - Together documents her rehearsals and duet performance with bassist Ron Carter.

Creditschronological, newest first

2026Ron and Diana - TogetherPerformer with Ron Carter
2020This Dream of YouSinger, pianist and producer
2018Love Is Here to StayCo-lead vocalist with Tony Bennett
2002Live in ParisSinger and pianist
2001The Look of LoveSinger and pianist
1999When I Look in Your EyesSinger and pianist

Awards

Quotes

I was born to improvise, to play jazz piano.Diana Krall, Planet Interview, interviewed by Jakob Buhre

Speaking in Paris in February 2015 about songwriting and the musical role that feels most natural to her.

Trivia

Her father’s Fats Waller record collection helped shape her early musical interests.
Before her recording career, she played hotels in Zurich six nights a week for three months.
The video for Autumn in New York was made to raise awareness of the volunteer organization New York Cares.