Kurt Elling Interview on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland (2002)

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Kurt Elling Interview on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland

Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
Guest: Kurt Elling
Recorded: January 14, 2002
Originally broadcast: June 25, 2002
Rebroadcast: July 12, 2005; May 14, 2010; January 11, 2013

Vocalist Kurt Elling joins Marian McPartland for this episode of Piano Jazz, with bassist Rob Amster. The session features standards, original vocalese material, selections associated with Ornette Coleman, and conversation about Elling’s music and approach to jazz singing.

Personnel:
Kurt Elling – vocals, interview
Marian McPartland – piano, host, interview
Rob Amster – bass

Selections:

1. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
2. Embraceable You – George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
3. Those Clouds Are Heavy, Ya Dig – Kurt Elling / Dave Brubeck / Paul Desmond
4. Days of Our Love – Marian McPartland
5. Good Old Days – Ornette Coleman
6. Sound Gravitation – Ornette Coleman
7. Freeway Express – Ornette Coleman
8. Faithful – Ornette Coleman
9. Zig Zag – Ornette Coleman
10. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Don Raye / Gene de Paul
11. The Masquerade Is Over – Herb Magidson / Allie Wrubel

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