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1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project |
| type | studio |
| artist | Kurt Elling |
| cover | Kurt Elling 1619 Broadway.jpeg |
| released | |
| recorded | May 3–5, 2012 |
| studio | *Sear Sound, New York City |
| genre | Vocal jazz |
| length | |
| label | Concord Jazz |
| producer | Chris Dunn, Kurt Elling, |
| Laurence Hobgood | |
| prev_title | The Gate |
| prev_year | 2011 |
| next_title | Passion World |
| next_year | 2015 |
- The Village, Los Angeles Laurence Hobgood
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.
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.
Track listing
Kurt Elling and Laurence Hobgood arranged tracks 1 and 8–11, track 2 together with John McLean, and track 5 with Clark Sommers. Laurence Hobgood provided arrangements for tracks 2, 4, and 6, and wrote all horn section arrangements.
Personnel
Performance
- Kurt Elling - voice
- Laurence Hobgood - piano, electric piano (tracks 3, 9), organ (5, 7)
- Clark Sommers - bass (exc. 10)
- Kendrick Scott - drums (exc. 4, 10), congas (5, 9)
- John McLean - guitar (1, 3, 6, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (8)
- Tom Luer - tenor saxophone (2, 4, 11), alto saxophone (11)
- Kye Palmer - flugelhorn (2, 4, 11), trumpet (11)
- Joel Frahm - tenor saxophone (4, 7)
- Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone (5, 8)
- Christian McBride - voice (7)
Production
- Chris Dunn, Kurt Elling, and Laurence Hobgood - producers
- Darryl Pitt - co-producer, artist management
- Chris Allen - recording engineer (at Sear Sound, NY)
- Ted Tuthill - assistant engineer
- Kevin Harper, Owen Mulholland - assistants
- Seth Presant - engineer for additional recordings, and mixing (at The Village Studios, LA)
- Paul Blakemore - mastering
- Mary Hogan - A&R administration
- Phil Galdston - A&R consultant
- Larissa Collins - art direction
- Neal Ashby - package design
- Neil Tesser - liner notes
References
References
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