From This Moment On [2 LP]

Rating

Album: From This Moment On [2 LP]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	It Could Happen to You	More Info...	0:03
2)	Isn't This a Lovely Day	More Info...	0:06
3)	How Insensitive	More Info...	0:05
4)	Exactly Like You	More Info...	0:03
5)	From This Moment On	More Info...	0:03
6)	I Was Doing Alright	More Info...	0:05
7)	Little Girl Blue	More Info...	0:05
8)	Day in Day Out	More Info...	0:04
9)	Willow Weep for Me	More Info...	0:05
10)	Come Dance With Me	More Info...	0:04
11)	It Was a Beautiful Day in August/You Can Depend On Me	More Info...	0:05

Album: From This Moment On [2 LP]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	It Could Happen to You	More Info...	0:03
2)	Isn't This a Lovely Day	More Info...	0:06
3)	How Insensitive	More Info...	0:05
4)	Exactly Like You	More Info...	0:03
5)	From This Moment On	More Info...	0:03
6)	I Was Doing Alright	More Info...	0:05
7)	Little Girl Blue	More Info...	0:05
8)	Day in Day Out	More Info...	0:04
9)	Willow Weep for Me	More Info...	0:05
10)	Come Dance With Me	More Info...	0:04
11)	It Was a Beautiful Day in August/You Can Depend On Me	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Returning to the large ensemble sound of her 2005 success, Christmas Songs, pianist/vocalist Diana Krall delivers a superb performance on 2006's From This Moment On. Although having received a largely positive critical response for her creative departure into original singer/songwriter jazz material on 2004's The Girl in the Other Room, here listeners find Krall diving headlong into the Great American Songbook that has long been her bread and butter. While she's always been a pleasant presence on album, Krall has developed from a talented pianist who can sing nicely into an engaging, classy, and sultry vocalist with tastefully deft improvisational chops. But it's not just that her phrasing and tone are well-schooled. Having long drawn comparisons to such iconic and icy jazz singers as Julie London and Peggy Lee, Krall truly earns such high praise here. In fact, tracks like "Willow Weep for Me" and "Little Girl Blue" are drawn with such virtuosic melancholy by Krall as to be far and away some of the best ballads she's put to record. Similarly impressive big swing numbers like "Come Dance with Me" showcase her muscular rhythmic chops both vocally and on the keys. Backing her here is the always wonderful Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, featuring some punchy and solid solo spots by trumpeter Terell Stafford, as well as the rhythm section talents of guitarist Anthony Wilson, bassist Robert Hurst, and drummer Jeff Hamilton. [From This Moment On was released on LP in 2016.] ~ Matt Collar

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (p.78) - "[S]unnier than usual....John Clayton's arrangements add bounce and pack punch." -- Grade: B+

Down Beat (p.80) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "FROM THIS MOMENT ON finds her swinging through 11 love songs, and sounding more relaxed and confident than at any time in her 13-year recording career."

JazzTimes (p.66) - "Krall has always sounded impressively rich and unfailingly polished. Never before, though, have her vocals or her playing evoked such profound contentment and easy self-assurance."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[V]ocally she knows her way around a neatly turned lyric, her phrasing is immaculate and she's aware of light and shade in her delivery."