Kurt Elling - Passion World (2015)

Passion World is the fifth Concord album (and eleventh overall) from vocalist Kurt Elling, living up to its title on both counts. It is indeed his most "worldly" album to date, as Elling casts his net far and wide, from Brazil to Ireland, Germany to France, Scotland to Cuba to Iceland. Guests include the brilliant veteran trumpeter Cuban émigré Arturo Sandoval; the widely lauded young vocalist Sara Gazarek; German trumpet star Till Brönner; French accordion virtuoso Richard Galliano; the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the world-renowned WDR Big Band and Orchestra from Germany.

Tracklist:

1. The Verse
Music by John Clayton, Lyrics by Kurt Elling

2. After The Door
Music by Pat Metheny, Lyrics by Kurt Elling

3. Loch Tay Boat Song
Traditional, Composed by Annie C. MacLeod, Lyrics by Sir Harold Boulton

4. Si Te Contara
Music and lyrics by Félix Reina Altuna

5. La Vie En Rose
Music and lyrics by Edith Giovanna Gassion and Louis Guglielmi, Additional lyrics by Kurt Elling

6. Bonita Cuba
Music by Arturo Sandoval, Lyrics by Kurt Elling and Phil Galdston

7. Where The Streets Have No Name
Music and Lyrics by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen

8. The Tangled Road
Music by Richard Galliano, Lyrics by Kurt Elling

9. Você Já Foi à Bahia?
Music and lyrics by Dorival Caymmi

10. Nicht Wandle, Mein Licht (Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52, No. 17)
Music by Johannes Brahms

11. Who Is It (Carry My Joy On The Left, Carry My Pain On The Right)
Music and lyrics by Björk Guðmundsdóttir

12. Where Love Is
Music by Brian Byrne, Lyrics by James Joyce