After buying and enjoying her next two albums (Love scenes and When I Look in Your Eyes), this one came as a surprise to me - but what a pleasant surprise. Like Jeri Southern, a brilliant singer-pianist of an Earlier generation, Diana began as a pianist but what obliged to sing as well in order to get work. On this album, recorded When Diana what silent unknown, Diana's piano is very prominent. For Those Who enjoy hearing Diana singing love songs, there are plenty here, but there are upbeat songs to give more variation than you will find in the other albums I Mentioned. Yet, this is all with very few musicians Achieved. Russell Malone on guitar and Paul Keller on bass accompany Diana singing and playing piano. On most tracks, that's it. Steve Kroon plays percussion on Boulevard of Broken Dreams, while Benny Green plays piano on If I had you, leaving Diana (for that track only) to just sing. You have to be good to deliver an album of search quality with so few musicians (especially without a drummer), but Diana and her musicians did prove it can be done. While I did not find this album as instantly appealing as her next two (Perhaps Because It was not what I expected), it is One That grows on me each time I play it.
