When I Look in Your Eyes
为Diana Krall带来真正巨大成功的是她在1998年Verve唱片公司发行的第五张个人专辑《When I Look in Your Eyes》。这是一张在评论界和商业上都取得了巨大成功的专辑，从1998年到1999年这张专辑连续52周驻扎在Billboard爵士专辑榜的冠军位置上，这是整整一年的时间！在整个世界范围内，这张爵士乐专辑的销量都非常出色，不仅在美国远远突破了白金销量，在加拿大更是突破了200万的双白金销量，在葡萄牙和法国，这张专辑也突破了白金和金唱片销量。同时这张专辑还是Diana Krall首次以完整的综合爵士演奏乐队进行表演和录制，著名音乐家Johnny Mandel带领着一支爵士乐队协助了Diana Krall这张唱片的录制。评论界的好评如同疾风暴雨的袭来，格莱美奖也不会再次与Diana Krall擦肩而过了。令人惊奇的是，《When I Look in Your Eyes》在第42届格莱美颁奖典礼上获得了包括最重量级的年度最佳专辑奖（Album of the Year）在内三项大奖提名，这是在25年时间里首次有爵士乐唱片获得格莱美年度最佳专辑奖的提名，其他获得该奖项提名的是摇滚乐老将Santana，正值颠峰的超级偶像后街男孩组合，主流乡村音乐的代表南方小鸡组合，以及当红的R&B城市音乐组合TLC的作品，这是极少见的爵士乐与主流的流行音乐风格一起分庭抗礼。在这届颁奖典礼上，Diana Krall最终获得了最佳爵士演唱奖（Best Jazz Vocal Performance），而专辑《When I Look in Your Eyes》也获得了最佳非古典类录音工程奖（Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical）。除此之外，在加拿大最重要的音乐奖Juno奖评选中，这张专辑又获得了最佳爵士演唱专辑奖（Best Vocal Jazz Album）。 by Michael G. Nastos With this CD, the young Canadian singer/pianist/arranger joins forces with producer Tommy LiPuma who places his orchestral stamp on eight of the 13 tracks. It is the latest attempt to push Krall to an even wider pop/smooth jazz audience than she already enjoys. After all, Nat Cole, Wes Montgomery, and George Benson, among others, went this route. Wonder if she'd agree the cuts sans strings were more fun and challenging? Krall does get to it with central help from bassists John Clayton and Ben Wolfe, drummers Jeff Hamilton and Lewis Nash, and guitarist Russell Malone, all stellar players. Krall's voice is sweet and sexy. She's also flexible within her range and at times a bit kitschy, mostly the hopeless romantic. On this CD of love songs, it's clear she's cool but very much in love with this music. Bob Dorough's "Devil May Care" and the insistent "Best Thing for You" really click. Favorites are a decent Shearing-esque "Let's Fall in Love" with vibist Larry Bunker; a suave slow bossa on the opening number, "Let's Face the Music"; the lusher-than-lush title track; and especially an incredible horn-fired fanfare intro/outro on the hip "Pick Yourself Up." Some might call this fluff or mush, but it depends solely on your personal taste. This will certainly appeal to Krall's fans, lovers, and lovers at heart.