The next one seems to be the month of great concerts in Budapest, and at 8 PM on the 18th of November Hungarian audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy the best of jazz music as well, as the Canadian singer and pianist Diana Krall will be in town.
She was born into a musical family and started playing the piano at the age of four, but the world only fell in love with her in 1996 when she was nominated for her first Grammy – later her deep, soft voice and characteristic singing style won her two awards out of eight nominations; critical success and countless other awards followed, she topped the Billboard jazz charts and sold millions of records. This year she is on a world tour to promote her 12th album, Quiet Nights and the Budapest concert organized in the Papp László Sportaréna is part of that.
Although the public would have probably been happy to listen to her old hits over and over again (or anything else for that matter, just to hear her hypnotic voice), with this new album Diana Krall managed to create a different sound: using Brazil as her musical point of reference she took a popular musical style, "bossa nova" and combined it with a fresh perspective. Each tune begins as a jazz quartet performance, with her (vocals and piano), a guitarist, a bassist and a drummer, then the traditional samba rhythms of the cafés in Rio are added to form swaying beats and sultry melodies.
The combination of the sensual tone of her voice and the unique orchestral arrangements always create exciting harmonies that are an amazing starting point for classical improvisation and offer a once in a lifetime experience in live shows. If you are lucky, there mights just be one more ticket that allows you to be a part of her night of amazing jazz.
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