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Kurt Elling: The Messenger

Read "The Messenger" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
July 1, 1997

Kurt Elling is different. He rants. In the liners, the singer defines the term to mean “improvising both the melody and lyrics simultaneously." With saxophonist Ed Peterson conversin', Elling shouts unrelated words and phrases as they pop into his mind. “Icebergs." “Viruses." “Planets." “Ice cream." Peterson is improvising, Elling is shouting, and he is also crooning ...

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Shades Of Blue

By Kurt Elling

Label: Somethin' Else
Released: 1995
Track listing: Maiden Voyage; Alligator Boogie [Alligator Bogaloo]; Recado Bossa Nova; Evidence; Blue Train; Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho; Song For My Father; Un Poco Loco; Tom Thumb; Tanganyika Dance [The Man From Tanganyika]; Kool-O, Kool-O [Cool Struttin']; Una Mas; Hum Drum Blues; The Sidewinder;

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