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May 29, 2015
Legendary US jazz vocalist Kurt Elling joins forces with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for weekend concerts
"I LOVE playing with big orchestras and big bands," Kurt Elling says It doesn't get much bigger than the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra So earlier today, in rehearsals ahead of weekend concerts at Hamer Hall, the legendary US jazz vocalist...
May 26, 2015
Kurt Elling Swings Sinatra with the SNJO: a performance of evocative style and musical passion
In April 2002, I was fortunate to attend the annual Tartan Week in New York celebrating Scottish heritage and culture and our contribution to the United States In downtown Chelsea, the Distilled contemporary music festival included Mull...
May 24, 2015
Music Review: Kurt Elling Swings Sinatra with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
In celebrating Frank Sinatra's centenary Kurt Elling recalled jazz writer Leonard Feather saying that a singer, to paraphrase slightly, could either try and sound like Sinatra, in which case he'd end up simply sounding like he was...
May 22, 2015
Kurt Elling and the SNJO Swing Sinatra and Seduce Scotland
One of the world's leading jazz vocalists breezed into Dundee last night with one thought on his mind; making great music with one of the world's finest jazz orchestras Last night in the capacious chamber of the city's Caird Hall...
May 20, 2015
Preview: Kurt Elling and the SNJO, Dundee
For those of us of a certain age, it's hard – and not a little disquieting – to realise that Ol' Blue Eyes would have been 100 this year That's right: Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on 12...
May 20, 2015
Music Review: Harold Mabern – Afro Blue
Harold Mabern, veritable titan of the piano whose vibrant disc, Right on Time, launched Smoke Sessions Records' critically acclaimed jazz series, is back with another winning album, Afro Blue This time he is working with both his basic...
May 18, 2015
Kurt Elling delivers passion-filled performance
Kurt Elling, returning to the stage for his encore, drolly acknowledged that he was pushing pre-sales of his forthcoming album pretty hard when the Celebrity Series of Boston brought him to Sanders Theatre Friday night "It's crass, I...
May 18, 2015
Kurt Elling for Sage Gateshead!
This Wednesday, May 20, there is only one place to be – Sage Gateshead Kurt Elling, the pre-eminent singer of his generation, is in town Chicago-born Elling will be singing with the finest big band in the land, the Scottish National Jazz...
May 18, 2015
Fuse Concert Review: Kurt Elling with Anat Cohen at Sanders Theatre
Perhaps it was only fitting that Kurt Elling, one of the finest jazz singers of this generation, opened his Celebrity Series show with an homage to the previous generation's vocal king His version of one of Frank Sinatra's signature...
May 06, 2015
Interview: Kurt Elling at Cheltenham
KURT ELLING appeared at this year's Cheltenham Jazz Festival in Radio 2's "Friday Night Is Music Night" tribute to Frank Sinatra, with Guy Barker and the BBC Orchestra, and fellow singers Anthony Strong and Clare Teal He is also...
May 05, 2015
New Kurt Elling bursts through new ‘Passion World’
Passion World is more than the famous guest musicians on the same page, the expansive, diverse track list, and the Grammy-winning caliber of the featured jazz vocalist Kurt Elling's fifth Concord album (11th in his discography) is the...
Apr 26, 2015
Kurt Elling Talks to 1320Radio
Kurt Elling is the one of the finest contemporary jazz singers of recent times, but he's also noted for a thoughtful eclecticism that matches his undoubted artistry A string of acclaimed albums, countless bravura performances and numerous...