The Messenger (Kurt Elling album)
The Messenger is the second studio album by Kurt Elling.[1]
Vocalist Cassandra Wilson appears on "Time of the Season".
Reception
| Professional ratings |
| Review scores |
| Source |
Rating |
| Allmusic |
[1] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four stars, and described it as "one of the most interesting jazz vocal sets to be released in 1997...Elling covers a wide range of music, continually taking chances and coming up with fresh approaches...This rewarding and continually intriguing set is particularly recommended to listeners who feel that jazz singing has not progressed much beyond bop"[1]
Track listing
- "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) - 6:09
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 5:10
- "Beauty of All Things" (Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood) - 8:08
- "The Dance" (Hobgood) - 1:34
- "Prayer for Mr. Davis" (Elling, Hobgood) - 6:03
- "Endless" (Edward Petersen) - 4:48
- "Tanya Jean" (Donald Byrd, Elling) - 10:17
- "It's Just a Thing" (Hobgood, Eric Hochberg, Paul Wertico) - 4:31
- "Gingerbread Boy" (Jimmy Heath) - 5:03
- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Mack Gordon, Irving Mills) - 5:27
- "Time of the Season" (Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson, Colin Blunstone, Hugh Grundy, Chris White) - 5:53
- "The Messenger" (Elling, Petersen) - 9:03
Personnel
- Kurt Elling - arranger, art direction, producer, vocals
- Cassandra Wilson - vocals
- Laurence Hobgood - arranger, piano, synthesizer, producer
- Ed Blalach - assistant engineer
- Eric Hochberg - acoustic bass
- Rob Amster - double bass, acoustic bass, electric bass
- Edward Petersen - tenor saxophone
- Patrick Roques - design
- Jim Widlowski - drums, percussion
- Paul Wertico - drums, percussion, producer
- Greg Calbi - engineer
- Danny Kopelson
- Roger Heiss - engineer, mixing
- Orbert Davis - flugelhorn, trumpet
- Neil Tesser - liner notes
- William Claxton - photography
- Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophone
References