I'm an old free jazz improviser so I can say this is for me absolute mastery! Nothing to do with free jazz but it is great classicism. I love the singer, the musicians, the orchestra. Thank you!
The three views of Wdr big band, Bob Mintzer and Kurt Elling , are the perfect combination for very high quality of the music. Magic! Special mention to the young people of the choir ,we feel your joy of being part of this event. Bravo
Bravo an den Jazz und Pop chor der Uni. I find it moving to see Europeans perform American music and doing it beautifully and with such passion. It reminds us that good music knows no boundaries. All you have to do is listen with your heart. Thank you WDR!
WOW! Totally mind blowing as always. A very wonderful Easter to all of you amazing musicians. Thank you so much WDR Big Band and thank you very much Kurt Elling for for joining with this great band again. Last time was the Freedom Song segment by memory. 🤗💖🤗
Thirty five years ago my first date with my now wife was to the Palais Royale ballroom in Toronto. We saw Frank Evans and his Big Band featuring alumni of the Western Technical-Commercial School Stage Band. Frank taught there too (RIP). When I found this my wife and I danced and cried and laughed. Thank you Kurt, thank you Vocal Journey, thank you WDR Big Band.
Eine Beschwerde liebe wdr big band! Hab seit Wochen vom ersten Song so nen Ohrwurm, wie seit jahren nicht. Danke vielmals! Hab das Konzert jetzt bestimmt schon zehnmal gesehen. ...,unglaublich. ..,,absoluter Hammer
@@WDRBIGBAND ps. Spätestens bei tenderly läuft mir die Suppe! Gerade für jemand wie mich der selbst musiziert, ist eure Leistung so unbegreiflich . Den grössten Respekt, helft mir gerade sehr gegen das Böse in der welt zu bestehen und etwas schade wie wenig Abonnenten ihr habt, im Verhältnisse zu dem ganzen Mist der unser teuflisches Internet so besetzt . Mir ist es so bewusst was ihr schwere Zeit durch corona habt und hoffe dieser ganze scheiss ist bald vorbei, mag euch endlich mal live erleben
Hi Frank, danke für die freundlichen Worte. Nicht die Hoffnung aufgeben, - bleib am Ball. Irgendwann werden wir auch diese Phase hinter uns lassen können. Es ist schön zu hören, dass unsere Musik dir weiterhilft. Pass auf dich auf!
In dieser immer wieder von Kurt Elling als OPENER benutzen Jazz-Version sieht man erst einmal, welches Potential in diesem Joe Jackson Titel wirklich steckt. Also egal wo auch immer dieses Arrangement gespielt wird, ich bekomme jedes Mal Gänsehaut - vor allem wenn es diese Weltklasse Big-Band vom WDR spielt. Diese Dynamik, diese geilen Backings - könnte heulen, von Kurt Elling mal ganz abgesehen - ganz grosses Kino !!!!
What a wonderful opportunity to hear a contemporary prophet in a new recording I’m sure many will be happy to experience. I’m not certain how I got to this, but glad it happened!
Wow, this is tough stuff. Kurt's scatting on the opener, Stepping Out, and interpretation of Resolution were spellbinding. The always superb musicians of the WDR, and Bob Mintzer's impressive arrangements make this a very special full concert. Sorry to miss the credits with the name of the energetic and enjoyable vocal group. Thank you for this timely posting.
Magistral, profesionalismo, pasión, exquisitez, genialidad, dulzura . Eres la vida misma querido Kurt. Gracias por existir y ofrecer arte de la más alta calidad. Como me dice un amigo: Estás a la altura del arte. Felicidades a esa gran orquesta y a todos los músicos y a su director. Lo disfruté muchísimo . Bendiciones
That audience should have been on their feet before the Sax Solo. Those kids are awesome!! This continues to show how masterful Kurt. Best Version of Minuano yet. The song just builds and builds....Love it.
Came across this by accident, & I love it, I have from 2008, April in Paris by Kurt Elling , he really is a brilliant jazz singer, & that band is something else, beautiful !!
