Oct 12, 2014
Kurt Elling’s Passion World at Jazz at the Kimmel
Kurt Elling has repeatedly proved his mettle as a vocalist, accumulating so many Downbeat awards and Grammy nominations that it seems superfluous to once again critique any of his performances One can only say, "Ditto, he's done it again"...
Oct 11, 2014
Kurt Elling takes us inside his “Passion World”
[Our resident music reviewer Donald sacrificed a night with his favorite TV show to see jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, and found it well worth the trade —the artblog editors] Typically, Sunday nights for me are known exclusively as The Good...
Oct 01, 2014
Kurt Elling plays Infinity Hall
Kurt Elling, the bold, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter who explores infinite variations on musical themes, presents his hip, edgy expressiveness as he performs at 8 pm on October 1 at Infinity Music Hall and Bistro at 32 Front Street Not only...
Sep 29, 2014
Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling in Hartford, CT
Grammy Award winning jazz musician Kurt Elling will perform at Hartford's Infinity Music Hall on Wednesday, Oct 1 The 46-year-old vocalist is a Chicago, Ill, native and is now living in New York with his family To date, Elling has released...
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...
Jul 11, 2014
Kurt Elling honored with the 2014 Edison Jazz Oeuvreprijs!
At the start of this year's North Sea Jazz Festival, the Edison Foundation announced that Kurt Elling is the 2014 winner of the prestigious Edison Jazz Oeuvreprijs, the Edison's Lifetime Achievement Award for Jazz! The Edison is the...
May 29, 2014
Interview: Kurt Elling moves jazz history into the future
When Kurt was in Sofia, Bulgaria to perform with the Bulgarian National Radio Big Band on May 28th, he also sat down with Jazz FM's afternoon host, Tanya Ivanova, for a short interview "I do feel like I'm trying at least to help the...
May 10, 2014
Kurt Elling: A Complete Musician
To cap off a stellar jazz season celebrating the 90th birthdays of Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington, the organizers at Koerner Hall managed to bring together two top male vocalists who excel at the top of their game The vocalists are fellow...
May 07, 2014
Kurt Elling at Cheltenham: A veritable masterclass in the art of jazz singing
Grammy-winning Chicago-born singer, Kurt Elling, is regarded by many critics as the finest male jazz vocalist working today and on the evidence of what can only be described as a captivating performance at Cheltenham's Town Hall venue...
May 04, 2014
Kurt Elling’s “Passion World” at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival
The organisers of Cheltenham Jazz Festival proved that they don't lie No, this wasn't through some bizarre test involving electrodes and quivering needles After they introduced American vocalist Kurt Elling as, "one of today's...
May 04, 2014
“Passion World” at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival
For Cheltenham he had contributed to Friday Night Is Music Night and had taken part in the late night jam session at Hotel du Vin, but this was a chance to spend an hour with Kurt and his band For his last project Elling had chosen to...