Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonKurt Elling walks on stage as if he owns it, launches into Come Fly with Me, and the packed audience greet him as if he were the king of jazz singers. Elling's jazz festival set was dominated by numbers from 1619 Broadway, his latest album of songs that originated in NYC's Brill Building, including Burt Bacharach/Hal David's philosophical A House Is Not a Home and I'm Satisfied.His introductory cadenza to On Broadway, the definitive song about big city ambition, was m...
Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonKurt Elling walks on stage as if he owns it, launches into Come Fly with Me, and the packed audience greet him as if he were the king of jazz ... more info