Elton John AIDS Foundation Welcomes Diana Krall to 15th Annual New York Benefit Gala

Sir Elton John will welcome Grammy-winning performer Diana Krall as his special musical guest for the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 15th annual fall gala, An Enduring Vision, on Wednesday, November 2, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

"I'm so thrilled Diana will be joining us for our fall gala this year," said Elton John. "Diana is an extraordinary performer and a dear personal friend, and I'm thrilled beyond belief to welcome an artist of her caliber to our annual New York event."

Emmy award-winning producer and popular talk show host Andy Cohen will emcee the evening. EJAF will honor internationally-renowned philanthropists Frank Giustra and Steve Tisch with the Foundation's Enduring Vision Award and present its second Founder's Award to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Krall took the jazz world by storm in the late '90s. By the turn of the century she was firmly established as one of the biggest sellers in jazz. Her 1996 album, "All for You," was a Nat King Cole tribute that showed the singer/pianist's roots, and since then she has stayed fairly close to that tradition-minded mode, with wildly successful results.�

"When I Look in Your Eyes" followed in 1999. Whatever renown she had earned over the years for her work exploded with this album, which became an international best-seller and earned her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. It was also the first jazz album to be nominated for Album of the Year in 25 years.�

In 2001 she released "The Look of Love," which topped the Billboard charts and went quintuple platinum in Canada, the first by a Canadian jazz artist to do so. The album also helped Krall win three Junos in 2002, taking home awards for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. Then her "Live from Paris" (2002) album won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

In 2003, Krall married iconic British rock musician Elvis Costello. A year later, she issued "The Girl in the Other Room," which covered a few standards and also included original material -- some co-written by Costello -- for the first time in her career. More albums following, including "From This Moment On" (2006), "Quiet Nights" (2009), which debuted at number three on the Billboard Top 200, and "Glad Rag Doll" (2012), a collection of early jazz and ragtime tunes from the '20s and '30s produced by T-Bone Burnett. In her most recent album Wallflower (2015), Krall covered a selection of pop songs from the '60s onward by Bob Dylan, Elton John, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and the Eagles, all of whom had inspired her in her childhood.

At the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), we believe AIDS can be beaten. We act on that belief by raising funds for effective programs and policies, and also by speaking out with honesty and compassion about the realities of people's lives. Sir Elton John created EJAF over twenty years ago, first in the United States in 1992 and then in the United Kingdom in 1993.

Through hard work and with the help of our network of kind, amazing, creative, and generous friends and supporters, the two foundations together have raised more than $350 million over the past two decades to combat stigma, prevent infections, provide treatment and services, and motivate governments to end AIDS.

The U.S. foundation focuses its efforts on programs in the United States, the Americas, and the Caribbean, while the U.K. foundation funds HIV-related work in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Join us in speaking out, taking action, and contributing to our efforts to achieve a world without AIDS.

For more information, visit www.ejaf.org.