1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project

2012 studio album by Kurt Elling
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
Studio album by
Kurt Elling
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)
RecordedMay 3–5, 2012
Studio
  • Sear Sound, New York City
  • The Village, Los Angeles
GenreVocal jazz
Length56:13
LabelConcord Jazz
ProducerChris Dunn, Kurt Elling,
Laurence Hobgood
Kurt Elling chronology
The Gate
(2011)
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
(2012)
Passion World
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On Broadway"Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller6:17
2."Come Fly with Me"Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen6:22
3."You Send Me"Sam Cooke5:00
4."I Only Have Eyes for You"Al Dubin, Harry Warren5:42
5."I'm Satisfied"Ernie Freeman, Mann, Weil2:51
6."A House Is Not a Home"Burt Bacharach, Hal David7:01
7."Shoppin' for Clothes"Kent Harris, Leiber, Stoller3:30
8."So Far Away"Carole King6:00
9."Pleasant Valley Sunday"Gerry Goffin, Carole King3:20
10."An American Tune"Paul Simon5:27
11."Tutti for Cootie"Duke Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton5:23

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

  • 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

  1. ^ a b "1619 Broadway at Allmusic". Retrieved 3 July 2013.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums
  • Close Your Eyes (1994)
  • The Messenger (1996)
  • This Time It's Love (1997-1998)
  • Flirting with Twilight (2001)
  • Man in the Air (2003)
  • Nightmoves (2007)
  • The Gate (2010)
  • 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project (2012)
  • The Questions (2017)
Live albums
  • Live in Chicago (1999)
  • Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman (2009)
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