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New album this fall!
by scielle on 10 Apr 2014, 17:00
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Re: New album this fall!
by narrowdaylight on 10 Apr 2014, 18:51
Diana Krall's 'Pop' Album to Include New Paul McCartney Song
Diana Krall is breaking out the big guns for her next studio album, her first in two years. The Grammy-winning artist is working with David Foster on demos for a "pop record" that tentatively includes tracks by Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, and a new composition by Paul McCartney.
Speaking with The Oregonian ahead of a concert date at Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Krall described the McCartney song as an outtake from his 2012 "Kisses on the Bottom" album, a collection of traditional-pop and jazz songs that she helped arrange.
I still had a copy of the music and I asked him if he was OK if I did the song for my record and he said 'Sure,' so we recorded that and it came out just gorgeous," she said. "It's a new Paul McCartney song that's never been recorded that I'm pretty honored to have."
Krall said she and Foster have demoed 18 tracks in seven days, and that she's letting the veteran producer handle most of the piano parts. "I didn't want any re-harms or jazz chords in it," she said. "I wanted it to be our take on the same changes that they wrote, just a different rendition. It's a pop record. That's a new thing for me."
She said she was inspired to start the project after briefly touring with Young. "I met [Heart's] Ann Wilson at [Young's] Bridge School Benefit and started thinking about all that music."
Krall hopes to release the untitled album this fall. It would be her first studio effort since 2012's "Glad Rag Doll," produced by T Bone Burnett, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Jazz Albums chart.
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Re: New album this fall!
by narrowdaylight on 10 Apr 2014, 18:56
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Diana Krall's next album will be Neil Young-inspired pop: Q&A
Diana Krall is having the time of her life. It's been two years since she released "Glad Rag Doll," an album produced by analog auteur T Bone Burnett ("Inside Llewyn Davis," "O Brother, Where Art Thou?") that pays homage to the music of the '20s and '30s-era 78 RPM records her father played during her childhood. She's been on the road almost every month since, bringing along silent films and detouring for studio sessions in another new direction.
Krall is one of the most successful jazz singers of the last 20 years, with five Billboard top 10 albums and twice as many No. 1s on the Traditional Jazz chart. Her multi-platinum status hasn't boxed her in: she says her next album has been inspired by touring with rock legend Neil Young and collaborating with Paul McCartney. With her tour arriving at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on April 15, we talked about her Vaudeville-minded "Glad Rag Doll" shows, moving past jazz and the classic rock poster on her wall.
"Glad Rag Doll" came out in 2012. When you have the chance to take a group of songs like this on the road for a while, does it change how you approach them?
Diana Krall: This show is a completely different show than anything I've ever done. I think that people are kind of surprised when they see it. Right now I have such an amazing band, I don't even have to show up (laughs). I've got Anthony Wilson, Patrick Warren, Stuart Duncan, Dennis Crouch and Karriem Riggins. It's the most fun I've ever had on tour in a very long time. It's so fresh, it's so interesting, it's on such a musically high level. And it's not a jazz band. We can do things like "Sunny Side of the Street" or we can play (the Band's) "Ophelia" or a Bob Dylan tune. I just love it. I'm having the time of my life, I wish we could do more.
It's not like a traditional jazz combo where we play standards and they have a bass solo, piano solo, guitar solo. It's a different thing. It's not better than that, it's just different and I'm so enjoying it.
Tell me about the silent movies and the rest of the show.
DK: I grew up watching silent movies and my kids are into Charlie Chaplin now, which is really cool, and Laurel & Hardy. I grew up in a household that was full of old films and my great-aunt was in vaudeville, so I wanted to create a stage set that was like the theaters we were playing in. They were vaudeville, they were movie theaters. There's an incredible amount of history.
You worked with T Bone Burnett for the first time on this album. What did he bring to it?
DK: Well, he brought something that was not nostalgic. We weren't trying to make a nostalgia record. I love Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, I've been listening to them since I was 24 and I think they're the most authentic band that plays that music from the '20s and '30s. If I wanted to do more of a recreation of that time, I would've worked with them gladly. With T Bone, I wanted to work with Marc Ribot. So you bring Marc Ribot in there and you've got Howlin' Wolf meets Bing Crosby. I don't know if the two really meet, but I liked that T Bone would bring a modern approach to it.
I've had people ask me, "Well, you've recreated the 1920s," and I'm like, "No, I haven't." The 1920s didn't have a (Fender) Jaguar playing. Something like "Just Like a Butterfly Caught in the Rain," you do want to play it beautifully like they played it. And maybe how it would've sounded if they had the technology. Who knows. I love working with T Bone. It was like one big joy ride and a truly life-changing experience working with him.
