This Time It's Love

Performer: Kurt Elling
Artist: Paul Wertico; Dave Onderdonk; Eddie Johnson; Brad Wheeler
Engineer: Steve Weeder
Producer: Kurt Elling; Laurence Hobgood; Paul Wertico
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Kurt Elling (vocals); Brad Wheeler (soprano saxophone); Eddie Johnson (tenor saxophone); Johnny Frigo (violin); Laurence Hobgood (piano); Dave Onderdonk (guitar); Rob Amster (bass); Paul Wertico (drums); Michael Raynor (drums, percussion). Recorded at Hinge, Chicago, Illinois in December 1997 and January 1998. THIS TIME IT'S LOVE was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. Personnel: Kurt Elling (vocals); David Onderdonk (guitar); Johnny Frigo (violin); Brad Wheeler (saxophone, soprano saxophone); Eddie Johnson (tenor saxophone); Laurence Hobgood (piano); Michael Raynor, Paul Wertico (drums, percussion). Audio Mixer: Steve Weeder. Recording information: HINGE, Chicago, IL (12/1997-01/1998). Director: Bill Traut. Photographer: Marc Hauser. After taking the jazz vocal scene by storm, Kurt Elling got in a bit over his head, gaining as many critical kudos as catcalls. On his third disc, he finds a happy medium between romantic rumination and vocal experimentation. The highlight of the disc is "Freddie's Yen for Jen," a stellar jazz experience that comes pretty damn close to committing the pure emotion of love to tape. ~ Tim Sheridan

JazzTimes (6/99, p.100) - "...extends the vocal tradition on his own terms, with song readings spiced with scat-ology....Musicality is on Elling's side."

Chicago singer Kurt Elling started out singing classical repertoire as a young man, but soon developed an interest in jazz. As a contemporary jazz vocalist, Elling incorporated the "vocalese" style of Jon Hendricks and James Moody, the hipster/beatnik slant of monologist/poets like Lord Buckley, and a progressive, visionary quality all his own. Every one of Elling's first six albums was nominated for a Grammy award, and he has consistently come out on top in jazz magazine polls, yet due to the uncompromising, left-of-center nature of his work, he continues to be a cult hero, existing outside the mainstream.

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