Concierto de lujo con la grandisima orquesta Alemana, como siempre se sale esquisita cautivadora majistral todos los músicos de libro , el vocal genial con una voz y un estilo muy personal un grandisimo intérprete genial...
Well very late. Last Call is fifteen mins. away with this post comparing apples and pears. Tony Bennett did not write songs like Jon Hendricks. Birdland and Winelight were written by jazz vocalists. Mel Torrme wrote the best song. Sung by Nat King Cole
Kurt Elling oozes with professionalism. Always a nice and heart-felt word to his audiences, esp. the German ones. He says "Köln", not Cologne....great job by the choir....the middle section in "Minuano" is a tough bit.
Loving this concert so much, I've watched it countless times. Finally figured out that Mr. Elling shouts off mic "Vocal Journey" when he returns to the stage. Does anyone know where Paul Shigihara goes for the finale? We see him leave the stage. Speaking of Mr. Shigihara, I enjoy his reactions to Mr. Elling's scatting.
Great performance !!! I love Kurt, since the first time I discover him, more than twenty years ago. Great orchestra - as always - and very good choir !!! Now, I DON NOT UNDERSTAND why you mention only the arranger - the great Bob Mintzer - and NOT the composers of beautiful tunes, as Minuano, for instance, written by Pat Metheny ! Why ? You'll do not he same with yours tunes, isn't it ??
Hi Max, do you mean video inserts? That was a mistake at that evening. Usually the title is written in the first line and the composer and arranger are written in the second line. Probably there were technical problems in the live system.
Hi angela! Here is the full songtext: Many's the time I've been mistaken And many times confused Yes, and I've often felt forsaken And certainly misused Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright I'm just weary to my bones Still, you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant So far away from home, so far away from home And I don't know a soul who's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered Or driven to its knees But it's alright, it's alright For we lived so well so long Still, when I think of the Road we're traveling on I wonder what's gone wrong I can't help it, I wonder what has gone wrong And I dreamed I was dying I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly And looking back down at me Smiled reassuringly And I dreamed I was flying And high up above my eyes could clearly see The Statue of Liberty Sailing away to sea And I dreamed I was flying We come on the ship they call The Mayflower We come on the ship that sailed the moon We come in the age's most uncertain hours And sing an American tune Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright You can't be forever blessed Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day And I'm trying to get some rest That's all I'm trying to get some rest
HERR SÄNGER BITTE AUFPASSEN MIT DER INTONATION !!! NICHT JEDER FRANK IST EIN FRAN SINATRA ! AI...AI..AI... AI.... Wunderschöne Solo von de Saxman:::: SEHR GUT ! GUTER KLANG = SPITZE INTONATION !
If Kurt Elling isn't the best male jazz vocalist today, I don't know who is. What a voice and style!
Thank you, Kurt!
He is the best!!
The best my miles ….Kurt ranks among the best ever to sing jazz
True, Pebble!
I'm an old free jazz improviser so I can say this is for me absolute mastery! Nothing to do with free jazz but it is great classicism. I love the singer, the musicians, the orchestra. Thank you!
Thank you very much for your kind words.
The best jazz singer in the world, together with the best big band in the world, what could be better. Thank you from Paul in New Zealand.
Thank you very much, Paul!
Have you heard of Jazz at Lincoln Center?
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, for one, co-led by perhaps the best Big Band drummer around today.
Kurt is simply the "best" and as he states in this concert the "WDR big band" is as good as it gets. Thanks for this amazing post. "Keep Swingin'"
What a beautiful gift from these artists.
The three views of Wdr big band, Bob Mintzer and Kurt Elling , are the perfect combination for very high quality of the music. Magic!
Special mention to the young people of the choir ,we feel your joy of being part of this event. Bravo
What a treat! There are other concerts on YT with Kurt and big band but the quality is no where as great as this! 🙏
Thank you, Mikki!
"Gimme back what's mine!" How appropriate for THIS time and place 1/20/21... BRAVO and Thank You!!!
Hi David, 🙏🙏🙏
Bravo an den Jazz und Pop chor der Uni. I find it moving to see Europeans perform American music and doing it beautifully and with such passion. It reminds us that good music knows no boundaries. All you have to do is listen with your heart. Thank you WDR!
