1. Jingle Bells - Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, , Diana Krall 2. Let It Snow - Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, , Diana Krall 3. Christmas Song - Diana Krall 4. Winter Wonderland - Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, , Diana Krall 5. I ll Be Home for Christmas - Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, , Diana Krall 6. Christmas Time Is Here - Diana Krall 7. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, , Diana Krall 8. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Diana Krall 9. White Christmas - Diana Krall 10. What Are You Doing New Year s Eve - Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, , Diana Krall 11. Sleigh Ride - Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, , Diana Krall 12. Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep - Diana Krall

As the song goes, Merry Christmas has already been said many times, many ways. Diana Krall s Christmas Songs is a worthy--though not particularly unique--addition to the holiday catalog. On it, she excels with an approach mastered long ago: elegant delivery that gives extra polish to a very familiar lineup. Some might find her style frosty at times, but that will come as a relief to those who want their carolers to cut through some of the holiday treacle and create a festive, yet grown-up vibe. And Krall does show off her playful side with little, personal touches. In Winter Wonderland she promises to frolic and play the Canadian way, which should draw smiles from her native land. (That ll mean toasting the holiday with Molson, eh?) Elsewhere, she ends Jingle Bells with the girlishly giddy statement, I m just crazy about horses. Well…,can t argue with that. --Leah Weathersby

#Simply excellent ! (2007-12-17) Diana Krall has come up with a perfect Christmas album. The selection of material is flawless and loaded with classics - which, let s face it, is a key element in a Christmas record. Most of the songs on the album were recorded with a big band, which brings out the best in Krall, the result is slick, flawless and will perfectly suit your holiday season. When she turns down the tempo for piano-and-vocals ballads, it s intimate enough to make you feel as though she s sitting in the room with you. The highlights are Jingle bells, Winter wonderland, What...

#Wonderful (2006-06-29) this is a wonderful album to add to your Christmas stash!!Diana can really feel music, and we as a listener reap the benefits of this gift. She is just one more great voice of this generation. . . so many now with Diana, Nora, Michael B, Harry C. and still one of my favs, Tony Bennett. . . . Keep this wonderful music coming everyone, as we will keep on buying your beautiful music.

#3.5 stars (2005-12-22) Great CD if you need xmas tunes for the holidays. Much nicer than the usual crap out there. Problem with this CD is that every time you turn on the radio it s being played. As usual with her CDs her voice has been butched by the studio/producer, (typicial echo overlay). If you want to hear her real voice see her live, and even then it s still a bit wonky.

#This is not a review (2005-12-08) Don t buy from CAIMAN USA. Very bad services.

#Bad Photo (2005-12-05) Photos are subjective, but i think Diana needs to find a new photographer, it looks like she fell in this chair and is finding that s it s hurting way too much. What a waste of an image on a high class act. ORC

1. All I Want 2. My Old Man 3. Little Green 4. Carey 5. Blue 6. California 7. This Flight Tonight 8. River 9. Case of You 10. Last Time I Saw Richard

Joni Mitchell would go on from this `71 recording to make more popular, more ambitious, and more challenging albums, but she s never made a better one. Working with minimal accompaniment (Stephen Stills and James Taylor are two of the four sidemen), the Canadian thrush summoned an involving song cycle of romance found and lost. Though Blue is an uncommonly intimate representation, it s also astonishingly open and gracious. Songs such as All I Want, Carey, California, and A Case of You work equally well as poetry and pop music. --Steve Stolder

#Unbelievably sweet (2008-10-21) Although it s almost forty years old, this album sounds so fresh. Mitchell s guitar and piano is wonderfully fluid. And then there s her voice. An instrument so fine, the notes send shivers down the spine. Part of the mystique of this album is the honesty, even fragility of emotions. But there s just as much artistry in Joni Mitchell s Blue. A melancholy beauty. A well-worked gem of an album. The kind of music I remember hearing in kitchens with granola in the cupboard. Or at dawn just as the first birds start to sing. Frost on the grass.

#Probably the Greatest Album.. Ever. (2008-07-05) Joni Mitchell sings a lot of jazz and her songs are so often layered with whimsy and flutes and seem quite thick. While I am overall, a fan of Mitchell s repetoire, none of her albums have managed to penetrate my soul like her masterpiece, the omnipresent, beautiful, spectacularly sad, rich, and of course, appropriately titled, Blue . Blue is a staple for so many reasons. It captures a kind of nostalgia that someone who, like myself, is too young to experience the cultural movements in the 1960s such as the move to California and ...

