1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project

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1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)
RecordedMay 3–5, 2012
Studio
Genre Vocal jazz
Length56:13
Label Concord Jazz
Producer Chris Dunn, Kurt Elling,
Laurence Hobgood
Kurt Elling chronology
The Gate
(2011)
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
(2012)
Passion World
(2015)
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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. [1]

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.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On Broadway" Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller 6:17
2."Come Fly with Me" Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen 6:22
3."You Send Me" Sam Cooke 5:00
4."I Only Have Eyes for You" Al Dubin, Harry Warren 5:42
5."I'm Satisfied" Ernie Freeman, Mann, Weil2:51
6."A House Is Not a Home" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 7:01
7."Shoppin' for Clothes" Kent Harris, Leiber, Stoller3:30
8."So Far Away" Carole King 6:00
9."Pleasant Valley Sunday" Gerry Goffin, Carole King3:20
10."An American Tune" Paul Simon 5:27
11."Tutti for Cootie" Duke Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton 5:23

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

Production

References

  1. 1 2 "1619 Broadway at Allmusic" . Retrieved July 3, 2013.