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Feb 2018, with Ottawa Jazz Orchestra, NAC Fourth Stage

NAC March 2017 with Ottawa Jazz Orchestra

Toronto Science Festival 2013

IYA2009 kickoff concert, Toronto

Opening the Spotlight Festival

Waterloo Spotlight Festival 2009

Photo by Cyril Band

Diane Nalini quartet at 606 Club

Live at the 606 Club, London

Hugh’s Room, Toronto

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I’m excited to announce that my husband Adrian C I’m excited to announce that my husband Adrian Cho and I will be doing a free livestream concert this Saturday, April 4th at 5pm Eastern Time, live from our living room here in Ottawa, Canada! We’ll be raising money for the Ottawa Food Bank. Please join us as we play some of our favourite songs for you. We hope you’ll join! Tune in on YouTube at: tv.dianenalini.com (or follow the link in bio). @ottawafoodbank @adrianchophotography #Ottawa #stayathome #livestream #jazz #vocaljazz #bossanova #chansonfrançaise #ukulele #ukulelejazz #jazzukulele #doublebass #jazzstandard
A lonely walk by the Rideau Canal this evening nea A lonely walk by the Rideau Canal this evening near our home. The ultimate in social distancing: take a late stroll through fresh, wet, messy March snow. Guaranteed that almost nobody will be out! ❄️👍🏽 Check out the icicles on the bridge in the second photo. #socialdistancing #snow #ottawa
The next clip of “September Song.” I’ve put The next clip of “September Song.” I’ve put the full video on my Facebook page (dianenalinimusic) and on YouTube (link in bio). Stay safe! 🎶🤗 #stayathome #jazz #ukulele #ukulelejazz #vocaljazz #jazzstandard #sundaymusic #ottawa
Hi everyone, hope you’re all safe and healthy. A Hi everyone, hope you’re all safe and healthy. As we all hunker down to wait out coronavirus, I wanted to share some music with you. Music is always a source of solace for me and I hope it is for you too. Here’s the first part of “September Song.” I’ve put the full video on my Facebook page (dianenalinimusic) and on YouTube (link in bio). Part 2 in the next post. Stay safe! 🎶🤗 #stayathome #jazz #ukulele #ukulelejazz #vocaljazz #jazzstandard #sundaymusic #ottawa
The great pianist McCoy Tyner passed away yesterda The great pianist McCoy Tyner passed away yesterday. I recall so many blissful hours spent listening over and over to his amazing playing on those classic Impulse Coltrane albums. He had such a bold and distinctive style… ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣I had the good fortune of crossing paths with him back in 2002 when he played a terrific show at the Malta Jazz Festival. I was singing the next night at the festival with my quartet, and we were all staying at the same hotel in Valletta. I’m usually quite outgoing, but when I met him in the elevator, I was starstruck to be meeting one of my jazz idols and became quite tongue tied. I wish I could have properly conveyed how much his music meant to me. Sending deepest condolences to the Tyner family. Sweet dreams, Mr. Tyner. You were the Real McCoy. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣@mccoytyner #jazzpiano #jazzlegend
Saw the Àbadakone (“Continuous Fire”) exhibit Saw the Àbadakone (“Continuous Fire”) exhibition this weekend at the National Gallery of Canada. Just stunning. This is a wonderful collection of contemporary international Indigenous art. Here is a closeup from the beautiful “Spanish Window” by Australian artist Tracey Moffatt. It reminded me a bit of Caspar David Friedrich’s ‘Woman at a window’. But Moffat’s piece has a mesmerizing and unsettling vibe. If you have a chance to see this exhibition, rush to it! @natgallerycan #traceymoffatt #àbadakone🔥 #indigenousart
This sign outside the Knox Church on Elgin made me This sign outside the Knox Church on Elgin made me laugh so hard! @knox_presbyterian_church #funnysigns #saturdaywalk #ottawa
A nice start to Sunday morning - sipping matcha wi A nice start to Sunday morning - sipping matcha with homemade pecan milk and watching a documentary called “Herança Russa” where guitar virtuoso Yamandu Costa goes to Russia to explore the connection between Russian and Brazilian seven string guitars. @yamandu.costa.oficial #sundaymornings #guitar #sevenstringguitar #historyofmusic #documentaryfilm
What a magical night at Upstairs Jazz Bar and Gril What a magical night at Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill last night! Thank you to the sold out crowd who gave us so much warmth and love. Thank you to my wonderful musicians and compadres: Dany Roy, Sam Kirmayer, Alec Walkington and Camil Bélisle, for helping me bring my songs to life and making the Montreal launch of my new album, Future Perfect, so special. And thank you to Upstairs for welcoming us back and being such a fantastic jazz club that has supported jazz in Montreal for more than two decades. @upstairsjazz @danyroy1 @samkirmayer #alecwalkington #camilbelisle #supportlivemusic #jazz #montreal #vocaljazz #chansonfrançaise #bossanova
Join us at Upstairs Jazz Club for the Montreal lau Join us at Upstairs Jazz Club for the Montreal launch of “Future Perfect” on Saturday, February 15. I’m really looking forward to playing at Upstairs again - it’s one of my favourite jazz clubs anywhere! Je suis vraiment ravie de partager ces nouvelles chansons avec vous. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣We hope you’ll join us. I’ll have physical CDs for sale. But if you can’t make it, you can always order a digital or physical copy online at Bandcamp (see link in bio). ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣Je serai entourée de musiciens formidables: Dany Roy au saxophone, Sam Kirmayer à la guitare, Alec Walkington à la contrebasse, et Camil Bélisle à la batterie. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣First set starts at 8:30pm. Cover: $16.50. To reserve a table, call: 514-931-6808. Visit upstairsjazz.com for more info. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣@upstairsjazz @danyroy1 @samkirmayer #alecwalkington #camilbelisle #jazz #vocaljazz #songwriter #singersongwriter #vocalimprovisation #chansonfrançaise #bossanova #supportlivemusic
