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1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project

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Length
  
56:13

Artist
  
Kurt Elling

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Label
  
Concord

Release date
  
25 September 2012

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Released
  
September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)

Recorded
  
May 3–5, 2012 Sear Sound, New York, NY

Producers
  
Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

Similar
  
Kurt Elling albums, Other albums

1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project is a 2012 album by Kurt Elling, recorded as a tribute to the songwriters of the Brill Building in New York City.

Contents

At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, Elling was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album for his performance on this album, losing to Radio Music Society by Esperanza Spalding.

Personnel

Performance

  • Kurt Elling - voice, arranger, producer
  • John McLean – guitar
  • Laurence Hobgood – piano, arranger, producer
  • Clark Sommers – bass
  • Kendrick Scott – drums, congas
  • Christian McBride – voice
  • Joel Frahm – tenor saxophone
  • Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
  • Tom Luer – alto, tenor saxophone
  • Kye Palmer – trumpet, flugelhorn

    • Production

  • Phil Galdston - A&R
  • Mary Hogan
  • Larissa Collins - art direction
  • Ted Tuthill - assistant engineer
  • Kevin Harper - assistant
  • Owen Mulholland
  • Seth Presant - engineer, mixing
  • Chris Allen - engineer
  • Neil Tesser - liner notes
  • Paul Blakemore - mastering
  • Neal Ashby - package design
  • Chris Dunn - producer
  • Darryl Pitt

    • Songs

    1On Broadway6:17
    2Come Fly With Me6:23
    3You Send Me5:01

    References

    1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project Wikipedia
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