Artist.......: Kurt Elling
Album........: Jazz α Vienne
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: Mar-29-2009
Str.date.....: Jul-07-2007
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://kurtelling.com/index.php
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Jazz α Vienne
01. Kurt Elling - Intro
02. Kurt Elling - April in Paris
03. Kurt Elling - And We Will Fly
04. Kurt Elling - Tight
05. Kurt Elling - Je Tire Ma RΘvΘrence
06. Kurt Elling - Body and Soul
07. Kurt Elling - Nature Boy
08. Kurt Elling - The Joker
09. Kurt Elling - Leaving Again/In The Wee Small Hours
10. Kurt Elling - Ending
Runtime 52:10 min
Size 70,2 MB
Release Notes:
Performed : July 07, 2007 (Vienne)
Recorded : March 28, 2009 (CAP24)
One of the few male jazz singers from around the baby boom
generation, Kurt Elling is an anomaly simply by
profession. Given the depth and broad vision of his
recordings and performance style, Elling is in a league of
his own. Planning a career in the academic world, he
discovered jazz and took to it naturally. Deeply
influenced by singer and poet Mark Murphy, Elling began to
develop his idiosyncratic scat style in the smaller clubs
of Chicago (primarily at the Green Mill, sharing the stage
with legends Von Freeman and Ed Peterson) and then
throughout the Midwest. An Elling show can contain ranting
beat poetry, dramatic and poignant readings of Rilke, and
hard-swinging scat. After sending a demo to Blue Note,
Elling signed to the label and issued Close Your Eyes in
1995. He began to get attention from the jazz press, not
only for his talent and original style, but also for his
choice in sidemen, which included Laurence Hobgood and
Paul Wertico for a time. His ultra-hip persona prevailed
on 1996's Messenger, which was tougher and leaner than its
predecessor, and along with hard touring and a taste for
the theatrical and outrageous, Elling won over not only
critics but jazz audiences from coast to coast. Elling was
married that same year and chose, depending on your point
of view, either to revise his hipster image or broaden his
traditional base with a collection of standard ballads and
love songs entitled This Time It's Love. The album won
numerous awards in magazines and was nominated for a
Grammy. Endless touring and guest appearances resulted in
Blue Note issuing Live in Chicago from three sets at the
Green Mill, and 2001 resulted in Flirting with Twilight,
his most ambitious and satisfying recording -- he opened
the disc by singing a Charlie Haden bass solo. Man in the
Air and Nightmoves followed in 2003 and 2007,
respectively.