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Diana Panton is being heralded as one of Canada’s most promising jazz vocalists. Her keen aesthetic sense has attracted the attention of some of the jazz world’s most respected masters. When legendary Canadian multi-instrumentalist Don Thompson first heard Panton sing at age 19, he recommended she audition for the reputed jazz workshop at the Banff Center for the Arts (Canada). There, she studied under Norma Winstone. While at Banff, she was invited to perform with Thompson at the famed "Blue Room". "She really knocked me out that night," Thompson said. "She was so young but she had a lot of depth and real feeling. It surprised me right away."

Following that performance, Thompson told Panton to contact him when she was ready to record an album. She did – some 10 years later! Before recording her first album, Panton first completed an honors masters degree in French literature and fulfilled a teaching engagement at the University of Paris (France), followed by a position as a sessional lecturer at McMaster University (Canada). She then completed a teaching degree. During this time, she also produced and performed a number of sold-out concerts with emerging jazz prodigy, pianist David Braid. Since her initial CD release, Panton’s career has been gathering steady momentum. Her ethereal voice and strong aesthetic vision have garnered her numerous honors, including two Juno nominations, three National Jazz Award nominations, two Canadian Independent Music Award nominations, an American INDIE nomination, several Hamilton Music Awards and two Silver Disc Awards from Japan's Jazz Critique Magazine. Panton is definitely a star on the rise and a singer to watch and listen for.

黛安娜潘頓是來自加拿大的新世代最佳爵士女歌手，清新、自然、甜美的歌聲，充滿人文藝術氣質、擁有法國文學碩士學位。黛安娜出生於安大略省的漢彌頓市，從小接受古典音樂的教育薰陶，高中時偶然發現父親擁有許多爵士樂的黑膠唱片，不經意的播放聆聽後就深深愛上這個迷人的音樂，並開始研究學習爵士樂。十九歲那年黛安娜認識了加拿大的爵士大師唐湯普森(Don Thompson)，唐一聽到她的歌聲就驚為天人，除了邀請她共同表演、亦告知黛安娜若準備好隨時可以找他出唱片；然而一直等了十年，當黛安娜完成學業和旅居法國數年之後，她才打電話給告訴唐她準備好錄製唱片了。黛安娜獨特迷人的溫柔氣音演唱，充滿詩意的唯美氣氛、純淨纖細親密觸動內心情愫，將一些傳世已久的經典名曲注入爵士、Bossa Nova元素，就如給予歌曲新生命，變成專屬於黛安娜的經典歌曲。