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- Summary: Kurt Elling's latest album of jazz and classic rock was produced by Don Was.
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- Record Label: Concord
- Genre(s): Jazz, Vocal, Post-Bop, Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Jazz Vocals
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Top Track
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| Now the mist across the window hides the lines But nothing hides the color of the lights that shine Electricity so fine, look and dry your eyes We... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 8
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Mixed: 4 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Mar 14, 2011The Gate presents Elling at the top of his game; it is a song cycle that is mesmerizing and mysterious as it is provocative and compelling.
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Mar 14, 2011The Gate is fresh but still swinging, pop but plenty-plenty jazz. It is, if you will, Kurt Elling Plus, which seems like a good value in any economy.
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Mar 14, 2011The Gate is an impeccably stylish album that coaxes jazz from unusual sources.
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Mar 14, 2011His improv ingenuity consistently sidesteps cliches, and The Gate is far from a bland set of adult-contemporary classic-pop covers.
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Mar 15, 2011Despite a version of Earth Wind & Fire's "After The Love Is Gone" that is so good you can play it for days, this dream-team collaboration between jazz singer Elling and big-time weirdo producer Don Was delivers less than it promises.
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MojoMay 18, 2011While The Gate is not as persuasive as 2007's Nightmoves, the good stuff more than makes up for comparatively effortful takes on Stevie Wonder and EW&F material. [Jun 2011, p.105
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Mar 16, 2011This is an album you admire rather than love.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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May 23, 2014
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