From This Moment On

Diana Krall | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD
• Label: Verve
• ASIN: B001G4QJ1S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (117 customer reviews)
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Editorial Reviews

Cd single of Diana Krall From This Moment on plus second disc of bonus DVD videos, Lizz Wright - Hit The Ground, Jamie Cullum - Photograph, Susan Tedeschi - Soul of a Man, Rufus Wainwright/Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack - The Maker Makes, Teddy Thompson - Everybody Move It, Rhett Miller - Help Me Suzanne, Jackie Greene - So Hard To Find My Way, Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further, Gladys Knight - God Bless The Child

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58 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Joyous celebration of life., December 10, 2006

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music4yourears (London-New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From This Moment on (Audio CD)

It was the 2004 album 'The Girl In The Room' that showcased Krall's own songwriting talents, inspired by her own collection of records and artists she admired such as Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell and highlighting the melancholic side of life and its complex ambiguities.

This proved to be one of the critical successes of the year and a surprise at that.

Krall returns to more familiar territory this time with a collection of standards, enlisting once again the talents of Jeff Hamilton and Jeff Clayton as part of her regular trio (and adding their big band) and the contemplative guitar licks of Anthony Wilson, son of orchestral maestro Gerald.

The melancholy of the previous album has dissipated to be replaced by a joyous celebration of life.

This is reflected in tunes such as 'Isn't This A Lovely Day' and 'Come Dance With Me', while 'Exactly Like You' is given a mid-tempo latin feel.

On the reflective side Jobim's 'How Sensitive' receives a Claus Ogerman-style arrangement. In general the trio playing is near flawless and the Basie-esque big band swings to good effect.

A recording guaranteed to appeal to audiophiles of jazz sensibility. While awaiting more challenging and eclectic musical explorations from Diana Krall in the future, for the present this will do just fine.

84 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Diana Crawls from this moment on, October 4, 2006

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Michael Janocik "mikesuej" (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From This Moment on (Audio CD)

To establish my credentials as a long-time Diana Krall fan, My wife and I bought airline tickets and hotel room to see her in Washington, D.C. I have all her CDS, and have seen her live twice. Her last three outings - Room, Christmas, and this CD have been huge disappointments. Diana seems to lack the sparkle she had as Trio and Live in Paris. The band revs up, but she doesn't come along. She is bending her notes like a bad carnival ride at most every turn. Her range is compressed. All in all, a very dissapointing CD with few thrills and a lot of mediocrity. My earlier reviews had compared DK with Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. I see now those comparisions were grossly premature and I wish to apologize to these late greats. I truely hope Diana finds her form again, but it all seems down hill from after Live in Paris. I wish her well with her new family and miss her earlier outstanding output.

60 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I had hoped for, September 26, 2006

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D. Jacobs (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From This Moment on (Audio CD)

I'm with the reviewers who have expressed a longing for Diana's smaller band days. Only Trust Your Heart and Love Scenes are my favorites, as well as Live From Paris. Even on When I Look In Your Eyes, in the midst of all of those orchestral arrangements, there was still a sense of soulfulness to her songs. The Big Band sound on this CD really undercut what I love most about Diana's voice-- the sultry intimacy of it.

I pre-ordered this CD because Diana's name alone is good enough for me to invest in her projects, but this one felt stunningly empty, like a shell without a core. But I understand that artists must try any and all things to grow. Some things will resonate with a lot a people, while others won't. It's all a matter of personal taste. I will continue to buy Diana's music, but this one was lukewarm for me.