A departure, but a welcome one. It's brave of her not to give in to following a proven formula, and experiment with other formats, especially in a time where singing standards seems to be the surefire way to make it (could list several of the fresh crop of artists here). Rather than simply filling an album with empty but catchy tracks, she has stressed harmonic and lyrical content, resulting in a record that keeps on giving - I find something new in it at each listen. Plus, her piano-playing is far better than the previous albums, almost (though not quite) coming close to seeing her live. I'm witholding one star for some of the Krall/ Costello compositions that sound somewhat awkward as performed by Diana, but I have high hopes for their future collaborations.