Oct 06, 2012
Jazz Inside Magazine interviews Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling is a jazz vocalist for modern times He has always been an artist with a vision The native Chicagoan -- now living in New York City -- has had the uncanny skill and knack for consistently banishing musical borders and creating...
Oct 05, 2012
1619 Broadway: Elling’s individualist vocal reinterpretations are well worth hearing
This album's title refers to the address of the Brill Building, New York's famed songwriting factory Kurt Elling sets out to cover several obvious selections from its resident writers, from the heyday of popular song, alongside a...
Oct 05, 2012
Jazzin’ Around: A Conversation with Kurt Elling
Mike Ragogna: Mister Kurt Elling, thank you for this interview for Huffington Post and those who'll be listening at Solar-Powered KRUU-FM Kurt Elling: Everything is groovy when it's solar powered, man! MR: [laughs] That's almost...
Oct 04, 2012
1619 Broadway: Some of Elling’s finest ballads
Kurt Elling might have diluted the impact of this memorable session by not wanting to seem irredeemably serious (with the Coasters' "Shoppin' for Clothes," and the Monkees' "Pleasant Valley Sunday"), but there are versions of Sam...
Oct 01, 2012
1619 Broadway: Redefining Standards
Kurt Elling was a long-time resident of Chicago, but he and his family have lived in New York City for the past four years He wanted to record a tribute to the music of Manhattan without treading through the usual path of a standard songwriter...
Sep 29, 2012
1619 Broadway: Elling has got a sound that satisfies
"Having done so many projects about my love for Chicago," singer Kurt Elling says, "I wanted to make something that speaks of my love for New York" A New York resident for the past four years, every one of Elling's previous nine albums...
Sep 28, 2012
1619 Broadway: A beautifully crafted mix of bittersweet ballads
Kurt Elling celebrates the Brill building's pop-song heyday with a beautifully crafted, razor-edged mix of bittersweet ballads, reconfigured doo-wop and upgraded soul Elling has a lovely voice and the charm, passion and hip phrasing to...
Sep 27, 2012
1619 Broadway: Just listen to this! Amazing!
Kurt Elling's last album explored what I can only assume was his 1970s record collection, with interpretations of songs by Earth, Wind And Fire, Stevie Wonder, King Crimson and others from the rock and soul arena This time the Chicagoan is...
Sep 25, 2012
Kurt Elling: 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project
Concord Jazz is proud to announce the release of 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project, the newest album from the foremost jazz male vocalist, Kurt Elling This eleven-track collection features renditions of classic songs that came...
Sep 24, 2012
1619 Broadway: One of Elling’s most interesting albums
Forward-thinking jazz vocalist Kurt Elling follows up his progressive 2011 covers album The Gate with his equally ambitious 2012 release, 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project Where on his last outing, Elling drew upon an array of musical...
Sep 24, 2012
1619 Broadway: A Consistent Sense of Discovery
There was a time when reviving the delicate wonders of the Gershwins and Cole Porter represented the leading edge of vocal songcraft The only risk with such things anymore is smashing into someone else travelling the other way down the very...
Sep 23, 2012
1619 Broadway Brilliantly Explores Pop Classics
Though he has enjoyed greater acceptance since he burst upon the music world in 1995 with his first album on the Blue Note label titled, Close Your Eyes, Elling's uncompromising devotion to exploring deeply the rhythmic and harmonic...