Having that experience and playing with this band now, does it affect how you're thinking about your next album and the music you might do going forward?
DK: Uh, no. (Laughs) I'm going into a completely different place. I was on tour with Neil Young, so that's probably changed my approach. I was on tour with Neil for about 10 days, to protest the way (pipelines carrying) tar sands have not been honoring the treaties for Chippewa nation. I opened for him, I played an hour before him. Listening to him every night on tour, sitting side-stage, was just mind-blowing. He talked about a lot of people -- he talked about Gordon Lightfoot one night. That's my childhood just as much as listening to Annette Hanshaw and Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, so I started delving into that. It's like a trail. I started listening to Heart. I met Ann Wilson at the Bridge School Benefit and started thinking about all that music.
I'm working with David Foster, we started with a Gordon Lightfoot tune. I worked with Paul McCartney on "Kisses on the Bottom," he wrote two new songs for the album -- "My Valentine" was one and then another song that didn't fit the record. I still had a copy of the music and I asked him if he was O.K. if I did the song for my record and he said "Sure," so we recorded that and it came out just gorgeous. It's a new Paul McCartney song that's never been recorded that I'm pretty honored to have. We're just working on demos right now. I did a Neil Young tune.
It's not a jazz record. David's playing mostly piano on the record because he's such an amazing piano player and for that style, I didn't want it to be a jazz rendition. I didn't want any re-harms or jazz chords in it, I wanted it to be our take on the same changes that they wrote, just a different rendition. It's a pop record. That's a new thing for me. I'm really enjoying it!
When do you think that might come out?
DK: This fall, I think we're talking about October at the latest. It's been very intense because we've already got 18 tunes done in seven days. Isn't that insane? 18 demos. So we'll see what happens.
It's not out of my comfort zone. I think it's important to understand that I don't do something just to try it on, like, "O.K., I'm going to put on this hat and all of a sudden I'm going to sing these songs." I can't do anything that doesn't feel natural to me. I have my Peter Frampton poster on the wall.
Anything else you want to say about the show in Portland?
DK: I'm just excited to be there, it's one of my favorite theaters. As soon as I start going to the Pacific Northwest, that's when I'm in my comfort zone. (Laughs) It's my happy place. I'm looking forward to it.
Diana Krall's next album will be Neil Young-inspired pop: Q&A
Diana Krall is having the time of her life. It's been two years since she released "Glad Rag Doll," an album produced by analog auteur T Bone Burnett ("Inside Llewyn Davis," "O Brother, Where Art Thou?") that pays homage to the music of the '20s and '30s-era 78 RPM records her father played during her childhood. She's been on the road almost every month since, bringing along silent films and detouring for studio sessions in another new direction.
Krall is one of the most successful jazz singers of the last 20 years, with five Billboard top 10 albums and twice as many No. 1s on the Traditional Jazz chart. Her multi-platinum status hasn't boxed her in: she says her next album has been inspired by touring with rock legend Neil Young and collaborating with Paul McCartney. With her tour arriving at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on April 15, we talked about her Vaudeville-minded "Glad Rag Doll" shows, moving past jazz and the classic rock poster on her wall.
"Glad Rag Doll" came out in 2012. When you have the chance to take a group of songs like this on the road for a while, does it change how you approach them?
Diana Krall: This show is a completely different show than anything I've ever done. I think that people are kind of surprised when they see it. Right now I have such an amazing band, I don't even have to show up (laughs). I've got Anthony Wilson, Patrick Warren, Stuart Duncan, Dennis Crouch and Karriem Riggins. It's the most fun I've ever had on tour in a very long time. It's so fresh, it's so interesting, it's on such a musically high level. And it's not a jazz band. We can do things like "Sunny Side of the Street" or we can play (the Band's) "Ophelia" or a Bob Dylan tune. I just love it. I'm having the time of my life, I wish we could do more.
It's not like a traditional jazz combo where we play standards and they have a bass solo, piano solo, guitar solo. It's a different thing. It's not better than that, it's just different and I'm so enjoying it.
Tell me about the silent movies and the rest of the show.
DK: I grew up watching silent movies and my kids are into Charlie Chaplin now, which is really cool, and Laurel & Hardy. I grew up in a household that was full of old films and my great-aunt was in vaudeville, so I wanted to create a stage set that was like the theaters we were playing in. They were vaudeville, they were movie theaters. There's an incredible amount of history.
You worked with T Bone Burnett for the first time on this album. What did he bring to it?
DK: Well, he brought something that was not nostalgic. We weren't trying to make a nostalgia record. I love Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, I've been listening to them since I was 24 and I think they're the most authentic band that plays that music from the '20s and '30s. If I wanted to do more of a recreation of that time, I would've worked with them gladly. With T Bone, I wanted to work with Marc Ribot. So you bring Marc Ribot in there and you've got Howlin' Wolf meets Bing Crosby. I don't know if the two really meet, but I liked that T Bone would bring a modern approach to it.
