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It doesn’t look like it, but isn’t Kurt Elling the best jazz singer of his generation? The idea of any competition, or any ranking, is obviously ludicrous, not to say stupid, but it is evident that album after album, the singer from Chicago pursues a journey that is almost flawless. In 2015, with Passion World, Elling revisited Nicht Wandle, Mein Licht taken from Brahms‘ Liebeslieder, but also pieces penned by U2, Pat Metheny, Björk, not forgetting La Vie en rose and even a poem by James Joyce! For this eleventh album that is as eclectic as possible, he abandoned his acrobatics, that only he knows the secrets of, for a more languorous and sensual style, a singing that he delivered with a lot of sophistication.
His range of expression, as well as the impressive accuracy of his enunciation, is once again on the menu of a feast of covers that is just as perfect. With The Questions, Kurt Elling tackles this time Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Jaco Pastorius, Leonard Bernstein, Carla Bley, Johnny Mercer and a few others. Produced by saxophonist Branford Marsalis, this twelfth opus gathers pianist Joey Calderazzo, drummer Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, guitarist John McLean, organ player Stu Mindeman, trumpet player Marquis Hill and bass player Clark Sommers. It’s a fine selection of virtuosos in the service of a singer that manages to impose his style and the roundness of his voice, even on classics that have been covered by everyone on earth like Skylark. It is classy, and already a classic. © Max Dembo/Qobuz
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Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer, Soprano Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Dylan, Composer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Kurt Elling, Arranger, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - John McLean, Guitar - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Stu Mindeman, Arranger, Piano - Kurt Elling feat. Branford Marsalis & Jeff "Tain" Watts, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Kurt Elling, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - John McLean, Guitar - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Franz Wright, Lyricist - Stu Mindeman, Composer, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Elling feat. Stu Mindeman, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer, Saxophone - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums - Paul Simon, Composer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Kurt Elling, Co-Producer, MainArtist, Vocal - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Christian Elsässer, Arranger - John McLean, Guitar - Marquis Hill, Trumpet - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Stuart Mindeman, Piano - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Stu Mindeman, Adapter
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer - Joey Calderazzo, Piano - Peter Gabriel, Composer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Kurt Elling, Co-Producer, MainArtist, Vocal - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Stu Mindeman, Keyboards
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums - Phil Galdston, Lyricist - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Rumi, Lyricist - Kurt Elling, Lyricist, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JACO PASTORIUS, Composer - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - John McLean, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Stu Mindeman, Keyboards, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Elling feat. John McLean & Stu Mindeman, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums - Joey Calderazzo, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Kurt Elling, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Adolph Green, Lyricist - Betty Comden, Lyricist - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - John McLean, Guitar - Marquis Hill, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Fluegelhorn - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Kurt Elling feat. Joey Calderazzo & Marquis Hill, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Kurt Elling, Lyricist, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - CARLA BLEY, Composer - Sara Teasdale, Lyricist - John McLean, Guitar - Marquis Hill, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Fluegelhorn - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Stu Mindeman, Piano - Kurt Elling feat. Marquis Hill, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer, Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums - Richard Rodgers, Lyricist - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - Kurt Elling, Arranger, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - John McLean, Arranger, Guitar - Marquis Hill, Trumpet - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Stu Mindeman, Piano - Kurt Elling feat. Branford Marsalis, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums - Joey Calderazzo, Composer, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Kurt Elling, Lyricist, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Wallace Stevens, Lyricist - John McLean, Guitar - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Kurt Elling feat. Joey Calderazzo, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Branford Marsalis, Co-Producer - Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Lyricist - Kurt Elling, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Chris Allen, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - John McLean, Guitar - Grant Valentine, Assistant Engineer - Clark Sommers, Bass - Bryan Farina, Executive Producer - Stu Mindeman, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kurt Elling feat. Stu Mindeman, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
It doesn’t look like it, but isn’t Kurt Elling the best jazz singer of his generation? The idea of any competition, or any ranking, is obviously ludicrous, not to say stupid, but it is evident that album after album, the singer from Chicago pursues a journey that is almost flawless. In 2015, with Passion World, Elling revisited Nicht Wandle, Mein Licht taken from Brahms‘ Liebeslieder, but also pieces penned by U2, Pat Metheny, Björk, not forgetting La Vie en rose and even a poem by James Joyce! For this eleventh album that is as eclectic as possible, he abandoned his acrobatics, that only he knows the secrets of, for a more languorous and sensual style, a singing that he delivered with a lot of sophistication.
His range of expression, as well as the impressive accuracy of his enunciation, is once again on the menu of a feast of covers that is just as perfect. With The Questions, Kurt Elling tackles this time Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Jaco Pastorius, Leonard Bernstein, Carla Bley, Johnny Mercer and a few others. Produced by saxophonist Branford Marsalis, this twelfth opus gathers pianist Joey Calderazzo, drummer Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, guitarist John McLean, organ player Stu Mindeman, trumpet player Marquis Hill and bass player Clark Sommers. It’s a fine selection of virtuosos in the service of a singer that manages to impose his style and the roundness of his voice, even on classics that have been covered by everyone on earth like Skylark. It is classy, and already a classic. © Max Dembo/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:08
- Main artists: Kurt Elling
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Okeh
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
(P) 2018 Kurt Elling Inc. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
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