1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project

1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
Studio album by Kurt Elling
Released	September 25, 2012
Recorded	May 3–5, 2012
Studio	Sear Sound, New York, NY; (The Village, Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	56:13
Label	Concord Jazz
Producer	Chris Dunn, Kurt Elling,; Laurence Hobgood
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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]

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.	Title	Writer(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, Weil	2:51
6.	"A House Is Not a Home"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	7:01
7.	"Shoppin' for Clothes"	Kent Harris, Leiber, Stoller	3:30
8.	"So Far Away"	Carole King	6:00
9.	"Pleasant Valley Sunday"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	3:20
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 Mc Lean, 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[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "1619 Broadway at Allmusic". Retrieved 3 July 2013.

[Allmusic-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "1619 Broadway at Allmusic". Retrieved 3 July 2013.

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