blue note's no more for kurt elling

[Lazaro Vega]

That version of "I Like the Sunrise" is a hit with listeners. Rumi's poetry set to a Von Freeman improvisation. Should you ever, Vonski's blow is on "The Improvisor" as a duo with pianist Jason Moran. Freeman said in an interview he didn't know Duke's "Liberian Suite" from which "Sunrise" came, but his solo is full of "weird" notes that wouldn't seem, on first blush, to be "interpretable" as a vocalese -- Kurt does it. Been playing Kurt's "Sunrise" on Saturday morning at 7 a.m. and people are really digging it. His "New Body and Soul" is strong, too, and makes a companion to his other transcribed Dexter solo done vocalese, "Tanya Jean." Does anyone know where "Leaving Again" by Keith Jarrett is from, or it is simply Keith's "Leaving" that Elling is building on in that medley with "In the Wee Small Hours" (a favorite tune of Randy Marsh's mom).

Mark Murphy's new record features a terse but deep solo by Lee Konitz on "My Foolish Heart."

[ghost of miles]

That version of "I Like the Sunrise" is a hit with listeners. Rumi's poetry set to a Von Freeman improvisation. Should you ever, Vonski's blow is on "The Improvisor" as a duo with pianist Jason Moran.

Yes--I think it was you who tipped me off to that, and I love Von Freeman's 2002 recording of it w/Moran... have played that version on the radio a # of times over the past several years.

Mark Murphy's new record features a terse but deep solo by Lee Konitz on "My Foolish Heart."

Seeing LK's name was a pleasant surprise as I was leafing through the credits on that new Murphy CD.