#Blue ....The most overrated album of all time! (2008-05-01) It may very well be one of the most overrated albums of all time. Yes, Joni is a legend, yes she is a great lyricist and a great musician but after all the accolades, I have to ask myself does her music talk to me? Does her grating vocal style make me want to listen to 3 consecutive songs without being annoyed. I love Joni and I own all her albums so please don t hang me to dry on this. If you want poetic, sparse, personal folk music with the Joni style vocal meanderings, this is the baby you are looking for. She has...

#Desert island record (2007-10-20) On CBC radio there once a program on which people chose the 5 records or books they would take with them if the were lost on a desert island for the rest of their lives. This album is number 1 on my list of 5 I would take with me. I could listen to this album every day, no problem. Joni Mitchell is a genius, plain and simple.

#the most addicting album ever (2004-07-15) ",Just before our love got lost you said, I am as constant as a northern star, and I said, constant in the darkness, where is that at? If you want me I ll be in the bar. . . ", -Case of You, BlueIt takes alot for me to listen to an album over and over and over and over. . . and still not get sick of it. i ve had ",Blue", for about 3 years and Joni still makes it into my cd player more than once every few days. There are at least 2 songs that most passerbyers would recognize: ",California", and ",River",, but m...

1.  S Wonderful 4:25 2. Peel Me A Grape 5:50 3. Pick Yourself Up 3:02 4. Frim Fram Sauce 5:01 5. You Go To My Head 6:46 * 6. Let s Fall In Love 4:19 7. The Look Of Love 4:41 8. East Of The Sun (and West Of The Moon) 5:45 9. I ve Got You Under My Skin 6:09 10. All Or Nothing At All 4:32 11. Only The Lonely 4:16 * 12. Let s Face The Music And Dance 5:18 13. The Heart Of Saturday Night 4:07 * 14. Little Girl Blue 5:38 15. Fly Me To The Moon 5:29 16. Narrow Daylight (Canada Only Bonus Track) * Previously Unreleased

#A solid overview of Diana Krall s career so far (2008-01-25) Compilations are always a tricky business. When the task is as simple as putting together songs that reached the top of the charts, it s not too difficult to figure out, but when it comes to putting together an overview of an artist who isn t aimed at the charts, it s quite another story. The Very Best of Diana Krall succeeds nonetheless. Given Diana Krall s reputation as one of our era s most prominent jazz vocalists, and given the fact that she has released quite a lot of studio albums ever since her recording career star...

1. You re My Thrill 2. At Last 3. Comes Love 4. You ve Changed 5. Answer Me, My Love 6. A Case Of You 7. Don t Go To Strangers 8. Sometimes I m Happy 9. Don t Worry Bout Me 10. Stormy Weather 11. I Wish I Were In Love Again 12. Both Sides Now

Taking its title from one of Joni Mitchell s best-known songs, this atmospheric album traces the arc of a relationship: from first excited flush, through resigned closure, to the next real thing. Two of the tracks are re-recordings of early Mitchell songs--the title track and the lesser-known A Case Of You, but otherwise the tales are told in the words of others. The self-painted cover gives a clue to the album s mood: lush and lavish, with a 70-piece orchestra accompanying songs popularised by Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. This is Joni Mitchell as torch singer, with well-chosen songs (Stormy Weather, Don t Go To Strangers, Answer Me My Love) brightly arranged and beautifully sung. But from a singer whose reputation as one of rock s most respected songwriters was established by early, folk-influenced albums such as Clouds and Blue and the crowd-pleasing Court And Spark, the lack of new material on Both Sides Now is inevitably disappointing. --Patrick Humphries

#Her Best! (2007-03-09) This is a mature confident Joni at her best. She takes a relationship from beginning to end singing the appropriate songs for each phase of the relationship. I much prefer her newer renditions of her older songs, such as, Both Sides Now and A Case of You. There is a sexy smokey quality to her voice that gives the music emotion and depth. I play this CD frequently and never tire of it.

#Looking Back on Life and Love (2004-12-07) I never much cared for Joni s original version of ",Both Sides Now",. Listening to it conjured-up remembrances of my days as a ",hippie", in the Yorkville district of Toronto: paisley shirts, flowered dresses, sandals and strumming about love - or what I thought love was - on an out-of-tune guitar on a street-step somewhere. But this time around, her rendition is worth the price of the CD all by itself. The song has been recast through the eyes of someone who has likely lived the melody and, therefore, has brought to it a ...

