Recorded at Tone Zone Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois between July 1994 and December 1996 and at Sear Sound, New York, New York on November 13, 1996. Kurt Elling, Cassandra Wilson - vocals; Edward Petersen, Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophone; Orbert Davis - trumpet, flugelhorn; Laurence Hobgood - piano, synthesizer; Dave Onderdonk - guitar; Rob Amster - acoustic & electric basses; Eric Hochberg - acoustic bass; Paul Wertico, Jim Widlowski - drums, percussion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE MESSENGER was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. |