Kurt Elling - 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 56:31

Size: 129.4 MB

Styles: Vocal jazz

Year: 2012

Art: Front

[6:15] 1. On Broadway

[6:19] 2. Come Fly With Me

[4:57] 3. You Send Me

[5:40] 4. I Only Have Eyes For You

[2:47] 5. I'm Satisfied

[6:59] 6. A House Is Not A Home

[3:30] 7. Shoppin' For Clothes

[5:57] 8. So Far Away

[3:18] 9. Pleasant Valley Sunday

[5:23] 10. An American Tune

[5:21] 11. Tutti For Cootie

Kurt Elling celebrates a legendary legacy from outside the jazz world. 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project honors a locale that the London Telegraph called "the most important generator of popular songs in the Western world." Even for the ceaselessly inventive GRAMMY-winning singer-lyricist, it's a hugely unexpected step, and one guaranteed to further solidify his reputation for bold innovation and superb craftsmanship.

"Having done so many projects about my love for Chicago," Elling says, "I wanted to make something that spoke of my love for New York." The two cities define his career. Elling developed his craft in Chicago, and recorded several of his early albums there – including his debut, Close Your Eyes, which catapulted him onto the national stage and earned the first of his many GRAMMY nominations. (All told, every one of Elling's ten albums has been nominated for at least one jazz GRAMMY – a streak unequalled in GRAMMY history.)

But in fact, Elling and his family have lived in Manhattan since 2008, and 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project is his response to that experience.

"I didn't want to cover any of the New York songwriters jazz people usually go to: the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, all of whom I love; I wanted to reach out for something different for jazz. The vast collection of songs coming out of The Brill Building seemed like a gold mine."

The Brill Building Project

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