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May 16th 2012
Countance, France
IMN - International Music Network
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Among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists, Kurt Elling has been the DownBeat Critics Poll “Male Jazz Vocalist of the Year” for the past twelve years. The New York Times declared “Elling is the standout male vocalist of our time.” He is also a Grammy winner, and every record Elling has made has been Grammy nominated. His rich baritone spans four octaves and features both astonishing technique and emotional depth. His command of rhythm, texture, phrasing and dynamics is more akin to the skill set of a virtuoso jazz instrumentalist than that of a vocalist. His repertoire includes original compositions and modern interpretations of standards, all of which are springboards for inspired improvisation, scatting, spoken word and poetry.
“Since the mid-1990s, no singer in jazz has been as daring, dynamic or interesting as Kurt Elling,” said the Washington Post. “With his soaring vocal flights, his edgy lyrics and sense of being on a musical mission, he has come to embody the creative spirit in jazz.” Elling has served as the Artist-in-Residence at both the Singapore and Monterey Jazz Festivals. He has written multi-disciplinary works for The Steppenwolf Theatre and the Obama Administration’s first state dinner featured Elling in a command performance.
Elling is a renowned practitioner of vocalese, the writing and performing of words over recorded improvised jazz solos. Considered the heir to jazz pioneers Eddie Jefferson, King Pleasure and Jon Hendricks, Elling has written and performed lyrics to the solos of Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny. Through Elling incorporating references from writers such as Rilke, Rumi, Neruda, and Proust into his work, the late great poet and Bollingen Prize winner Robert Creeley was moved to write, “Kurt Elling takes us into a world of sacred particulars. His words are informed by a powerful poetic spirit.”
Elling is currently at work on his next project, “1619 Broadway,” a tribute to the Brill Building, the most historic music address in the world. His latest album, The Gate, produced by the legendary Don Was (The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan), features inspired interpretations of songs by The Beatles, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, and Stevie Wonder.
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Kurt Elling: Jazz Royalty
From MinnPost Kurt Elling: ‘Any music that jazz encounters, it absorbs and transforms’ By: Pamela Espeland JazzTimes magazine once outlined a “royal bloodline of male jazz singers.” Here’s how it goes: from Louis Armstrong to Mel Tormé to Jon Hendricks...
Posted Feb 18th, 2012
Two Voices for Our Time: Kurt Elling and Lizz Wright
From Jazz Police Two Voices for Our Time: Kurt Elling and Lizz Wright at Orchestra Hall, February 18th By: Andrea Canter Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis hosts a double Valentine musical gala on Saturday, February 18th, with two of the...
Posted Feb 14th, 2012
Jazz Singer Kurt Elling Plays Not My Job
From NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! Jazz Singer Kurt Elling Plays Not My Job Host: Peter Sagal For many years, vocalist Kurt Elling was the Susan Lucci of jazz: Every year he would be nominated for a Grammy, and then...
Posted Feb 12th, 2012
Master Class: Kurt Elling - A Lifetime in Jazz
From The Kennedy Center Master Class: Kurt Elling – A lifetime in Jazz In a master class at the Kennedy Center, Kurt Elling talks about the lifelong development and path of a jazz singer. He also touches on the role...
Posted Jan 26th, 2012
Kurt Elling Thrills Pennsylvania Audience
From JazzTimes Kurt Elling in Blue Bell, Pa., 12/3/11 The singer and his group thrill a Pennsylvania audience By: Karen Brundage-Johnson, Ph.D Kurt Elling thrilled the audience at this Pennsylvania college with his seemingly inexhaustible, four-octave baritone voice and dramatic...
Posted Dec 15th, 2011
IMN Grammy Nominees
The nominees for the 54th Grammy Awards came out last night and IMN had a number of Artist’s nominated. In the Best Jazz Vocal Album category Kurt Elling was nominated for The Gate and Terri Lyne Carrington was nominated for...
Posted Dec 1st, 2011
Kurt Elling Has Helped Reinvent Jazz Singing
From The St. Louis Post- Dispatch Elling Has Helped Reinvent Jazz Singing For Modern Times By: Calvin Wilson Jazz singers were out of vogue for a while, perhaps because the focus on trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the young lions who...
