Stepping Out (Diana Krall album)

Stepping Out is the debut studio album by Canadian singer and pianist Diana Krall, released in 1993 by Justin Time Records. It has since been reissued several times on Justin Time, as Stepping Out: The Early Recordings on GRP Records, and as a vinyl record through Barnes & Noble.^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[4]

Stepping Out
Studio album by Diana Krall
Released	1993
Recorded	October 18–19, 1992
Studio	Kingsound (North Hollywood, California) Group IV Recording (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:06
Label	Justin Time
Producer	Jim West
Diana Krall chronology
Stepping Out (1993) Only Trust Your Heart (1995)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Can't Be Love"	Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart	4:26
2.	"Straighten Up and Fly Right"	Nat King Cole Irving Mills	3:51
3.	"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"	Harold Arlen Ted Koehler	3:58
4.	"I'm Just a Lucky So and So"	Duke Ellington Mack David	4:20
5.	"Body and Soul"	Johnny Green Edward Heyman Robert Sour Frank Eyton	5:34
6.	"42nd Street"	Al Dubin Harry Warren	6:20
7.	"Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"	Ellington Bob Russell	4:32
8.	"Big Foot"	Klaus Suonsaari	6:59
9.	"Frim Fram Sauce"	Joe Ricardel Redd Evans	4:10
10.	"Jimmie"	Diana Krall	5:26
11.	"As Long as I Live"	Arlen Koehler	4:39
12.	"On the Sunny Side of the Street"	Dorothy Fields Jimmy McHugh	4:51
Total length:			59:06

• Note: early editions omit On the Sunny Side of the Street meaning those copies have a running time of 54:15.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the 2000 reissue of Stepping Out.^[5]

Studios

• Kingsound Studios (North Hollywood, California) – recording (tracks 1, 3–8, 10–12)
• Group IV Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) – recording (tracks 2, 9)
• Studio Tempo (Montreal) – mixing (all tracks)

Musicians

• Diana Krall – vocals, piano (all tracks); arrangements (tracks 2–12)
• John Clayton – bass
• Jeff Hamilton – drums
• Ahmad Jamal – arrangements (track 1)
• Klaus Suonsaari – arrangements (tracks 3, 8)
• Redd Evans – arrangements (track 3)

Technical

• Jim West – production
• Ian Terry – engineering (tracks 1, 3–8, 10–12); mixing, digital remastering (all tracks)
• Eddy King – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 3–8, 10–12)
• Hank Cicalo – engineering (tracks 2, 9)
• Rick Winquest – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 9)
• Denis Cadieux – mixing assistance
• Renée Marc-Aurèle – digital remastering

Artwork

• Les Paparazzi – photography
• Michael Slobodian – photography
• Graphic Junction – design
• Ray Brown – liner notes

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Stepping Out: The Early Recordings Chart (1998) Peak position US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[6] 8 US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[7] 3 Weekly chart performance for Stepping Out Chart (2000) Peak position US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[6] 12 US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[7] 3

Year-end charts 1998 year-end chart performance for Stepping Out: The Early Recordings Chart (1998) Position US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[8] 17 1999 year-end chart performance for Stepping Out: The Early Recordings Chart (1999) Position US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[9] 18 2000 year-end chart performance for Stepping Out Chart (2000) Position US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[10] 11 2001 year-end chart performance for Stepping Out Chart (2001) Position US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[11] 4

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12]	Gold	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.