#Both Sides Now -She sings like the CD picture looks POOR (2004-06-24) I can t believe this is Joni . . . a poor attempt. Nothing like Joni . . . I guess she needs the money. I was ripped-off on this one

#Joni enters a mature, new era (2004-04-04) I have to admit, I m one of those people who have listened to ",Court And Spark,", ",Blue", and the like for years, never getting into some of those experimental albums some fans seem to adore. But this album is Joni in a very new place. Like Billie Holiday (whose ",You ve Changed", she covers), Joni has reworked the music to fit the changes in her voice over the course of decades. Don t excpect the old stuff here-- you won t even recognize her voice. But this is a sultry, smoke-filled, fragile, absolutely magnifice...

#Fabulous Collection (2004-02-01) This is a wonderful retro album. I am only sorry it took me until 2003 to discover it. This is an album for lovers. Time to pour a glass of wine, cuddle up with the one you love and enjoy a romantic evening with Joni and her fantastic vocals backed by some creative orchestration.

1. Court and Spark 2. Help Me 3. Free Man in Paris 4. People s Parties 5. Same Situation 6. Car on a Hill 7. Down to You 8. Just Like This Train 9. Raised on Robbery 10. Trouble Child 11. Twisted

Painter-turned-folksinger Joni Mitchell had slipped stark saxophone solos into her prior album, For the Roses, and her singing had often hinted at a capacity for bluesier fare than her guitar- and piano-framed confessional ballads offered. None of those hints prepared fans for this sudden, expansive shift towards a much larger canvas--a sleeker, orchestrated pop style pulsating with jazz elements. Court & Spark found Mitchell casting aside her earth mother affectations and revealing herself as the thoroughly modern, thoroughly complicated woman she is, the songs sustained familiar preoccupations with relationships but replaced courtly settings and naturalistic imagery with recognisably modern locales. Deeply romantic, constantly questioning, classic tracks like the title song, Help Me, Free Man in Paris, Same Situation and Raised on Robbery display a more liberated Mitchell, ready to rumble with unbridled electric guitars (guest Robbie Robertson on ...Robbery), even willing to poke fun...

#HIt me with your best shot (2007-07-31) Though the Top 40 hits Help Me and Free Man in Paris are worth the price of this CD, Court and Spark, as a whole, is a great arrangement of tunes released during what is perhaps the Golden Age of Songwriting. Not your typical folk Joni Mitchell material, this is essentially her jazz phase release, some might say that it is her signature piece. I would not dare go that far, but it is not surprising that it was her biggest chart success, because it blends so well with the music of the other great artists of the time, namely Carly Simon, Carole Ki...

#Joni sells out (2004-07-06) Pretty provocative title, eh? Well, Joni did sell out, but she was one of the last to do so, and when she did the whole hippie thing had been over for some time anyway. But no doubt when this album arrived in 1974, it was the death nell for many hangers-on (except Neil Young) that the revolution, the counterculture movement, the attempt to get ourselves back to the garden, was certifiably defunct. In retrospect the tracks seem more innocent, but in the lyrics Mitchell herself alludes to a change that has come. From Free Man In Paris we have the disap...

#wistical (2004-05-21) This music was the soundtrack for an all-too-brief courtship in northern Arkansas in 1975-76. I have evolved beyond the person I was then but not beyond this timeless music or beyond the influence of the woman I met on the Norfork Lake ferry. That love sparked a string of serendipities and synchronicities that continue three decades later. ",Court and Spark", could not have been equalled by any other music for the poetic commentary it provided to that interlude and my second birthing.

#It s Springtime Again!! (2004-04-20) I just got reading a eulogy for drummer John Guerin, who was the drummer on this masterpiece by Joni Mitchell. No song in the world makes me think of spring more than ",Help Me. ", John Guerin s amazing drumming make this the perfect, floating out-of-body-experience song. I have heard this song thousands of times in my lifetime, but every single time I do, I marvel at its breeziness, as if I m hearing it for the first time. So the next time you have a second to relax, put on ",Court and Spark", and drink a toast to John, for t...

#The Only Joni Mitchell Album You Will Ever Need!!! (2004-03-30) Throughout all of her albums, Court & Spark is probably my favorite Joni Mitchell album. Court & Spark is Joni s experimentation with rock, jazz, and pop. This was a big change for Joni back in the 70 s, but Court & Spark was a commercial success. It sprawled singles like ",Help Me",, (which is my favorite one by her), ",Free Man In Paris",, and ",Court & Spark",. The musicians have alot of energy on this album. Joni s guitar hooks are improved, but it s not the best. I perfer her best are the...