Abigail Rockwell: Autumn Noir: Echoes of Jazz
What Rockwell brings to this table of torch is poetry.
Kurt Elling: Elling Swings Sinatra
Kurt Elling uncovered the Frank Sinatra essence of communicating both sadness and elation without attempting to imitate Sinatra.
Kurt Elling: Passion World
Elling’s musical and personal wanderings are an inevitable consequence of the first track’s “sorrow[ful]” recognition that dreams must be pursued “on the road.