As night approached and the boiling temperature of the day cooled to a simmering 100 degrees, the air-conditioned oasis of the desert hotel was bubbling with heat of its own kind. Though it is not uncommon to find Fantasy Springs Resort bustling with such liveliness on a Saturday night, the level of activity by far exceeded the normal rate. In fact, the hotel buffet housed a fifteen minute wait line, and the blueberries at the desserts bar ran out so fast that they had to be hand-ordered from the kitchen staff. The cause of all (first-world) inconveniences was a performance by the two-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall, scheduled for later that night. The only artist to have eight albums that debuted at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums, Krall is one of the best-selling jazz artists of her time. With her husky, sensual voice and skillful jazz technique, Krall manages to keep her listeners in a perpetual limbo between exhilaration and serenity. The concert was held in the Special Event Center, a fairly small venue, which helped to create a jazz-at-the-bar, impromptu ambience and a more intimate connection between the audience and the performers. Ten past [...]
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