Diana Krall
Day 25
#84 – Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (b.1964). Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. Albums include: All For You (1996), Love Scenes (1997) and Live in Paris (2002).
Krall’s voice and music is sophisticated and elegant and that’s what I wanted to try and bring through. I started looking at different typefaces with her name. Looking at the more calligraphic typefaces the ‘D’ reminded me of a treble clef. Placing it on five lines to represent the staff helped to emphasise the music notation theme. It sat well at the bottom of the page and Krall is noted for her contralto vocals (the lowest female voice type). Colour was chosen to reflect her Canadian origins.
1.5 hours
In one of the layouts I started to play with the lines of the staff. Looking back, I should have pushed this further – could have been far more interesting than the final choice.
Listen...
to excerpts from ‘All for You’.