Krall has experience in her favor. She attended Berklee School of Music in the early e80s, then moved to Los Angeles where she continued her studies with bassists Ray Brown and John Clayton, drummer Jeff Hamilton and pianist Jimmy Rowles; Rowles convinced the young pianist to focus on her singing as well. By 1990, Krall relocated to New York City and began performing with a trio, and in 1993, she released her debut album on a small Canadian independent label.
Fifteen years later, she can look back over a stellar career path: in '99, signed to Verve, her career exploded when When I Look in Your Eyes won a GRAMMY_ for best jazz vocal and became the first jazz disc to be nominated for Album of the Year in twenty_five years. In 2002, The Look of Love was a #1 bestseller in the US and a five_time platinum album in Canada.
As moving as Quiet Nights is __ deriving from Krall's feelings for Brazil and bossa novas _ the singer is not shy in admitting that its sensuality is as much about her home life. It's my love letter to my husband _ just an intimate, romantic album. As they say in Rio _ obrigado!