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Released
  
August 28, 2001

Flirting with Twilight (2001)
  
Man in the Air (2003)

Release date
  
28 August 2001

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Length
  
35:39

Artist
  
Kurt Elling

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
January 29-February 1, 2001

Producers
  
Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood

Similar
  
Kurt Elling albums, Vocal jazz albums

Flirting with Twilight is a 2001 studio album by Kurt Elling.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album four stars, and described it as "a worthy statement from Elling, who shows yet again that vocal jazz can be more than just easy listening"

Track listing

  1. "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) - 4:22
  2. "Detour Ahead" (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo) - 5:34
  3. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 5:36
  4. "Orange Blossoms in Summertime" (Kurt Elling, Curtis Lundy) - 6:33
  5. "Not While I'm Around" (Stephen Sondheim) - 6:26
  6. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 5:22
  7. "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks) - 5:40
  8. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Jane Brown Thompson, Hoagy Carmichael) - 3:37
  9. "Blame It on My Youth" (Edward Heyman, Oscar Levant) - 3:27
  10. "I'm Thru With Love" (Gus Kahn, Livingston, Matty Malneck) - 4:57
  11. "Say It" (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:57
  12. "While You Are Mine" (Elling, F. Simon) - 7:46

Personnel

  • Kurt Elling - vocals, arranger
  • Laurence Hobgood - piano, arranger
  • Clay Jenkins - trumpet
  • Bob Shepard - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Clayton - alto saxophone
  • Marc Johnson - double bass
  • Peter Erskine - drums
  • Bill Traut, Kurt Elling and Laurence Hobgood - producers
  • Al Schmitt - engineer, mixing
  • John Hendrickson - engineer
  • Robert Hadley and Doug Sax - mastering
  • Kurt Elling - art direction
  • Edward Odowd - design
  • John Fraser - collage
  • Tiffany Pemberton - photography
  • Zan Stewart - liner notes
  • Songs

    1Moonlight Serenade4:22
    2Detour Ahead5:35
    3You Don't Know What Love Is5:36

    References

    Flirting with Twilight Wikipedia