Stunning arrangements, bold reharmonisations, electrifying technical prowess. Yes, it's the latest slice of musical magic from Kurt Elling. Paying homage to his adopted New York City by dipping into the vast goldmine of songs that came out of midtown Manhattan's Brill Building, the singer has put together his most eclectic song list to date. Sitting alongside some of the more obvious choices – a brilliant reimagining of the leadoff song ‘On Broadway’, the subtly reworked melodic line of Bacharach and David's ‘A House Is Not A Home’ – are some genuine surprises. The inclusion of The Coasters' ‘Shoppin’ For Clothes' allows Elling and special guest Christian McBride to show their comedic chops, with Elling playing the customer eyeing up an especially fine herringbone suit and McBride the sales assistant informing him that his credit is no good. Goffin and King's ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’ is given the full Elling makeover (some great out-there riffing here from guitarist John McLean) and the singer goes all-out existential on Carole King's ‘So Far Away’. With other highlights including ‘Come Fly With Me’, a haunting ‘American Tune’ and Sam Cooke's crossover hit ‘You Send Me’, with a killing groove from new recruit Kendrick Scott, this revelatory collection draws to a close with another tribute, the swinging blues ‘Tootie for Cootie’, written for Duke Ellington's famed trumpeter, Cootie Williams.