25 YEARS AGO
Nanaimo's Diana Krall, 19, won her third major award, a $1,000 scholarship from the Women's Jazz Festival of Kansas City, on the strength of a tape she sent. She won two awards from Boston's famed Berklee school of music thanks to a performance at the Vancouver Jazz Festival. The tape had three songs: 'Seems Like Old Times,' 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and 'Hard Hearted Hanna.'
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And another blast form Diana's past:
http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/nanaimonewsbulletin/entertainment/42922402.html
Luvisotto took piano lessons as a child – from a young woman in town named Diana Krall – and picked up the clarinet in Grade 6 under the direction of Dan Hudson.
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As a student, Luvisotto had Krall to look up to, while students today also have Ingrid and Christine Jensen and David Gogo.
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“That’s a key to success to have mentorship,” Luvisotto said. “Brian [Stovel] and Steve [Jones] still mentor me.”
Interesting - I've met Carmella a few times in passing, but never realised she had studied with Diana. She's now one of the top jazz educators in Canada - her studends and ensembles consistently win all the top scholarships and awards.
Well, hers and Brian Stovell's - who's still teaching jazz over in Nanaimo.
It's either him, or there's something in the water over there.
