Diana Krall: The Look of Love - Single Layer SHM SACD, Remastered

After winning the Grammy for Best Vocal Jazz Recording of 1999 with “When I Look in Your Eyes,” Canadian musician Diana Krall recorded what is still considered her best album to date: “The Look Of Love” – a wonderful, cinematic collection of ballads and great bossa nova hits. Thanks in part to the participation of the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the legendary Claus Ogerman, “The Look Of Love” is reminiscent of some of Frank Sinatra's most famous albums – associations with “In the Wee Small Hours” and “Only The Lonely” are inevitable: the elegant piano solos, the singing style, the humor... The album was recorded on two continents on September 18, January 22-27, March 9-11 and June 3-4, 2001: at Avatar Studios (New York City) and Capitol Studios (Hollywood), USA, and at Abbey Road (London), UK. Released on September 18, 2001, by Verve Records, it became Krall's first album to reach the top of the Canadian album charts. In 2002, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Produced Album (Non-Classical) and received the Juno Award for Album of the Year in Canada.

“The Look Of Love” is Krall's fifth album produced by Tommy LiPuma, president of the Verve Music Group. As for Claus Ogerman, Krall said that, along with Johnny Mandel, he has been her favorite arranger and composer since she was 17. Ogerman played an important role in the production of some of the best albums by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Ogerman also worked with LiPuma for many years, first on George Benson's famous album Breezin'. “The Look Of Love” is notable for its remarkable stylistic coherence, even though it includes pieces from very different sources, such as “Cry Me A River” by Julie London, “Love Letters” by Nat King Cole and famous jazz pieces such as “Dancing In The Dark” by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, “I Remember You” by Victor Scherzinger and John Mercer as well as the famous “'S Wonderful” by George and Ira Gershwin.

To mark the 70th anniversary of Verve Records, Universal Music Japan is releasing a new series presenting the legendary catalog of the renowned label in impressively mastered, high-resolution sound quality. The limited edition Japan SHM-SACD (Single Layer) comes in a mini LP cardboard sleeve with OBI stripe, making Diana Krall's “The Look Of Love” an absolutely collectible disc!

This title is an SHM SACD. This format is the further development of the single-layer SACD and uses a particularly light-transparent plastic (Super High Material). It allows a much better readability of the pit-land structures on the surface than is possible with hybrid SACDs. Universal's SHM SACDs are generally re-digitized to DSD from the albums' master tapes without any changes. SHM SACDs can be played on any SACD player. Please do not use L'Art du Son or alcohol-based cleaning agents. - Please note: All titles are designed by Universal Music as limited edition collector's items for the Japanese market.