Hello Longhaul, thank you for your kind and wise words. Music is the language of the soul, boundaries are not existing in these spheres...
WOW! Totally mind blowing as always. A very wonderful Easter to all of you amazing musicians. Thank you so much WDR Big Band and thank you very much Kurt Elling for for joining with this great band again. Last time was the Freedom Song segment by memory. 🤗💖🤗
Un moment de pur bonheur avec tous les artistes de ce fabuleux concert, merci à tous.
Merci beaucoup d'avoir regardé, Jean-Jacques !
👍🏽🙋♂️👍🏽🙋♂️💐💐....fabuleux....🇪🇦🇪🇦...salutations d'Alicante...Espagne......🤝
Thirty five years ago my first date with my now wife was to the Palais Royale ballroom in Toronto. We saw Frank Evans and his Big Band featuring alumni of the Western Technical-Commercial School Stage Band. Frank taught there too (RIP). When I found this my wife and I danced and cried and laughed. Thank you Kurt, thank you Vocal Journey, thank you WDR Big Band.
Hi john! Thank you for watching and dancing. This is a great story! Thank you for sharing this with us.
These guys are the best of the best. Thank you for the incredible performance.
👍🙏🙏🙏
Spreading the good in beauty... yeah...
Thank you, Nancy!
Kurt is the best of the best, nothing to add.
Love this man, so smooth and silky. Would love to see him in concerts
Resolution (from 1:09:42) just wow - and nailing the intervals with all that sound behind him (must have good monitors)
Hi Nancy! yep! Thank you!
Eine Beschwerde liebe wdr big band! Hab seit Wochen vom ersten Song so nen Ohrwurm, wie seit jahren nicht. Danke vielmals! Hab das Konzert jetzt bestimmt schon zehnmal gesehen. ...,unglaublich. ..,,absoluter Hammer
Hi Frank, ein Tipp gegen Ohrwürmer. Schau dir ein anderes Video an....kennst du schon Jazzmeia Horn: ruclips.net/video/QS7ONtym-Zc/видео.html ?
@@WDRBIGBAND ihr seit so geil, danke kenn ich ,unglaublich. I love you
@@WDRBIGBAND ps. Spätestens bei tenderly läuft mir die Suppe! Gerade für jemand wie mich der selbst musiziert, ist eure Leistung so unbegreiflich . Den grössten Respekt, helft mir gerade sehr gegen das Böse in der welt zu bestehen und etwas schade wie wenig Abonnenten ihr habt, im Verhältnisse zu dem ganzen Mist der unser teuflisches Internet so besetzt . Mir ist es so bewusst was ihr schwere Zeit durch corona habt und hoffe dieser ganze scheiss ist bald vorbei, mag euch endlich mal live erleben
Hi Frank, danke für die freundlichen Worte. Nicht die Hoffnung aufgeben, - bleib am Ball. Irgendwann werden wir auch diese Phase hinter uns lassen können. Es ist schön zu hören, dass unsere Musik dir weiterhilft. Pass auf dich auf!
Thank you !!! My idol Kurt Elling with the WDR !! A true Happy Easter !
Happy Easter!
In dieser immer wieder von Kurt Elling als OPENER benutzen Jazz-Version sieht man erst einmal, welches Potential in diesem Joe Jackson Titel wirklich steckt. Also egal wo auch immer dieses Arrangement gespielt wird, ich bekomme jedes Mal Gänsehaut - vor allem wenn es diese Weltklasse Big-Band vom WDR spielt. Diese Dynamik, diese geilen Backings - könnte heulen, von Kurt Elling mal ganz abgesehen - ganz grosses Kino !!!!
Vielen herzlichen Dank für deine lieben Wort, Nissantrommler!
He brings purity and excellence!
Maravilloso extraordinarii terriblemente agradecida de que existan y pider escucharlos con sumo placer. Gracias.muchas gracias.
Gracias Martina, la alegría también está de nuestra parte: nos alegra que nuestra música encuentre oyentes interesados.
