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Nightmoves | 
 enlarge | Artist: Kurt Elling
Label: Concord Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 39532
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 30138
UPC: 888072301382
EAN: 0888072301382
ASIN: B000MCID64
Release Date: April 3, 2007
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Condition: New, but not shrink-wrapped. Never played. Perfect except for small hole punched through UPC on back cover. Case is intact. Free upgrade to 1st class mail in US, air mail for international. Carefully packed for shipping.
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| Tracks:
| • | Nightmoves - Kurt Elling, Franks, Michael | | • | Tight - Kurt Elling, Carter, Betty | | • | Change Partners/If You Never Come to Me - Kurt Elling, Berlin, Irving | | • | Undun - Kurt Elling, Bachman, Randy | | • | Where Are You, My Love? - Kurt Elling, Adamson, Harold | | • | And We Will Fly - Kurt Elling, Pasqua, Alan | | • | The Waking - Kurt Elling, Roethke, Theodore | | • | The Sleepers - Kurt Elling, Hersch, Fred S. | | • | Leaving Again/In the Wee Small Hours - Kurt Elling, Jarrett, Keith | | • | A New Body and Soul - Kurt Elling, Heyman, Edward | | • | I Like the Sunrise - Kurt Elling, Ellington, Duke |
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Amazon.com
Chicago vocalist Kurt Elling's limber and deep tenor voice is at home in a myriad of idioms, from straight-ahead, Latin, and pop, to poetry, and his wide artistic range is fully reflected in his Concord debut. As in his six previous recordings, his longtime pianist-arranger Laurence Hobgood is at the helm of his trio, with special guests including bassist Christian McBride, Yellowjackets saxophonist Bob Mintzer, and the Escher String Quartet. Building on Jon Hendricks's and Eddie Jefferson's scat-vocalese styles, Elling lyrically caresses and melodically illuminates Michael Franks' title track, jazz diva Betty Carter's angular "Tight," and the rarely-performed Duke Ellington number "I Like the Sunrise." The Guess Who's 1969 rock cut "Undun," surprisingly, comes off, as does the bossa nova "Change Partners/If You Never Come to Me," with its reference to Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Useless Landscape." The question is: what can't he sing? --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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 Too much crooning! October 1, 2008
As a long-time fan of Kurt, I was hoping this album would continue his tradition of walking the innovative "tightrope" that defines the tradition of vocalese as pioneered by Eddie Jefferson, John Hendrix, and Mark Murphy. Instead I heard an entire album of moody crooning derived from his concerts dedicated to Johnny Hartman. I believe this album was recorded in an attempt to widen his commercial appeal - in that regard it appears to have succeeded. However, this was accomplished at the expense of abandoning the cutting-edge style of vocal jazz that brought him initial acclaim in Chicago. Hopefully, Kurt will come to his senses and return to the dynamic vocalese that played to packed crowds at the Green Mill.
 Simply Fantastic September 27, 2008
Quite simply a fantastic project by a fantastic singer.
This is a project for "grown folks" - no kiddie, pop-lite music here.
Wow April 23, 2008
I heard this guy on my local cable music channel and I immediately leapt up to write down the name, and I'm glad I did.
I'm a sucker for balladeers like Frank and Nat and Gino Vannelli and Matt Dusk but this is so much closer to jazz, which makes it so much better ... more New York than Vegas.
And the cheesiness of Michael Buble-types is absent from this album--you could never get this guy to sing at your wedding. He would politely decline.
A different direction March 13, 2008
Kurt has taken a different direction with this CD. It's a bit experimental, at least for him, not as jazz oriented, less concerned with categories. And We Will Fly is the biggest departure on the CD and I like it best. He tries a completely different singing approach, softer, more Brazilian, and I'm a fan of Brazilian singers such as Rosa Passos and Ivan Lins. I also love the artistry of the accompanying musicians on And We Will Fly. Those of you who are disappointed in this CD because it isn't just jazz, well, try one of his earlier more traditionally jazz CDs. But artists tend to listen to their own inner voice when making art. If that weren't true jazz would never have been created. People criticized the pioneers of jazz too.
 What are you people on????? January 8, 2008
2 out of 18 found this review helpful
I am astonished at the caliber of singers that are being called great or top of the heap jazz vocalists these days. While I remain unmimpressed (and unmoved) by Diana Krall, bored to tears by Norah Jones, Elling is to my ears one of the worst "singers" I have heard in any genre, in years. If anything, he is the Michael Bolton of Jazz, not the preeminent new voice. Jazz may be at an all time low, but must the bar fall to this level?
Stars.... this garbage deserves an eclipse.
At least we know what the heap consists of....
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