Kurt Elling Quintet live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2011

Kurt Elling, Vocals
John McLean, Guitar
Laurence Hobgood, Piano
Clark Sommers, Bass
Ulysses Owens, Drums
Recorded live at Forum Leverkusen, November 2011

1. Stepping Out
2. Dedicated To You (Saul Chaplin/Sammy Cahn/Hyman Zaret)
3. Samurai Cowboy (Mark Johnson/Kurt Elling)
4. Norwegian Wood (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
5. After the love has gone (David Foster/Jay Graydon/Bill Champlin)
6. The Waking (Rob Amster/Kurt Elling /Theodore Roethke)
7. Golden Lady (Stevie Wonder)

I already introduced Kurt´s latest CD "The Gate" to you earlier on this blog. On Nightmoves, his brilliant debut for Concord Records and seventh outing overall, Elling artfully blends his rich baritone voice with signature scatting and virtuosic vocalese in a wide-ranging repertoire of tunes associated with such greats as Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Irving Berlin, Betty Carter, Duke Ellington, Dexter Gordon and Keith Jarrett. His most ambitious undertaking to date, it features his working trio of bassist Rob Amster, drummer Willie Jones III and longtime creative partner, pianist-arranger Laurence Hobgood, along with such special guests as The Escher String Quartet, bassist Christian McBride, Yellowjackets tenor saxophonist Bob Mintzer, guitarist Guilherme Monterio, keyboardist Rob Mounsey and harmonica virtuosos Howard Levy and Gregoire Maret.