Singer kurt elling performed with his quartet and john hollenbecks. Best rock songs vietnam war music best rock music of all time 60s and 70s rock playlist duration. Elling adds his own lyrics to compositions by wayne shorter, jaco pastorius and his own close collaborator. Like close your eyes the album was released by blue note, the production credits lie with pianist laurence hobgood, elling himself and drummer paul wertico as coproducer. Check out the messenger by kurt elling on amazon music.
Elling covers a wide range of music, continually taking chances and coming up with fresh approaches. Kurt elling is fantastic, truly an amazing jazz singer that is inspiring and moving to hear. Jazz star kurt elling is still finding new ways of doing things. Secrets are the best stories by kurt elling on amazon. This is one of the most interesting jazz vocal sets to be released in 1997. Comparable to mark murphy and bobby mcferrin, delivering lightningfast vocalese like eddie jefferson or jon hendricks, telling stories like jack kerouac or lord buckley, and influenced by ella fitzgerald, frank sinatra. The cd starts out with an amazing kurt elling version of the song, nature boy. Vocalese lyric by kurt elling based on dexter gordons improvised melody on tanya from the 1964 recording one flight up. Elling, x92, is describing how he feels about his new album, the messenger.
This rewarding and continually intriguing set is particularly recommended to listeners who feel that jazz singing has not progressed much. The messenger kurt elling to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd. Kurt ellings fouroctave vocal range and easyswinging style makes him a kind of sinatra with superpowers, ably supported by the retooled. He is assisted by his longtime pianist laurence hopgood, different bassists and drummers, and on various tracks trumpeter orbert davis and the tenors of edward petersen and eddie johnson.
The us jazz singer brought a festive tone to the capital showcasing his new album of unsentimental christmas songs, the beautiful day. Dig with me this chick lording every clique, name of tanya jean. The welltempered clavier, book i live in troy, ny, 1987 keith jarrett. In advance of his visit to cork for the jazz festival, us star kurt elling tells ed. Like close your eyes and the following the album was released by blue note, the production credits. Check out secrets are the best stories by kurt elling on amazon music. Kurt elling covers a wide range of music, continually taking chances and coming up with fresh approaches. Kurt ellingwho left the divinity school to follow his voicemixes faith, talent. Jd walter wrote a great book on vocal jazz, but i am not sure it has come out yet. The messenger is the second studio album by kurt elling.
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