此張黛安娜的現場錄音，仍然有VERVE主席托米-李-飄馬親任監製，加上金牌錄音師埃爾-施密特的操刀，結合優異天然的建築音效，錄音的活生感和舞台空間感，Hi-Fi得讓人無言以對。高級音響發燒友耳朵又有福了！總之，黛安娜-克瑞爾的這張《Live in Paris》，足以令你體驗到爵士樂生命的感染力。
這張現場錄音錄製於2001年冬天，黛安娜在歐洲巡迴演出期間。可能是鑒於當地聽眾和樂評的挑剔，黛安娜的是次音樂會的陣仗被安排得甚為超級。在樂隊組合中，黛安娜除了帶去了自己在多張錄音中的御用的貝司手約翰-克萊頓、鼓手傑夫-漢密爾頓和吉他手安東尼-威爾遜，還特別邀請了西班牙古典吉他手約翰-皮薩諾，以及敲擊樂手達科斯塔。另外，更專門配備了由阿蘭-布洛德班率領的歐洲歌劇院管弦樂團來進行伴奏，像Let's Fall in Love、I've Got You Under My Skin等就依靠悠揚的管弦樂烘托出了異常夢幻般的氣氛。在演唱會上，黛安娜除了安排有經典的Swing曲目，流行的浪漫情歌比例顯得頗重，弗蘭克-辛納特拉的名曲Fly Me To the Moon、I Love Being Here With You等歌曲，顯露出她多方面的才華。事實上，當我們注意到黛安娜迷人的歌聲時，又怎能忽視她高超的鋼琴技藝。她在Devil May Care、Deed I Do、In Case of You中的自彈自唱，非常忘我，將感情完全傾注在賓士的音符當中，揮灑自如。
Album Reviews: Amazon.com
Recorded at the historic Olympia Theatre in Paris in November 2001, this is Diana Krall's first live album. Backed by her quicksilver combo of bassist John Clayton, drummer Jeff Hamilton, and guitarist John Pisano (on some tracks), Krall's jazz heritage comes through loud and clear on this program of standards, ballads, and bossa novas. On Peggy Lee's "I Love Being Here with You," Bob Dorough's "Devil May Care," and Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon," Krall's snappy, postbop piano playing shows off her debt to Nat "King" Cole and Jimmy Rowles. Her cool contralto vocals are illuminated by the Orchestre Symphonique Europeen, under the direction of Alan Broadbent, as well as the London Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Claus Ogerman. Krall's deep take on Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" is a great choice for an encore, and the CD concludes with Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" (a studio track from a film called The Guru), with tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker and bassist Christian McBride. This collection only hints at what Diana Krall has to offer in the future.--Eugene Holley Jr.