I've had people ask me, "Well, you've recreated the 1920s," and I'm like, "No, I haven't." The 1920s didn't have a (Fender) Jaguar playing. Something like "Just Like a Butterfly Caught in the Rain," you do want to play it beautifully like they played it. And maybe how it would've sounded if they had the technology. Who knows. I love working with T Bone. It was like one big joy ride and a truly life-changing experience working with him.
Having that experience and playing with this band now, does it affect how you're thinking about your next album and the music you might do going forward?
DK: Uh, no. (Laughs) I'm going into a completely different place. I was on tour with Neil Young, so that's probably changed my approach. I was on tour with Neil for about 10 days, to protest the way (pipelines carrying) tar sands have not been honoring the treaties for Chippewa nation. I opened for him, I played an hour before him. Listening to him every night on tour, sitting side-stage, was just mind-blowing. He talked about a lot of people -- he talked about Gordon Lightfoot one night. That's my childhood just as much as listening to Annette Hanshaw and Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, so I started delving into that. It's like a trail. I started listening to Heart. I met Ann Wilson at the Bridge School Benefit and started thinking about all that music.
I'm working with David Foster, we started with a Gordon Lightfoot tune. I worked with Paul McCartney on "Kisses on the Bottom," he wrote two new songs for the album -- "My Valentine" was one and then another song that didn't fit the record. I still had a copy of the music and I asked him if he was O.K. if I did the song for my record and he said "Sure," so we recorded that and it came out just gorgeous. It's a new Paul McCartney song that's never been recorded that I'm pretty honored to have. We're just working on demos right now. I did a Neil Young tune.
It's not a jazz record. David's playing mostly piano on the record because he's such an amazing piano player and for that style, I didn't want it to be a jazz rendition. I didn't want any re-harms or jazz chords in it, I wanted it to be our take on the same changes that they wrote, just a different rendition. It's a pop record. That's a new thing for me. I'm really enjoying it!
When do you think that might come out?
DK: This fall, I think we're talking about October at the latest. It's been very intense because we've already got 18 tunes done in seven days. Isn't that insane? 18 demos. So we'll see what happens.
It's not out of my comfort zone. I think it's important to understand that I don't do something just to try it on, like, "O.K., I'm going to put on this hat and all of a sudden I'm going to sing these songs." I can't do anything that doesn't feel natural to me. I have my Peter Frampton poster on the wall.
Anything else you want to say about the show in Portland?
DK: I'm just excited to be there, it's one of my favorite theaters. As soon as I start going to the Pacific Northwest, that's when I'm in my comfort zone. (Laughs) It's my happy place. I'm looking forward to it.
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Re: New album this fall!
by narrowdaylight on 10 Apr 2014, 19:02
David Foster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger. He has been a producer for such successful musical artists as Christina Aguilera, The Bee Gees, Andrea Bocelli, Brandy, Mariah Carey, Chicago, Céline Dion, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Prince, Rod Stewart,Westlife,Barbra Streisand, All-4-One, and many others. Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. Foster is the current Chairman of Verve Music Group.
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger. He has been a producer for such successful musical artists as Christina Aguilera, The Bee Gees, Andrea Bocelli, Brandy, Mariah Carey, Chicago, Céline Dion, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Prince, Rod Stewart,Westlife,Barbra Streisand, All-4-One, and many others. Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. Foster is the current Chairman of Verve Music Group.
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Re: New album this fall!
by mapache61 on 14 Apr 2014, 17:25
A pop album, eh? The Jazz Police will surely dismiss this record wholesale, but I'm game for a new DK ride. Only news I'm not happy to hear is this Foster cat (not familiar with him) will be playing piano. Hopefully, Al Schmitt is back as engineer. To my ears, the mixing on GRD is horrible.
Not surprised she was inspired by Neil. I saw one of his solo-acoustic gigs in Hollywood a few weeks ago. Amazing show.
Not surprised she was inspired by Neil. I saw one of his solo-acoustic gigs in Hollywood a few weeks ago. Amazing show.
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Re: New album this fall!
by scielle on 16 Apr 2014, 17:29
mapache61 wrote:Only news I'm not happy to hear is this Foster cat (not familiar with him) will be playing piano.
Agreed. A little worried about this. David is a Vancouver Island institution and I respect him for his ridiculously accomplished track record, but... he tends to turn everything into sappy mush. I hope Diana keeps a hold of the reigns on this and doesn't let him take it in his usual over-the-top, schmaltzy direction...
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