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In celebration of their fifth release on Cuneiform Records, a five song sampler featuring tracks from Claudia's Catalog: What Is The Beautiful? (2011), Royal Toast (2009); For (2007); Semi-Formal (2005); and I, Claudia (2004).
The Claudia Quintet +1: What Is The Beautiful? John Hollenbeck continues to astound as a composer, prone to value accessibility as much he does adventure, on the fascinating What Is The Beautiful? As on the previous Claudia Quintet disc, Royal Toast , Hollenbeck extends the lineup with a “+1.”
The meeting reaches its peak on the title track, which features Elling and the band slowly gathering power with each recitation of Patchen’s calm command, “Pause. And begin again.” When the results are this good, by all means.
Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church. He sang in choirs and played musical instruments.
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17. März 2012 · Here, Patchen is sung or recited by vocalists Kurt Elling, in his inimitable baritone, and Theo Bleckmann, who brings to life the dreamy earthen landscapes the poet fashioned like complex tapestries, knitting and weaving his narration as, hitherto, only Patchen himself has.
“Soon it will/Be showtime again,” recites Kurt Elling at the outset of The Claudia Quintet’s sixth CD, What Is the Beautiful? “Somebody will paint beautiful faces all over the sky.”
