Diana Krall, Singing Her Own Song
A Jazzy Jingle
The Canadian-born artist good-naturedly plays a tune she wrote for a Chivas Regal ad much earlier in her career.
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Jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall became a Grammy winner putting her distinctive stamp on other people's music, bringing enormous emotional power to old standards.
After a decade of success doing cover tunes, Diana Krall is now performing her own material. Colin Bell/dianakrall.com hide caption
But now she's writing her own tunes, in an evolution unpopular with some of her fans and some critics, as well.
She says it began with a series of e-mails to Elvis Costello. She met the multi-dimensional musician at the Grammy Awards in February 2002. He became her husband.
"We started talking about music and writing," Krall told NPR's Steve Inskeep during a recent performance chat. "He encouraged me."
"I met the right collaborator," she says. "We weren't trying to rewrite Cole Porter or George Gershwin. I wanted to write something that was more confidential."
What emerged was The Girl in the Other Room -- Krall's debut as a songwriter.