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sinatra-basie revisited
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Kurt Elling Nancy with the Laughing Face
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Sinatra-Basie Come Fly With Me
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kurt elling vocals Saxophones Cleave Guyton alto Marshall Mcdonald alto Doug Lawrence tenor Doug Miller tenor John Williams baritone Trumpets Michael Williams William ‘Scotty’ Barnhart James Zollar Kris Johnson Trombones Clarence Banks David Keim Alvin Walker Mark Williams Rhythm Section Will Matthews guitar Tony Suggs piano James Leary bass Marion Felter drums
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Kurt Elling with the
Count Basie Orchestra sunday, may 30, 7PM davies symphony hall
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Widely hailed as the greatest jazz vocalist of his generation, Kurt Elling has just won a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Jazz Album. At SFJAZZ, he teams up with the Count Basie Orchestra to celebrate the music that the famed big band crafted with Frank Sinatra in the early ‘60s. Sinatra possessed the grace and skill to navigate charts that blew most vocalists out of the water. The Basie band’s streamlined sense of swing fit Sinatra so perfectly that he described the sensation of performing with them as akin to just leaning back and riding the crest of a wave. Elling, an educator and scholar as well as an entertainer, has every bit of Sinatra’s firepower and will no doubt do some surfing of his own in this once-in-a-lifetime matchup, which will employ the original charts Quincy Jones arranged for the Basie/Sinatra collaboration. And expect the Basie Orchestra to open up the night with some of their best classic repertoire. If there’s one show not to miss in our Spring Season, this is it!

“Let’s come right out and say it: Kurt Elling is the most influential jazz vocalist of our time.” JazzTimes Best Male Vocalist 2000-2009 DownBeat Critics Poll “Basie’s instrument was his band, which was considered the epitome of swing and became broadly influential on jazz.” All Music Guide