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 02, 2016
Monty Alexander & Friends: Frank Sinatra at 100 With Kurt Elling in Rose Theater, 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...
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...
Dec 15, 2015
Branford Marsalis and Kurt Elling in New Orleans, ready for recording
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis's quartet and singer Kurt Elling prepared for their upcoming recording in a rare four-night stand at Snug Harbor in New Orleans last week, and photo-journalist extraordinaire Marc PoKempner went each night,...
Dec 11, 2015
Memorable Sinatra Moments: Kurt Elling, Caetano Veloso, & Iggy Pop
Kurt Elling "It Was a Very Good Year" (1965) "Sinatra is the embodiment of a dominant, swinging singer His technique is flawless (Did Sinatra ever sing out of tune) His delivery is emotionally transparent and rich His diction is at once...
Dec 07, 2015
Branford Marsalis Quartet + Kurt Elling – Four Big Nights @ Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro, New Orleans
It is difficult to believe that the last time saxophonist Branford Marsalis headlined at Snug Harbor, New Orleans most prestigious modern jazz mecca, was circa 1984 At that time, Marsalis, who appears at the club for a unprecedented four-night...
Nov 25, 2015
Kurt Elling brings the passion to each performance
Talk about a "world music" album Acclaimed jazz singer Kurt Elling's latest, Passion World, is a literal jazz trip through various international music forms and cutting-edge styles Elling, a 21st century combo of Johnny Hartman, Jon...
Nov 18, 2015
Kurt Elling and Cécile McLorin Salvant dazzle at Cadogan Hall
Kurt Elling radiates bonhomie, but is more theatrical, grittier maybe, his grey suit tightly buttoned, standing firm, like a Chicagoan should, hands outstretched, as that great tree-trunk of a baritone voice resonates and builds into an almost...
Nov 17, 2015
Review | Kurt Elling at the London Jazz Festival – he reinvents songs with his staggering jazz chops
Kurt Elling's four-octave vocal range and easy-swinging style makes him a kind of Sinatra with superpowers, ably supported by the retooled Swingles We hear singers all the time – perfectly serviceable ones who can carry a tune and...
Nov 15, 2015
Jazz Great Kurt Elling Visits the Studio – Booth One, Episode 15
Earlier this fall Kurt sat down with Gary Zabinski for a rich and wide-ranging interview for Booth One - Adventures in the Art of Lively Conversation You can listen to the full 55 minute podcast here Kurt and Gary have been Chicago friends for...
Nov 09, 2015
Kurt Elling: Out of This World
Kurt Elling's richly resonant, subtly virtuosic voice is one of the most recognisable and celebrated in jazz earning him a Grammy for his 2009 album Dedicated To You alongside 10 other Grammy nominations, and seen him top numerous critics...
Oct 19, 2015
Kurt Elling: Elling Swings Sinatra
Frank Sinatra once said, "I have an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as elation" In his tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes at the Café Carlyle, jazz singer Kurt Elling uncovered the Frank Sinatra essence of communicating both sadness...