So wonderful to see my friend Daniel Levitin on Th So wonderful to see my friend Daniel Levitin on Thursday at the Royal Society of Canada. I bought his new book “Successful Aging”, which I can’t wait to read! Dan is such an inspiring writer, thinker, musician, songwriter, producer, neuroscientist... In addition to mixing half the songs on my third album, Songs of Sweet Fire, he taught me so much about mixing and music production. I feel blessed to have had a mentor like him. @daniellevitinofficial #successfulaging #book
One half of the lovely group of students who took One half of the lovely group of students who took my ukulele workshop today on Bossa Nova Techniques For Pop Songs. Thanks very much to all the great folks who attended despite the cold winter weather! ❄️ 🎼 🎶 Thank you also to @alcornmusicstudios for hosting us in their beautiful performance space Gigspace. Ottawa is so lucky to have such a terrific music hub run by passionate musicians with a deep love of community! Thanks so much to @timbedner for organizing today’s workshop and taking such good care of us 🤗@gigspace.ottawa #ukulele #jazzukulele #ukulelejazz #bossanova
Last night’s sunset at Covent Garden, reflecting Last night’s sunset at Covent Garden, reflecting in the street after it rained all afternoon. Like an Impressionist painting. #cityscape #London #covengardenmarket
A few nights ago I went to see Markus Ehrlich’s A few nights ago I went to see Markus Ehrlich’s quintet at the Zig Zag jazz club in Berlin. They played some Horace Silver (Nica’s Dream, Sister Sadie) and lots of other Blue Note stuff. Also some really nice originals by Ehrlich and trumpet player Florian Menzel. The whole group was first rate. The best surprise of the evening: due to zoning rules, bands must play unamplified on a Sunday night. So they played fully acoustically, bass included. It was absolutely wonderful. Each instrument was balanced and clear and no PA to surge or glitch. Awesome! 🎶😀 @ehrlichmarkus @menzelflorian1988 @zigzagjazzclub #berlin #livejazz #supportlivemusic
Happy New Year from Berlin! Sending out hugs to al Happy New Year from Berlin! Sending out hugs to all for a wonderful 2020. Une bonne et heureuse année à tous! 🎉🤗🎶
A gorgeous evening sky over the Gendarmenmarkt Chr A gorgeous evening sky over the Gendarmenmarkt Christmas market in Berlin.
Thank you so much to the sold-out crowd who attend Thank you so much to the sold-out crowd who attended the Ottawa launch of “Future Perfect” last night. There was so much love in the room 💕 thank you for the great vibes. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣I had a great band at my side, from left to right: Dany Roy on sax, Alec Walkington on bass, Camil Bélisle on drums and Tim Bedner on the guitar. Thanks also to the great crew at the NAC Fourth Stage: Adrianus, Jeremy and Peter. Photo by @adrianchophotography ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣@danyroy1 #alecwalkington #camilbelisle @timbedner #jazz #music #vocaljazz #songwriter #supportlivemusic @nac.cna ⁣
J’ai eu le plaisir d’être l’invitée de Jha J’ai eu le plaisir d’être l’invitée de Jhade Montpetit ce matin sur l’émission les Malins. Merci Jhade, David et toute l’équipe des Malins de m’avoir si chaleureusement accueillit pour parler du lancement de Future Perfect aujourd’hui au CNA. Merci d’avoir joué The Last Hurrah, Repartir à zéro et Les petites choses!⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣Thank you Jhade, David and the whole team at Les Malins for having me on as a guest this morning to talk about the launch of Future Perfect at the NAC Fourth Stage today Thanks for spinning The Last Hurrah, Repartir à zéro and Les petites choses. It was such a pleasure to be back on the show!⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣@jhademontpetit @radiocanada #jazz #music #vocaljazz #improvisation #newalbum @nac.cna
Thank you so much to @peterhum for his article in Thank you so much to @peterhum for his article in the Ottawa Citizen about the making of my new album, Future Perfect. Peter asked some very interesting and specific questions about my process, which made me think hard… That’s what happens when you get interviewed by another musician. 🙂 The piece came out in print in yesterday’s Citizen and you can also read the online version - follow the link in my bio. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣I’m looking forward to launching the album this Saturday in two shows at the NAC’s Fourth Stage. Joining me will be four incredible musicians from Montreal and Ottawa: Dany Roy on saxophone, Tim Bedner on guitar, Alec Walkington on bass, and Camil Bélisle on drums. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣The evening show is nearly sold out, still a few tickets left, and there are also tickets left for the matinée. Come in from the cold and warm up with us for some swinging cheer!⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣@ottawacitizen #jazz #music #vocaljazz #newalbum @mike.rud @danyroy1 #camilbelisle #alecwalkington @timbedner @nac.cna
J’ai eu l’honneur et le plaisir d’être l’ J’ai eu l’honneur et le plaisir d’être l’invitée de Stanley Péan cette semaine pour parler de “Future Perfect,” mon nouvel album. Vous pourrez l’entendre ce soir (jeudi) à l’emission “Quand le jazz est là” aux ondes d’Ici Musique, à Radio-Canada, au 100,7 FM à Montréal, 102,5 FM à Ottawa, ou encore en ligne à icimusique.ca ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣..⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣I was delighted and honoured to be Stanley Péan’s guest this week to talk about Future Perfect. The interview will air tonight (Thursday) on “Quand le jazz est là” hosted by Stanley. You can listen online at: icimusique.ca ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣@peanstanley #newalbum #jazz #vocaljazz @icimusique
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