What a wonderful opportunity to hear a contemporary prophet in a new recording I’m sure many will be happy to experience. I’m not certain how I got to this, but glad it happened!
Hi Peter, you are welcome! Stay a little longer on our channel....there is a lot to watch out!
Happy easter to all of you! :)
Your videos help to survive these boring days without playing in the local big band.
Thank you, JOSKA, be patient, there will come other times when everyone will come together again to make music.
Great concert! Thanks for sharing.
Thanx for watching, James!
I joined this gig in CGN! Unforgettable! 😊
We sincerely hope that concerts with an audience can take place again soon. We are missing the concerts and the audience!
Wow, this is tough stuff. Kurt's scatting on the opener, Stepping Out, and interpretation of Resolution were spellbinding. The always superb musicians of the WDR, and Bob Mintzer's impressive arrangements make this a very special full concert. Sorry to miss the credits with the name of the energetic and enjoyable vocal group. Thank you for this timely posting.
Hi Bill, the vocal group is named " Vocal Journey" from the University of Dance and Music, Cologne.
Magistral, profesionalismo, pasión, exquisitez, genialidad, dulzura . Eres la vida misma querido Kurt. Gracias por existir y ofrecer arte de la más alta calidad. Como me dice un amigo: Estás a la altura del arte. Felicidades a esa gran orquesta y a todos los músicos y a su director. Lo disfruté muchísimo . Bendiciones
Muchas gracias, Yaima!
Awesome resolution is soo good
I'm feel so happy listening such amazing orchestra and the singer! Thank you for your great job!
That audience should have been on their feet before the Sax Solo. Those kids are awesome!! This continues to show how masterful Kurt. Best Version of Minuano yet. The song just builds and builds....Love it.
😊thank you for your kind words. From where do you watch us?
Vielen Dank für dieses wunderbare Geschenk zum Osterfest.
Frohe Ostern, Armin und bleiben Sie gesund!
Came across this by accident, & I love it, I have from 2008, April in Paris by Kurt Elling , he really is a brilliant jazz singer, & that band is something else, beautiful !!
Thank you for your kind words, Dave!
Best performance IMO by Kurt Elling. WDR always take me to euphoria land!!!
Hi Ozier, thank you so much! Stay tuned, we also will keep up delivering interesting music!
Concierto de lujo con la grandisima orquesta Alemana, como siempre se sale esquisita cautivadora majistral todos los músicos de libro , el vocal genial con una voz y un estilo muy personal un grandisimo intérprete genial...
Just wonderful !
Wish I had a voice like his....
SO nice, thanks for sharing!
🔝 Sempre excel·lent Kurt Elling i WDR Big Band! Gran fan dels dos!
Hi Lluís! Thank you very much!
Many thanks from Ukraine !!!
Hi Miroslav! Thank you for watching!
Real music performed with tasteful renditions. The new generation should be exposed to musical forms of this genre.
Hi VID! Nice, we still hope that will happen now and in the future...
Wow! What an amazing concert. Bravo.
Terrific Sound
Thanx, Eddie!
Wonderful mix of great jazz
Thank you, Thomas!
Great recording, wow
En mi opinión es maravilloso, magnífico y memorable concierto. Me sumo con admiración a los aplausos. Y muchas gracias por compartir.
Hola, Alfredo! ¡Muchas gracias por mirar! Estamos muy contentos de que gente de todo el mundo siga nuestra música.
Magnifique merci beaucoup
Merci beaucoup, Claude!
Simply the biggest one !!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Kurt Elling, and the WDR Big Band.
Hi Andre! 👍
Gray soul-patch is a nice touch...I want that Tiger-stripe MapleWood Guitar...
😎Stanford!
Maravilhoso ! Espetacular !
arrangement is fkn amazing!
Thank you, eraniel146!
Fabulous.
🙏 Mayckel!
SENSACIONAL.....!!!!!!!!!!
Muchas gracias, Arnaldo!
Holy shit this rendition of 'All is quiet' is breathtaking...
👍🙏🙏🙏, Hugo!
