Jun 20, 2012
Kurt Elling: Jazz Journalists Association 2012 Male Singer of the Year
Once again the Jazz Journalists Association has named Kurt Elling its Male Singer of the Year! The sixteenth annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards ceremony was held June 20, 2012 at the Blue Note in New York This is Kurt's eighth JJA...
Jun 05, 2012
Brilliant choice: Singer to reinterpret work by songwriting royalty
Grammy Award-winning Kurt Elling, regarded as one of music's great jazz vocalists, will be one of the stars at the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz this August He joins a stellar line-up that includes master guitarist Earl Klugh, trombone ace...
May 20, 2012
Kurt Elling: Silesian Jazz Ambassador 2012
This was the seventh year of the Silesian Jazz Festival, produced by the Institute of Jazz, Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, and held in the Krystyna Bochenek Katowice Cultural Centre, Katowice, Poland The purpose of the Festival is music...
May 13, 2012
Kurt Elling avoids traps in paying tribute to Sinatra
Tribute concerts can present daunting challenges, but singer Kurt Elling obviously knows how to avoid them The reason is fairly simple: he is too good a performer to get caught up doing sappy versions of another person's material He also is too...
May 11, 2012
Music preview: Kurt Elling to croon classic Sinatra songs
When vocalist Kurt Elling was last in Pittsburgh, he sang with the Bob Mintzer Big Band at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Jazz Hall He'll be back there for two shows Saturday but in a much different setting -- with just a backing quintet And...
May 10, 2012
Kurt Elling following in Sinatra’s vocal steps
Singer Kurt Elling admits there are risks to doing tributes to great artists, but says it is "part and parcel" of being a jazz performer But he says paying homage to Frank Sinatra has its own special demands "Sinatra has his own cache," he...
May 09, 2012
A fine pair of jazz vocalists combine forces at Strathmore
Two renowned jazz vocalists, John Pizzarelli and Kurt Elling, will share the stage at Strathmore The two, who just happen to be buddies and perform the same genre of music, vow there is no competition between them because they are both firmly...
Apr 22, 2012
Kurt Elling Swings Sinatra
The year was 1962 In April, Frank Sinatra embarked on a two-month World Tour for Children, performing in 30 shows in 12 countries, with the Bill Miller Sextet His June 7, 1962 concert in Paris was recorded but not released until 1994 as Sinatra...
Apr 17, 2012
Kurt Elling wins the 2012 ECHO Jazz Prize for International Male Singer of the Year
Kurt Elling has been awarded the ECHO Jazz Prize 2012 as International Male Singer of the Year for his 2011 album, The Gate! The ECHO Jazz Prize is the German equivalent of the Grammy The ECHO Jazz Prizes are awarded in 30 categories for...
Apr 13, 2012
The Jazz Journalists Assocation nominates Kurt Elling as 2012 Male Singer of the Year
Kurt Elling has been nominated as Male Singer of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA)! The other nominees in this category are Freddy Cole, Giacomo Gates, and Gregory Porter Kurt has won the JJA Jazz Award seven times in the past,...
Apr 11, 2012
American jazz man Elling struts his stuff
American jazz vocalist Kurt Elling is a magician He's capable of weaving a spell from a melody - and he lives and breathes the music while on stage Elling's remarkable skill is obvious, but never daunting He can play it straight with the...
Apr 04, 2012
Kurt Elling in New Zealand: Double-Jointed Voice
REVIEW: Dead saxy That's what Eric Marienthal is, dead saxy and I daresay completely oversaxed He owned the first half of the show at the Globe Theatre last night, produced some wondrous work with the Wellington Jazz Orchestra, directed by...