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Jun 29, 2016
Musician Kurt Elling’s insider tips on his hometown Chicago
The Grammy Award-winning vocalist recommends cultural highlights in the Windy City I live in New York now, but I still love Chicago – it's my hometown In Chicago, I feel like I know the stories, where the ghosts hang out, and I...
Jun 10, 2016
The Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling Soar on Upward Spiral
First Meeting of Acclaimed Ensemble and Singer Yields a Program of Small Group Jazz with Voice for the 21st Century Order on Amazon Order on iTunes Order on Music on Vinyl Check out these Upward Spiral previews Upward Spiral Tour Dates It is...
Apr 14, 2016
Kurt Elling To Perform in Lang Lang’s New York Rhapsody, Lincoln Center, May 3, 2016
Lincoln Center presents Lang Lang’s New York Rhapsody, a special one-night only concert featuring the internationally acclaimed pianist Lang Lang on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 This exclusive multi-genre concert event pairs one of the...
Apr 04, 2016
Kurt Elling Joins More Than 30 GRAMMY Winning and Nominated Artists to Perform at GRAMMY Park, Brooklyn, NY, May 5-8, 2016
GRAMMY Park, the first GRAMMY-branded, multiday live music experience, premieres May 5-8, 2016 in Brooklyn, NY! GRAMMY Park showcases and celebrates excellence in music across genres Live music performances will take place in two of...
Mar 30, 2016
Kurt Elling To Perform in the International Jazz Day 2016 All-Star Global Concert at The White House on April 30th!
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock are pleased to announce the fifth annual International Jazz Day, which will be celebrated...
Feb 04, 2016
Kurt Meets Tim Smith, the Grand Prize Winner in the View From My Window Contest
After the release of Passion World, his latest recording for Concord, Kurt Elling held a photo contest inspired by the View From My Hotel Window gallery on his website For years while on tour Kurt has taken photos from hotel and airplane...
Feb 01, 2016
Monty Alexander & Friends: Frank Sinatra at 100 With Kurt Elling, Jazz at Lincoln Center
At 17 years old, a serendipitous encounter with Frank Sinatra and his long-time pal Jilly Rizzo changed the trajectory of Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander's career forever: Alexander would soon become the house pianist for the famed...
Jun 16, 2015
Kurt Elling’s View From My Window photo contest – ends July 13, 2015
To celebrate the worldwide release of Kurt's latest album, Passion World, Concord/Universal Music Group is giving one fan the opportunity to win a one-off, custom-made, signed copy of the album! To be eligible to win this unique prize,...
May 01, 2015
Passion World is Grammy-Winning Vocalist Kurt Elling’s Most Ambitious Project Yet
June 9th release features Arturo Sandoval, Sara Gazarek, Till Brönner, Richard Galliano,the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the WDR Big Band and Orchestra Passion World, the fifth Concord album (and eleventh overall) from vocalist...
Nov 25, 2014
Kurt Elling performs on Jimmy Greene’s “Beautiful Life,” celebrating the life of his daughter, Ana Márquez-Greene
Saxophonist Jimmy Greene's new release, Beautiful Life on Mack Avenue Records, is a celebration of the life of his 6-year-old daughter, Ana Márquez-Greene, whose life was tragically taken, along with 19 other children and 6...
Oct 14, 2014
Kurt Elling guest stars on Renée Fleming’s Christmas in New York
American soprano Renée Fleming's first-ever holiday album celebrates the beloved and iconic Christmas season in New York City From the holiday windows lining 5th Avenue to the red and green-lit spire of the Empire State Building,...
Sep 17, 2014
Kurt Elling, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, & The Second City perform at Chicago’s Fifth Star Awards
Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, acclaimed contemporary dance company Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and legendary improvisational comedy enterprise The Second City are among the performers at the Chicago's inaugural Fifth...