Sheer elegance took the stage at the State Theatre Saturday night in the form of sultry singer-pianist Diana Krall and her accompanying trio. She then sat poised all evening along side her Steinway and proceeded to entrance the audience, bringing us along on her journey through her take on jazz from the early twentieth century and more. Her inspiration came from jazz legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole and Carmen McCrae. No one digs deeper into a song and pulls out the emotion, one velvet note at a time, like she does in her super-slow and seductive version of songs like I'll String Along with You. She also strayed into some of her newer songs with latin/Brazilian tempos as in passionate Quiet Nights. This weekend's concert was part of Tri-C JazzFest and the first time Ms. Krall graced Cleveland with her sophistication since 2004.
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