Personal life

Krall was born on November 16, 1964, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Adella A. (née Wende), an elementary school teacher, and Stephen James "Jim" Krall, an accountant. Her father played piano at home and her mother sang in a community choir. She was playing piano herself at the age of four and playing jazz in a local restaurant at 15. She went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston on a scholarship before going to Los Angeles to play jazz. She returned to Canada to release her first album in 1993.

Krall's mother died of multiple myeloma in 2002, within months of the pianist's mentors Ray Brown and Rosemary Clooney. Diana's only sibling, Michelle, is a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Krall and British musician Elvis Costello were married on December 6, 2003, at Elton John's estate outside London. Their twin sons, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, were born December 6, 2006, in New York City.

Career

In 1993, Krall released her first album, Stepping Out, which she recorded with John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton. It caught the attention of producer Tommy LiPuma, who produced her second album, Only Trust Your Heart (1995).

Her third album, All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996), was nominated for a Grammy and continued for 70 weeks in the Billboard jazz charts. Love Scenes (1997) quickly became a hit record with the trio of Krall, Russell Malone (guitar) and Christian McBride (bass).

In August 2000, Krall was paired on a 20-city tour with Tony Bennett. They were paired again for a song on the TV series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...

Orchestral arrangements by Johnny Mandel provided the background on When I Look In Your Eyes (1999). The band mix was kept, following arrangements on The Look of Love (2001) created by Claus Ogerman; this record achieved platinum status and reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200. The title track from the album, a cover of the Casino Royale standard popularized in the late 1960s by Dusty Springfield and Sérgio Mendes, reached number 22 on the adult contemporary chart.

In September 2001, Krall began a world tour. Her concert at the Paris Olympia was recorded and released as her first live record, Diana Krall - Live in Paris. The album included covers of Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are" (a hit on U.S. smooth jazz radio) and Joni Mitchell's "A Case Of You".

The 2001 movie The Score (U.S.A. and Germany) starring Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, features a recording of Krall entitled: "I'll Make It Up As I Go". This song accompanies the film's ending Credits (Chapter 12) and was composed by a fellow Canadian, David Foster.

After marrying Costello, she worked with him as a lyricist and started to compose her own songs, resulting in the album The Girl in the Other Room. The album, released in April 2004, quickly rose to the top five in the United Kingdom and made the Australian top 40 album charts.

She joined Ray Charles on his Genius Loves Company album in 2004 on the song, "You Don't Know Me".

In late May 2007, Krall was featured in a Lexus ad campaign. She also sang "Dream a Little Dream of Me" with piano accompaniment by pianist Hank Jones.

Quiet Nights was released on March 31, 2009.

Krall also produced Barbra Streisand's album Love Is the Answer, released on September 29, 2009. 2011 saw Krall retreat to Sri Lanka; however, no publicity was given and the visit remained entirely private. In September 2012, she accompanied Paul McCartney at Capitol Studios in a live performance of his Album "Kisses on the Bottom", which was shown live on the internet. On September 13, 2012, Krall performed "Fly Me to the Moon" at astronaut Neil Armstrong's memorial service in Washington, D.C.

Glad Rag Doll was released on October 2, 2012. Wallflower is the 12th studio album by Krall, released on February 3, 2015 by Verve Records. The album was produced by David Foster. Among the composers Krall and Foster tackled are the Eagles (two songs), Elton John and Bernie Taupin ("Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word") 10cc ("I'm Not in Love"), Neil Finn ("Don't Dream It's Over") and Gilbert O'Sullivan (a gorgeous read on "Alone Again (Naturally)"). The title track is from Bob Dylan's "Bootleg Series," and she rang up Paul McCartney to see if he would mind her covering a previously unreleased original he'd written for his own jazz-flavored "Kisses on the Bottom."

Honours

In 2000, she was awarded the Order of British Columbia. In 2003 she was given an honorary Ph.D. (Fine Arts) from the University of Victoria. In 2004, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2005, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

In 2008, Nanaimo Harbourfront Plaza was renamed Diana Krall Plaza.

She is an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Krall has been selected as a Steinway & Sons Artist and performs exclusively with Steinway pianos in recording sessions, concerts, and public appearances.

Discography

Main article: Diana Krall discography

• Stepping Out (1993)
• Only Trust Your Heart (1995)
• All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996)
• Love Scenes (1997)
• When I Look in Your Eyes (1999)
• The Look of Love (2001)
• The Girl in the Other Room (2004)
• Christmas Songs (2005)
• From This Moment On (2006)
• Quiet Nights (2009)
• Glad Rag Doll (2012)
• Wallflower (2015)

Filmography

List of television and films credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	At First Sight	Singer	Sings "Mack The Knife"
1997—1998	Melrose Place	Herself	"A Shot in the Dark" (Season 6, Episode 8, uncredited) "Ball N' Jane" (Season 7, Episode 4)
2001	Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton	Herself	Documentary
2003	Anything Else	Herself
2003	De-Lovely	Musical Performer	sings "Just One of Those Things"
2005	Mississippi Rising	Herself	TV documentary
2008—2009	Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...	Herself	"Tony Bennett" (Season 1, Episode 5) "Diana Krall Interviewed by Elton John" (Season 1, Episode 12)
2009	Public Enemies	Torch Singer

Awards

Main article: Diana Krall awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1996	All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio	Best Jazz Vocal Album	Nominated
1997	Love Scenes	Best Jazz Vocal Album	Nominated
2000	When I Look in Your Eyes	Album of the Year	Nominated
		Best Jazz Vocal Performance	Won
		Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical	Won
2002	"Better Than Anything"	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Nominated
	The Look of Love	Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical	Won
2003	Live in Paris	Best Jazz Vocal Album	Won
2005	"I Should Care"	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)	Nominated
2007	From This Moment On	Best Jazz Vocal Album	Nominated
2008	These Days (as featured artist)	Album Of The Year	Nominated
2010	Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace	Best Classical Crossover Album	Nominated
	"Quiet Nights"	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)	Won

Charities

Diana Krall supports the following charitable cause: Leukemia.

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