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Lewis Nash Quintet, Kurt Elling Live At The Newport Jazz Festival

Drummer Lewis Nash performs at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival.
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Drummer Lewis Nash performs at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival.

Lewis Nash Quintet, Kurt Elling On JazzSet

October 25, 2012 Back-to-back, hear the innovative drummer and nine-time Grammy-winning vocalist perform at Newport.

by Becca Pulliam

There are three stages at the Newport Jazz Festival. At least two are always running simultaneously. Given the surfeit of options, it's rare to hear a complete set. The question begins to nag: Should be we somewhere else? And away you go, leaving a work in progress to make sure you don't miss one getting underway.

But sometimes if you choose a spot on the lawn and stay put, the juxtaposition of two bands delivers a fine festival experience. Sunday morning, August 5, on the Quad Stage is such a time.

Back-to-back, we hear the Lewis Nash Quintet and the nine-time Grammy nominee Kurt Elling, here to introduce his 2012 album 1619 Broadway:The Brill Building Project. The album was named for a New York address for songwriters from Duke Ellington to Paul Simon.

Nash Set List

    Nash Set List

    Elling Set List

  • "Teddy" (Bobby Hutcherson)
  • "Arioso" (James Williams)
  • "Ain't That Peculiar" (Smokey Robinson)
Elling Set List
  • "Come Fly With Me" (Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen)
  • "Dedicated To You" (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Chan & Hy Zaret)
  • "On Broadway" (Jerry Lieber, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil)
  • "The Waking" (Theodore Roethke)
  • "Golden Lady" (Stevie Wonder)
Credits

Recording and Surround Sound mixes by Antonio Oliart.


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