WDR Big Band feat. Kurt Elling live in Köln 2010

 

Kurt Elling, voc
WDR Big Band Köln:
Johan Hörlen, Karolina Strassmayer: as; Olivier Peters, Paul Heller: ts; Jens Neufang, bs
Andy Haderer, Rob Bruynen, Klaus Osterloh, Wim Both, John Marshall: tp
Ludwig Nuss, Marshall Gilkes, Bernt Laukamp: tb, Mattis Cederberg: b-tb
John Goldsby, b; Paul Shigihara, git; Frank Chastenier, p; Hans Dekker, dr
Conducted and arranged by Michael Abene

recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, Cologne/ Germany, June 26, 2010

1. Soft Lights And Sweet Music (Irving Berlin)
Soloists: Paul Heller, ts; John Marshall, tp; Hans Dekker, dr
2. Steppin´Out (Joe Jackson)
Soloists: Paul Heller, ts; Hans Dekker, dr
3. You Are Too Beautiful (Richard Rodgers/ Lorenz Hart)
Soloist: Ludwig Nuss, tb
4. All Points West (Kurt Elling/ Laurence Hobgood)
Soloists: Paul Heller, ts
5. Nighttown (Don Grolnick/Lyrics: Kurt Elling)
Soloists: Karolina Strassmayer, as
6. Effendi (McCoy Tyner / Lyrics: Kurt Elling)
Soloists: Frank Chastenier, p; Kurt Elling; John Marshall, tp; Johan Hörlen, as
7. Stella By Starlight (Victor Young)
Soloist: Johan Hörlen, as
8. Dream Clock (Joe Zawinul/Lyrics: Kurt Elling)
Soloist: Paul Shigihara, git
9. Face On The Barroom Floor (Wayne Shorter/Lyrics: Kurt Elling)
Soloist: Frank Chastenier, p
10. I Like The Sunrise (Duke Ellington/ Lyrics: Kurt Elling)
Soloist: Andy Haderer, tp
11. Introduction of the Band
12. Tumbleweed (Michael Brecker/ Lyrics: Kurt Elling)
Soloist: Marshall Gilkes, tb; Frank Chastenier, p; Paul Shigihara, git;
13. All The Way (Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen)
Soloist: John Marshall, tp

On June 23rd last year, Grammy nominated and critically acclaimed modern Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling released "Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman", his eighth album and second release on Concord Jazz.
The live collection was recorded in January 2009 at the Allen Room in the Lincoln Center, New York as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series. The new 12-track release features an all-star cast of musicians including saxophonist Ernie Watts, the Laurence Hobgood Trio and string quartet.

"Dedicated to You" is a stunning spectrum of music, both vocal and instrumental. The album opens with an introductory interpretation of the American Songbook classic, “All or Nothing At All,” in which the interconnectedness between Elling’s vocal and Watt’s tenor saxophone calls up immediate references to the Coltrane/Hartman source. The transformative interpretations of songs such as “Autumn Serenade,” “Nancy With The Laughing Face” and “You Are Too Beautiful” are definitive examples of how to remain true to the inner essence of a song.