Kurt Elling Releases New Live Album

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The new live CD from Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, is in stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Jazz. Dedicated to You is Kurt Elling's eighth overall album and second release on Concord Jazz. The 12-track live collection features an all-star cast of musicians including saxophonist Ernie Watts, The Laurence Hobgood Trio and string quartet, ETHEL. The album was recorded in January 2009 at the Allen Room in the Lincoln Center, New York as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.

Track Listing:
1) All or Nothing at All (6:50)
2) It's Easy to Remember (A Jazz Story Memory) (4:05)
3) Dedicated to You (6:35)
4) What's New (Instrumental)- Ernie Watts (2:40)
5) Lush Life (4:39)
6) Autumn Serenade (3:10)
7) Say It (Over and Over Again) (6:40)
8) They Say It's Wonderful (3:59)
9) My One and Only Love (3:26)
10) Nancy with the Laughing Face (4:56)
11) Acknowledgements (:38)
12) You Are Too Beautiful (8:10)

...some of the best ballad singing being performed today."
- The Chicago Tribune

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