[quote="DirtyMartini"]Sounds fascinating, Lynne. Has Elling ever recorded his poetry music? (I remember someone years ago putting Frost to music -- I sang on his "songs" with a chorus once.)
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Their (Kurt Elling Quartet) most recent CD, "Night Moves", has "The Sleepers", which is a Whitman, and "I Like the Sunrise", which is Rumi. In fact, "I Like the Sunrise" is my favorite song on the disc. I know the Steppenwolf thing was recorded, but I don't have a copy.
Interestingly, in the second set of their Wednesday night shows, sometimes they cut a little loose and sing covers of "Secret Journey" and "Tea in the Sahara". The first time we heard them do this I almost fell out of my chair, I was laughing so hard. It was brilliant. Kurt has a certain Sting-ness to him, minus the yoga and the lute
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