Name: Quiet Nights [2 LP]
Brand: VERVE
SKU: 108559620
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Quiet Nights [2 LP]

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Album: Quiet Nights [2 LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Where or When	More Info...
2)	Too Marvelous for Words	More Info...
3)	I've Grown Accustomed to His Face	More Info...
4)	The Boy from Ipanema	More Info...
5)	Walk on By	More Info...
6)	You're My Thrill	More Info...
7)	Este Seu Olhar	More Info...
8)	So Nice	More Info...
9)	Quiet Nights	More Info...
10)	Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry	More Info...
11)	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	More Info...
12)	Every Time We Say Goodbye	More Info...

Album: Quiet Nights [2 LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Where or When	More Info...
2)	Too Marvelous for Words	More Info...
3)	I've Grown Accustomed to His Face	More Info...
4)	The Boy from Ipanema	More Info...
5)	Walk on By	More Info...
6)	You're My Thrill	More Info...
7)	Este Seu Olhar	More Info...
8)	So Nice	More Info...
9)	Quiet Nights	More Info...
10)	Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry	More Info...
11)	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	More Info...
12)	Every Time We Say Goodbye	More Info...

Performer Notes

Bossa nova is not unfamiliar to Diana Krall, but 2009's Quiet Nights is her first record devoted to the gently swaying rhythm. Teaming up again with arranger Claus Ogerman, who last worked with Krall on 2001's The Look of Love and who also frequently collaborated with bossa nova godfather Antonio Carlos Jobim, Krall winds up with a mellow, lazy album that recalls the relaxed late-night sophistication of Jobim's duet album with Frank Sinatra, which Ogerman also happened to arrange and conduct. It's not just the sound, it's the songs: how '60s standards like Bacharach/David's "Walk on By" sit next to three Jobim tunes, a song by Marcos Valle ("So Nice"), and a few American Songbook standards placed at the beginning, the better to ease listeners into purer bossa nova at the end. Then again, they don't need much persuasion -- if any music could be called accessible it's this, with its warm intimacy and classic good taste. If anything, there may be a bit too much classic good taste on Quiet Nights -- there is no reinterpretation, only homage -- but that's not quite a problem because Krall knows enough to lay back, to never push, only to glide upon the gossamer surface. After all, some things are timeless for a reason; they need no updating, only replicating. [Quiet Nights was released on LP in 2016.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (p.73) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Her great rhythm section is stalwart throughout....Claus Ogerman has provided luxurious orchestral arrangements that never call attention to themselves..."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The results are stunning, Krall's sultry voice evinces a deeper sensuality and soulfulness than ever before..."