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| | Kurt Elling | Man In The Air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | On his new Blue Note record, Man In The Air, vocalist Kurt Elling walks this tightrope admirably, sometimes astonishingly. |
 | | This is all the more impressive considering that Elling has not simply recorded songs by John Coltrane, Pat Metheny, Joe Zawinul, and Herbie Hancock in new arrangements, but has written his own lyrics into these previously instrumental works. |
 | | "Man In The Air" is a highlight, marrying pianist Laurence Hobgood's beguiling tune, with its shifting tempos and moods, to a lyric which apparently refers to Wayne Shorter, whose influence is felt throughout the album. |
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