From This Moment On

1	It Could Happen to You 3:28
2	Isn't This a Lovely Day 6:07
3	How Insensitive 5:20
4	Exactly Like You 3:02
5	From This Moment On 3:23
6	I Was Doing Alright 5:12
7	Little Girl Blue 5:39
8	Day in Day Out 4:01
9	Willow Weep for Me 5:39
10	Come Dance with Me 4:24
11	It Was a Beautiful Day in August/You Can Depend on Me 5:16

Barnes & Noble

After her ambitious 2004 release The Girl in the Next Room, which featured original songs and contemporary music touches, Diana Krall returns to the sound that made her the jazz diva of choice for a new generation. Collaborating with both the crack Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and her own fine quartet, Krall essays tried-and-true standards in the inimitable cool-yet-committed tone that sets her apart from all competitors. Sharing production chores with Tommy LiPuma, Krall finds the right mix of ballads and light swingers to showcase her intimate vocals. The repertoire is A-list all the way, calling on Porter, Gershwin, Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, and other Great American Songbook masters while also finding room for Jobim’s bossa nova masterpiece “How Insensitive.” That Krall touches on Sinatra territory in her choice of material displays how assured she remains as a personal stylist. It’s good to have Krall back on familiar territory, doing what she does best. William Pearl

All Music Guide

Returning to the large ensemble sound of her 2005 success, Christmas Songs, pianist/vocalist Diana Krall delivers a superb performance on 2006's From This Moment On. Although having received a largely positive critical response for her creative departure into original singer/songwriter jazz material on 2004's The Girl in the Other Room, here listeners find Krall diving headlong into the Great American Songbook that has long been her bread and butter. While she's always been a pleasant presence on album, Krall has developed from a talented pianist who can sing nicely into an engaging, classy, and sultry vocalist with tastefully deft improvisational chops. But it's not just that her phrasing and tone are well-schooled. Having long drawn comparisons to such iconic and icy jazz singers as Julie London and Peggy Lee, Krall truly earns such high praise here. In fact, tracks like "Willow Weep for Me" and "Little Girl Blue" are drawn with such virtuosic melancholy by Krall as to be far and away some of the best ballads she's put to record. Similarly impressive big swing numbers like "Come Dance with Me" showcase her muscular rhythmic chops both vocally and on the keys. Backing her here is the always wonderful Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, featuring some punchy and solid solo spots by trumpeter Terell Stafford, as well as the rhythm section talents of guitarist Anthony Wilson, bassist Robert Hurst, and drummer Jeff Hamilton. Matt Collar