IRENE KRAL

Vocal Jazz • United States
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Irene Kral was not just another jazz singer. She had a delicate style, yet every note was placed with deliberate aim, and she always hit her mark with unerring accuracy. She had a brilliant flair for picking tasty, little-known material, often by up and coming young, jazz-influenced songwriters. She recorded only a small number of albums, often on small, jazz labels and she never sang in a show-off way, never scatted, never belted or raunched out her voice. Most aficionados of female vocalists have never heard of her, and she remains largely forgotten in the jazz history books. Yet her work deserves to be searched out, for her intimate style and purity of tone.

Irene Kral was born to Czechoslovakian parents on Jan. 18th, 1932 in Chicago. Her earliest musical influence was her brother, Roy, who at 18 formed his own big band and would rehearse the group in their parent's
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IRENE KRAL The Band and I album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Band and I
Vocal Jazz 1958
IRENE KRAL STEVEIRENO! (with Steve Allen) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
STEVEIRENO! (with Steve Allen)
Vocal Jazz 1959
IRENE KRAL Better Than Anything (aka Irene Krall with the Junior Mance Trio) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Better Than Anything (aka Irene Krall with the Junior Mance Trio)
Vocal Jazz 1963
IRENE KRAL Wonderful Life album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Wonderful Life
Vocal Jazz 1965
IRENE KRAL Where Is Love? album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Where Is Love?
Vocal Jazz 1974
IRENE KRAL Kral Space album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kral Space
Vocal Jazz 1977
IRENE KRAL Irene Kral With Alan Broadbent ‎: Gentle Rain album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Irene Kral With Alan Broadbent ‎: Gentle Rain
Vocal Jazz 1978

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IRENE KRAL Angel Eyes:Live In Tokyo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Angel Eyes:Live In Tokyo
Vocal Jazz 1978
IRENE KRAL Just Jazz: Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Jazz: Live
Vocal Jazz 1995
IRENE KRAL Just for Now album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just for Now
Vocal Jazz 2004
IRENE KRAL Second Chance album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Second Chance
Vocal Jazz 2010

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IRENE KRAL Lady of Lavender album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lady of Lavender
Vocal Jazz 1998
IRENE KRAL You Are There album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
You Are There
Vocal Jazz 1999
IRENE KRAL Second Chance album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Second Chance
Vocal Jazz 2010
IRENE KRAL The Band and I + SteveIreneo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Band and I + SteveIreneo
Vocal Jazz 2011
IRENE KRAL Band & I/Better Than Anything album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Band & I/Better Than Anything
Vocal Jazz 2012
IRENE KRAL Hold Your Head High & Other Favorites album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hold Your Head High & Other Favorites
Vocal Jazz 2013

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