I had the pleasure of discovering Diana Krall before it becomes a world-famous artist who is a hit in the charts of all continents. And if we should rejoice in the success we achieve and is well deserved, though it is regrettable that it is accompanied by a kind artistic apathy that gets worse with each new record. So if "The Girl in the Other Room" could seem a nice attempt, albeit partially failed to renew the repertoire flirting with folk and pop elements, the next CD "From This Moment On" was nothing unsurprisingly a repetition of previous albums and "Best of" and the Christmas album were after all nothing but commercial objects. So we expected "Quiet Nights" with some hope of evolution or change. Unfortunately it is not. Krall CD contains the guidelines "The Look of Love" she seasoned sauce Bossa Nova. Of course, all is good taste, are excellent musicians (among other Paulinho da Costa) and Claus Ogerman arrangements in the direct lineage of his best collaborations with Tom Jobim. But despite this (or perhaps precisely because of it) all seems terribly artificial and has an air of déjà vu. Diana whispers the words as if that would give them more sensual and she will even kill the Portuguese in a mediocre version of Este seu olhar. Not that I'm a purist, but we must recognize that all, if not unpleasant, is a bit lazy. For Brazilian music and bossa nova in particular, were a source of endless inspiration jazz singers (among other Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn) and one would hope that someone like Diana Krall tries to measure these superstars, which is not the case. In the register "tribute" to Brazilian music we are very far from the excellent CD of Imagina Karryn Allison and Bossa Nova in the register, I will confine myself to listen to Bossa Nova Stories Eliane Elias.
