Apr 03, 2020
Kurt Elling Talks New Album ‘Secrets Are The Best Stories’ & Collaborating With Pianist Danilo Pérez
Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling's craft goes way beyond singing A deep thinker inspired by the prose and the preaching of great poets and philosophers, past and present, he has carved out his own rightful place among them with his heartfelt lyrics...
Mar 31, 2020
Review: Vocalist Kurt Elling Teams With Pianist Danilo Pérez for ‘Secrets Are The Best Stories’
Renowned vocalist Kurt Elling collaborates with acclaimed pianist Danilo Pérez and a few other musicians on select tracks for Secrets Are The Best Stories Elling adds lyrics to compositions by Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorious, visionary...
Mar 31, 2020
Stirring Secrets – A rumination on Secrets Are the Best Stories by Ted C. Fishman
Secrets stir tension Secrets make us insiders when we have them, and outsiders when we don't Both are states of alienation, separating us from those on the other side of the secret But secrets also make us pay attention Think of the best...
Mar 24, 2020
Going to Church With Kurt Elling
I don’t think you’re supposed to congregate in a church during a pandemic, but Kurt Elling’s about-to-be-released album Secrets Are the Best Stories (Edition Records) is close enough, for jazz, to such an...
Feb 28, 2020
Secrets Are The Best Stories
Kurt Elling's new duo album with Danilo Pérez Released worldwide April 3, 2020 on Edition Records – on CD, vinyl, and digital Pre-order: kurtellingbandcampcom Secrets Are The Best Stories is the new album from acclaimed vocalist and...
Feb 27, 2020
Kurt Elling on Working with Danilo Pérez, Politics and Recording with an Indie Label
Kurt Elling's work as a vocalist and poet-cum-lyricist always has exerted depth; vocal frippery isn't his style So, it comes as a surprise that he digs even deeper into eloquence on Secrets Are The Best Stories, a new disc set for release on...
Feb 04, 2020
Review: The Big Blind @ The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London – Jan. 31
The BBC Concert Orchestra performs alongside an all-star cast in 'The Big Blind' - a noir-inspired jazz audio drama by Kurt Elling and Phil Galdston Cast: Clarke Peters - Eddie Freeman, an older, African-American jazz saxophonist Kurt...
Feb 04, 2020
Review: “The Big Blind” with Kurt Elling and Dee Dee Bridgewater at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
The musical The Big Blind is a big show: its music and dialogue run for a full three hours, plus there is a 20-minute interval The audience response at the end of the show on Friday night was ecstatic, overwhelmingly so: a packed Queen...
Jan 23, 2020
Psst! A Peek at ‘Secrets Are the Best Stories,’ Kurt Elling’s New Album with Danilo Pérez
"There's a mystery," Kurt Elling sings softly "An enigma" Then, gathering momentum: "There's a memory oh so slight" His words come near the opening of "A Certain Continuum," the first single from Secrets Are The Best Stories, which...
Jan 15, 2020
Review: Kurt Elling at Birdland Jazz Club, January 9, 2020
Kurt Elling: a name synonymous with jazz He remains as much a luminary of the art form this year as last when I saw him pick up the mic on the same stage His CDs from decades past are the sounds that should be filling lounges worth their...
Oct 17, 2019
Symphony Center Tribute to Apollo 11 Was Teleporting
Usually, when I go to a concert, nothing can distract from the delight of live music The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's multi-media performance on October 14 at Symphony Center — titled "The Galaxy's Greatest Hits" as a tribute to the 50th...
Oct 17, 2019
Kurt Elling, Grammy-winning vocal great, eager to swing and lift spirits
Grammy Award-winning singer Kurt Elling is ready to take a break from the constant turmoil enveloping our polarized nation — and he's confident music fans are ready to do the same, if only for a night Accordingly, his Saturday night "A...