By comparison, Diana Krall is guilty as charged: possession of an illegal quantity of premeditation and forethought while singing jazz.

NPR: Diana Krall: 'From This Moment On'

Diana Krall is the undisputed superstar of jazz-inflected singers in the last decade or so, and her new album on Verve, From This Moment On mostly standards done with big-band arrangements is a return to her usual form.

NPR: Diana Krall: 'From This Moment On'

As one of a generation of "young lions" who came of age in the 1990s, McBride crosses easily from more traditional jazz forms into the fusion sounds of Weather Report, and pop touring and recording with Sting and Diana Krall.

NPR: Bassist Christian McBride, Plying the Bottom Groove

There was a time when singer-pianist Diana Krall (who is also appearing at the Borgata in Atlantic City on Saturday and the Beacon Theater next Friday) was labeled a musical "conservative" apparently the proper term for an artist whose songs were popular before she was born.

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