A bewitching lesson in restraint from the contemporary jazz superstar

On her 13th album, Diana Krall reinterprets jazz standards with the idea that subtlety and moderation can provide a powerful platform for intense emotion. That’s brilliantly proven when rumba classic “Sway” is transformed into a slow dance so intimate she could be singing it with her head on your shoulder. The spare arrangements ensure the instrumentation is as emotive as Krall’s voice, and her piano gambols with Stuart Duncan’s fiddle to capture the breathless giddiness of love on “I’ll See You In My Dreams”.