KURT ELLING
SuperBlue
Edition
o one could have known it at the time, but the seeds for vocalist Kurt Elling’s may have been sown when he guested on seven-string hybrid guitarist. Twenty years later, the Grammy-winning Elling expands his horizons with Hunter (who co-produced with him) and keyboardist DJ Harrison and drummer Corey Fonville, both from the funk/jazz/hip-hop group Butcher Brown. With travel restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic, Elling never even met his Butcher Brown bandmates. Hunter acted as the go-between, recording basic tracks with them; presenting the instrumentals to the singer to interpret; and then finishing the project with Elling, all in separate studio locations.
