Oct 16, 2015
Kurt Elling Does Sinatra His Way at the Café Carlyle
For his Café Carlyle debut performance, vocalist Kurt Elling celebrates Frank Sinatra's centennial with "Elling Swings Sinatra" Backed by a wonderful band, maybe the largest I've ever seen work this room, featuring Clark...
Oct 15, 2015
REVIEW: Kurt Elling At Café Carlyle, ‘Swings Sinatra’
Paying tribute to Frank Sinatra and observing his centenary, Grammy Award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling filled the Café Carlyle with jazz and romance in his debut at the historic venue on October 13 The delightful evening (Elling Swings...
Oct 14, 2015
Elling Swings Sinatra at The Café Carlyle
Making his Café Carlyle debut with a Sinatra tribute, Kurt Elling took over the room—charming, and so thoroughly practiced and confident that he was clearly in charge of the night — and Sinatra Without a word, he lit right...
Oct 14, 2015
My View: The Audience Couldn’t Sing Along With Kurt Elling At Cafe Carlyle Last Night
Kurt Elling's opening number in his Sinatra show was "Come Fly With Me" but no music civilian can fly with Kurt, he sang it in 6/8 time In non musical terminology that simply means you might be a little upended trying to snap your fingers...
Oct 13, 2015
Innerview: Kurt Elling
On 07 November at Bosanski kulturni centar within 19th Jazz Fest Sarajevo American vocalist Kurt Elling is going to perform a concert introducing his new album Passion World where he also appears as an author All of this artist’s previous...
Oct 12, 2015
Kurt Elling To Salute Sinatra at Café Carlyle in NYC
Throughout this year of Frank Sinatra's centennial, singer Kurt Elling has been on a mission: re-interpreting some of the patriarch of pop's best-known songs for a new generation of listeners Backed by a sextet of Clark Sommers on...
Oct 01, 2015
Review: Passion World | Kurt Elling
When I first tried to listen to Kurt Elling's new album Passion World, I had a hard time getting through it That's because whenever I got to the seventh track – his cover of U2's Where the Streets Have No Name – I had...
Sep 04, 2015
SFJazz salutes 50th anniversary of Ellington’s ‘Sacred’ concert
To get a sense of just how radical it was for Grace Cathedral to commission Duke Ellington's "A Concert of Sacred Music" as the centerpiece of the church's 1965 consecration, consider what was happening on the other side of the...
Aug 10, 2015
Live Show Review: Swing A Song Of Sinatra at the 92Y Jazz in July Festival
Kurt Elling wrapped the audience around his finger from the moment he stepped out on stage– right after a smooth introduction by Bill Charlap, the pianist and artistic director of the 92Y Jazz in July Festival Throughout the night, the...
Aug 07, 2015
Chicago Music Legends: Kurt Elling
Every baritone jazz singer has to stand comparison to Frank Sinatra, whose shadow looms over them so unremittingly, you want to take pity and just equip them all with miners' helmets And it's true that in terms of sheer tonal beauty,...
Aug 06, 2015
DownBeat’s The Hot Box: Passion World
DownBeat critics' capsule reviews to accompany John McDonough's full review in DownBeat's August 2015 issue Kurt Elling, Passion World I was waiting for the wrong move that never came The Björk cover was a near miss, the...
Aug 06, 2015
Kurt Elling: Passion World
Globe-trotting romance was stylish and sexy in the '50s when Frank Sinatra hit the friendly skies with Come Fly With Me Kurt Elling works in that tradition here, though both the times and the flight plan have changed He's gathered up...