Diane Nalini – Reviews
Rendering songbook standards as well as French chanson, Brazilian classics, her own compositions, and settings of poems by Shakespeare and Tennyson, Nalini consistently displays bell-clear tone, meticulous enunciation, playfulness and subtle swing.
Kiss Me Like That ****
Envoûtante chanteuse à qui l’on devait déjà trois remarquables CD… l’élégance, le charme et le swing sont toujours au rendez-vous. Décidément, une étoile (de moins en moins) méconnue au firmament du jazz vocal d’ici. [Le texte au complet]
Tales… My Mama told me ****
Diane Nalini has the voice, the phrasing, confidence, clarity and control to make a tune her own and turn it into a nuanced thing of beauty.
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After dusk is a gorgeous collection of standards sung with quiet, enunciated power.
Ma résolution: vous faire partager mon coup de cœur musical pour Diane Nalini, une voix unique qui chante le jazz de manière si singulière… À écouter: Les deux albums de Diane Nalini, aussi délicieux l’un que l’autre, After Dusk et Tales… My Mama told me.
I was completely overwhelmed by the eloquence and limpidity of her voice. Whether interpreting American Jazz songbook giants, the continental chanson tradition, Brazilian bossa nova music, or her original compositions, a common trait was evident: she captivates her audiences.
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Writing songs in the key of E=mc2 – Diane Nalini’s two worlds are about to collide… [Read full article here]
Happily, there was time to hear another Montrealer, Diane Nalini, at Upstairs. She is also a diversologist, but in identifiable styles. Her diction is impeccable, a helpful trait when singing Shakespeare,
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Vendredi dernier, plusieurs s’étaient déplacés à la quatrième salle du CNA pour applaudir la célèbre chanteuse jazz Diane Nalini… cette dernière nous a fait entrer dans son univers musical débordant de créativité et d’originalité. [Le texte au complet]
Nalini and ace Canuck jazzbos Mike Rud, Dave Watts (guitar, bass; respectively) rendered a hustling, bustling noontime Complexe Desjardins silent and spellbound.
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La chanteuse montréalaise Diane Nalini est montée sur scène avec son quartet, et, en deux mesures, a mis la place à ses genoux, aidée en cela par le jeu tout en douceurs de la pianiste Vanessa Rodrigues…
Just thinking about her range of talents leaves this mortal tired and somewhat in awe. And to top it off, she is really, really nice…
Seriously gifted… Diane Nalini is spoilt for talent.
While some musicians might be struggling to come up with a concept for their next album, singer/songwriter Diane Nalini is trying to decide between two distinct approaches to her fourth disc. [Read full article here]
She’s Montreal’s gift to the UK jazz scene.