Diana Krall: When I Look In Your Eyes - Single Layer SHM SACD, Remastered

Her hot-and-cold voice and piano finesse have taken her from jazz tip to international superstar with gold albums and sold-out concerts over the past twenty years. When it comes to artistic development, the Canadian musician is one of the most accomplished artists in jazz. “When I Look In Your Eyes” is another step forward for the singer and pianist: it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year – the first time a jazz album had been nominated in this category in 25 years – and won two awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance and Best Recorded Album at the 42nd Grammy Awards. Recorded by the legendary Al Schmitt and featuring some of Diana's most famous performances, “When I Look In Your Eyes” also won the Juno Award for Best Vocal Jazz Album in 2000.

On her fifth release – her debut album for Verve – she breaks with the standard piano trio line-up of her two previous releases: several tracks on the album are carried by the elegant orchestrations of maestro Johnny Mandel. “When I Look In Your Eyes” was produced by Tommy LiPuma and features Krall on piano and vocals with her longtime trio colleague Russell Malone on guitar. Ben Wolfe and John Clayton share bass duties, and Jeff Hamilton and Lewis Nash alternate on drums.

As part of the popular “Verve Acoustic Sounds Series,” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic as a limited edition Japan SHM-SACD in a mini LP cardboard sleeve with OBI stripe. The original recording sessions for “When I Look In Your Eyes” took place at Avatar Studio in New York City.

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.