Posted Nov 15th, 2011
Kurt Elling Sings His Way Through Boston
From WBUR Radio Boston Kurt Elling Sings His Way Through Boston By: Anthony Brooks Kurt Elling is among the world’s best known jazz vocalists. He has a rich baritone, a passion for improvisation and over the years, the Jazz Journalists...
Posted Nov 1st, 2011
Kurt Elling and the Klüvers Big Band at Birdland
From The Ottawa Citizen Kurt Elling and the Klüvers Big Band at Birdland By: Allen Panzeri With the schedule Kurt Elling keeps and the energy he expends on stage, you have to wonder how he does it. He takes your...
Posted Oct 30th, 2011
Kurt Elling Talks Big Band on WBGO
From WBGO Kurt Elling With WBGO’s Michael Bourne By: Simon Rentner Yesterday, Michael Bourne talked to singer Kurt Elling, who performs at New York’s Birdland through Sunday with the Klüvers Big Band, the first Danish big band to appear in...
Posted Oct 26th, 2011
Kurt Elling, With a Little Danish on the Side
From The Chicago Examiner A U.S. premiere: Kurt Elling in Chicago, with a little Danish on the side By: Neil Tesser It’s been a pretty good year for Kurt Elling fans in Chicago. With this weekend’s appearance, and counting earlier...
Posted Oct 21st, 2011
Behind the Scenes With Kurt Elling
from www.hufftingtonpost.com Behind the Scenes With Kurt Elling By:Elysabeth Alfano Who doesn’t love listening to live jazz at The Green Mill? Al Capone folklore aside, its quirky stage, ornate decor, sumptuously shaped bar and huge round booths take you back...
Posted Sep 21st, 2011
Kurt Elling shines with inexhaustible, room-filling voice
From The Ottawa Citizen Kurt Elling shines with inexhaustible, room-filling voice By: Peter Hum Kurt Elling gave a blockbuster of a performance on Sunday night, thrilling listeners in the packed National Arts Centre Studio with his seemingly inexhaustible, room-filling voice...
Posted Sep 6th, 2011
REVIEW: Kurt Elling shines in Ottawa
From Ottawa Citizen Kurt Elling shines with inexhaustible, room-filling voice Singer fills NAC with star power By Peter Hum June 29, 2011 OTTAWA — Kurt Elling gave a blockbuster of a performance on Sunday night, thrilling listeners in the packed...
Posted Jun 29th, 2011
Kurt Elling: What Makes a Jazz Singer
From JazzTimes Kurt Elling: What Makes a Jazz Singer By Nate Chinen March 21, 2011 Kurt Elling probably wouldn’t be the first to say it, but he’s been on some fiendishly impressive sort of roll. “I can feel, especially in...
Posted Mar 21st, 2011
Kurt Elling in Jazzwise Magazine
From Jazzwise Magazine Come Running to Me By Peter Quinn March 2011 It’s one of the great what-ifs of jazz. Imagine, for a second, that in 1992 Kurt Elling hadn’t ended up a language credit shy of gaining a Masters...
Posted Mar 20th, 2011
INTERVIEW: Kurt Elling in Inside Jazz Magazine
From Jazz Inside Jazz Inside:Kurt Elling March 10, 2011 Jazz Inside: Can we start by talking about your latest recording, The Gate? What does this recording mean for you? What was the process like for you, and what elements of...
Posted Mar 10th, 2011
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With his extensive library of orchestral arrangements, Kurt Elling has executed commanding performances with the Sydney Symphony, Nashville Symphony and many others. Elling has been named “the standout male vocalist of our time” by The New York Times, the DownBeat Critics Poll “Male Vocalist of the Year” for the last twelve years running, and is a Grammy Award winner. In fact, every record he has made has been Grammy Award nominated.
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The standout male vocalist of our time
The New York Times
Since the mid-1990s, no singer in jazz has been as daring, dynamic or interesting as Kurt Elling. With his soaring vocal flights, his edgy lyrics and sense of being on a musical mission, he has come to embody the creative spirit in jazz.
The Washington Post
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