Will never forget Tony Bennett. Next one up. Thanks Kurt. Stay ready🎉
Well very late. Last Call is fifteen mins. away with this post comparing apples and pears. Tony Bennett did not write songs like Jon Hendricks. Birdland and Winelight were written by jazz vocalists. Mel Torrme wrote the best song. Sung by Nat King Cole
Kurt Elling oozes with professionalism. Always a nice and heart-felt word to his audiences, esp. the German ones. He says "Köln", not Cologne....great job by the choir....the middle section in "Minuano" is a tough bit.
Que maravilla qué lujo amo
😊 Sandra!
A orquestra é fantástica. Um espetáculo o coral de vozes !
🙏🙏🙏 and a Happy New Year, Melzaque!
Loving this concert so much, I've watched it countless times. Finally figured out that Mr. Elling shouts off mic "Vocal Journey" when he returns to the stage. Does anyone know where Paul Shigihara goes for the finale? We see him leave the stage. Speaking of Mr. Shigihara, I enjoy his reactions to Mr. Elling's scatting.
Freaking Great!
Good lord if this version of Minuano isn’t the best, most coolest arrangement of music in existence.
Seriously quite breathtaking. I’m so inspired.
🙏🙏🙏
aNOTHER great one from the worlds hippest band.
Hi Greg! 👍😎
🎶
Блеск Всегда восхищаюсь
Привет, Костя, я долгое время не говорила по-русски: что значит Блэк?
Клево Чуваки!
A wonderful instrumentalist but his instrument is his voice.
Great performance !!! I love Kurt, since the first time I discover him, more than twenty years ago. Great orchestra - as always - and very good choir !!!
Now, I DON NOT UNDERSTAND why you mention only the arranger - the great Bob Mintzer - and NOT the composers of beautiful tunes, as Minuano, for instance, written by Pat Metheny ! Why ? You'll do not he same with yours tunes, isn't it ??
Hi Max, do you mean video inserts? That was a mistake at that evening. Usually the title is written in the first line and the composer and arranger are written in the second line. Probably there were technical problems in the live system.
@@WDRBIGBAND Thank you :)
👍
< ¿ Can anybody tell me about the "LIGATURES" on the MouthPieces of every Sax players? Name? Thankzzz!>
Hi Mike! Here are some...Paul Heller is playing a Otto Link, Early Babbit, 9*. ....
Kurt makes a reference about wishing Bob well. 24:33 Was Bob recently sick? COVID??
I'm sorry:
16:30
The lick has been spotted :D
1:14:35 is MAGICAL! Blows me away every time.
Can someone tell me what the choir's American Tune was about?
Hi angela! Here is the full songtext:
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to its knees
But it's alright, it's alright
For we lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the
Road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what has gone wrong
And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying
We come on the ship they call The Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hours
And sing an American tune
Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest
@@WDRBIGBAND Thank you. Is it about the pilgrims coming over on the Mayflower?
Hi angela! Yes!
LINDA LA NIÑA DEL SAXO QUE BUEN NIVEL
😊 Alberto!
@@WDRBIGBAND feliz navidad a todos
Hi Alberto! O Natal passou muito rápido, você teve um bom Natal?
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Jaco Pastorius at the top !!
1:12:00
John Goldsby is great in Jaco's tune
Thank you, Руслан!
I am a poet. I am very fond of bananas.
👍
16:30
He looks ex-actly like I thought he would. Funny how you can make a face with someone's voice.
Ah, naja, die Bigband dahinter spielt nur die Noten, iein Swinggefühl hat sie nicht.
Yea…..no. I can’t get into this guy. I mean, he’s good but not my kind of voice/style.
HERR SÄNGER BITTE AUFPASSEN MIT DER INTONATION !!! NICHT JEDER FRANK IST EIN FRAN SINATRA ! AI...AI..AI... AI.... Wunderschöne Solo von de Saxman:::: SEHR GUT ! GUTER KLANG = SPITZE INTONATION !
Kurt Elling singt ja in einer ganz anderen Liga, also kein Vergleich mit Frank Sinatra!
The lead tenor thinks he's the star of the show or something - completely tone deaf to the tune's needs. Ruined every song he played on.