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The Questions, Kurt Elling’s newest studio recording, is his musical response to this moment in history and the widespread anxiety of our times. It touches artfully on challenges – personal, political, global, spiritual, and existential – and on hopes and aspirations for the future. Elling offers a vibrant and surprising choice of songs, from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon classics to jazz, Broadway, and the Great American Songbook, plus two new originals. The Questions, Elling’s second recording for OKeh Records/Sony Music Masterworks, will be released on March 23, 2018. The Questions unfolds into a rich and irresistible musical conversation, encouraging
| 1 | A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall | ♡ | 8:05 | Bob Dylan / Kurt Elling / Stu Mindeman | Kurt Elling / Branford Marsalis / Jeffrey “Tain” Watts |
| 2 | Happy Thought | ♡ | 3:46 | Franz Wright / Stu Mindeman | Kurt Elling / Stu Mindeman |
| 3 | American Tune | ♡ | 6:12 | Paul Simon / Christian Elsässer | |
| 4 | Washing of the Water | ♡ | 4:10 | Peter Gabriel | |
| 5 | A Secret in Three Views | ♡ | 6:18 | Phil Galdston / Kurt Elling / Jaco Pastorius | Kurt Elling / John McLean / Stu Mindeman |
| 6 | Lonely Town | ♡ | 6:54 | Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Leonard Bernstein | Kurt Elling / Joey Calderazzo / Marquis Hill |
| 7 | Endless Lawns | ♡ | 9:04 | Sara Teasdale / Kurt Elling / Carla Bley | Kurt Elling / Marquis Hill |
| 8 | I Have Dreamed | ♡ | 6:07 | Richard Rodgers / Robert Russell Bennett / Oscar Hammerstein II / Kurt Elling / John McLean | Kurt Elling / Branford Marsalis |
| 9 | The Enchantress | ♡ | 6:24 | Kurt Elling / Joey Calderazzo / Wallace Stevens | Kurt Elling / Joey Calderazzo |
| 10 | Skylark | ♡ | 8:12 | Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer | Kurt Elling / Stu Mindeman |
Links
- Folder:
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0003139439
Credits
Acoustic Guitar — John McLean Electric Guitar — John McLean Bass — Clark Sommers Drums — Jeff “Tain” Watts Engineer — Grant Valentine Executive Producer — Bryan Farina Mastered By — Greg Calbi Piano — Joey Calderazzo, Stuart Mindeman Organ — Stuart Mindeman Producer — Branford Marsalis, Kurt Elling Recorded By — Chris Allen Mixed By — Chris Allen Saxophone — Branford Marsalis Trumpet — Marquis Hill Flugelhorn — Marquis Hill Voice — Kurt Elling
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