Undun by Kurt Elling

Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreal, Canada, July 4, 2007. (video 6)

What I guess must be the winner as far as playability and commercial appeal on the Nightmoves album, Undun is tune about resentment, frustrations and the trials of a certain "She" who eventually kinda loses it. Elling has support from Bob Sheppard and Randy Bachman here, and performs an echo effect that almost accurately mirrors the digital effort on the album! Sheer unadulterated masterfulness, people!

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• Bachman

[supadupasoja]

gail, you make a good point that going undun doesn't necessarily mean resentment. It does sound though that this particular "she" is dealing with a good bit of frustration and regret and resentment. Don't you get this mssg from the lyrics?

All in all, I guess the interpretation of the song will differ for any two listeners.

cheers

[kevinherbert]

He's singing right out of the bottom of his register...a really nice adaption of his range....gee Kurt..can we have some too????!!!!!...not one falsetto necessary....gr8 bandidos....

[highkarate]

Great job supa! Thanks so much! Wonderful quality! Man, discussing the implications of 'undone'. Ask, Wally Lamb, he wrote a book about it, I can maybe get you a signed copy. She's come undone it's a cunundrum she' in she's done with being done she's come undone. by original sin Peace

[kevinherbert]

@spongey222 : that's his schtick...let him have it...he wrote the changes...it's his call...and I now really like his solo......

[kevinherbert]

gr8 vocal....

[billes335]

He's not a member of the genre of straight jazz, but he's still one hell of a musician. He was a member of the Guess Who and BTO. What do you expect? Wes Montgomery? haha

[spongey222]

@nsasi66 So he can write well but his playing is just off...

[nsasi66]

@spongey222 that guy u didn't like is the author of that musical piece kurt elling is singing name "undun".....

[spongey222]

Didn't really like that Randy Bachman guy... The rest was great thought!

[flickfi]

Masterful performance, what a joy to watch and listen to, many many thanks for posting.

Love Hobgood, great pianist and arranger.

[BebopAuthor]

She's all over the place with chaos and havoc riding herd with a very beautiful creature so why not? Let's all come undun when we hit the wall of lies and a lot of "underground" grinding us down and then some. Lies. Kurt is so stretched in a bebop way I find this tune actually "soothing."

[dhptube]

I signed in just to say this version kinda sucks.

Loses the whole original feel that makes the

song good. Sorry.

[gailstorm234]

I came "undun" recently & surrendipitously just discovered this song now. But Supadupasoja, being "undun" doesn't have to mean resentment- does it? I hear losing control of oneself; to sadness; frustration. At any rate; thanks so much for posting. This song will help me get thru tonight.

I think this song will help me