Flirting with Twilight

Flirting with Twilight is a 2001 studio album by Kurt Elling.[1]

Flirting with Twilight
Studio album by Kurt Elling
Released	August 28, 2001
Recorded	January 29-February 1, 2001
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	1:04:21
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Bill Traut, Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood
Kurt Elling chronology
Live in Chicago (2000) Flirting with Twilight (2001) Man in the Air (2003)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album four stars, and described it as "a worthy statement from Elling, who shows yet again that vocal jazz can be more than just easy listening"[1]

Flirting with Twilight received a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, the fifth nomination in a row since Elling's debut. In addition, "Easy Living" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals.[2]

Track listing

1. "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) - 4:22
2. "Detour Ahead" (Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter) - 5:34
3. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) - 5:36
4. "Orange Blossoms in Summertime" (Curtis Lundy, Kurt Elling) - 6:33
5. "Not While I'm Around" (Stephen Sondheim) - 6:26
6. "Easy Living" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) - 5:22
7. "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks) - 5:40
8. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson) - 3:37
9. "Blame It on My Youth" (Edward Heyman, Oscar Levant) - 3:27
10. "I'm Thru with Love" (Matty Malneck, Fud Livingston, Gus Kahn) - 4:57
11. "Say It" (Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser) - 4:57
12. "While You Are Mine" (F. Simon, Elling) - 7:46
13. "Je tire ma révérence" (Pascal Bastia) - 3:39

Personnel

• Kurt Elling - vocals, arranger
• Laurence Hobgood - piano, arranger
• Clay Jenkins - trumpet
• Bob Shepard - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Jeff Clayton - alto saxophone
• Marc Johnson - double bass
• Peter Erskine - drums

Production

• Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood and Bill Traut - producers
• Al Schmitt - recording engineer, mixing
• John Hendrickson - recording engineer
• Robert Hadley and Doug Sax - mastering
• Kurt Elling - art direction
• Edward Odowd - design
• John Fraser - collage
• Tiffany Pemberton - photography
• Zan Stewart - liner notes

References

1. "Flirting with Twilight". Allmusic. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
2. Kurt Elling on Grammy homepage.