Mar 29, 2007
Renewal and Redemption
Everyone deserves a fresh start What's more, everyone gets a fresh start, every day: It's called "sunrise†That sounds like a bad joke, but it's true Every day is a clean slate, if we just commit ourselves to that concept This theme of...
Mar 15, 2007
Kurt Wins 2007 Bistro Award
Backstagecom has awarded Kurt Elling its 2007 Bistro award as major jazz vocalist for his Birdland performances last year The gala awards ceremony is in April The Back Stage Bistro Awards recognize achievement in a wide variety of categories...
Mar 10, 2007
Variety: Kurt is smiling!
Jazz singer Kurt Elling has taken the brazen step of composing lyrics to fit Dexter Gordon's solo on his 1976 version of "Body and Soul" The lyric wisely mentions that the experiment could be a train wreck or an insult to the memory of the...
Mar 08, 2007
NIGHTMOVES INTO CHICAGO – ONE NIGHT ONLY
Fans attending Kurt Elling's Chicago Park West March 18th performance will have the exclusive opportunity to purchase Nightmoves prior to the April 3rd release date For this very special homecoming event, we are offering the compact disc...
Mar 03, 2007
Kurt’s Electronic Press Kit
(this is the YouTube version of the EPK; for other formats, please check out the Bios/Photos section on this...
Mar 02, 2007
Nightmoves digital download glitch being repaired
For those who experienced technical difficulties after purchasing the digital download version of Nightmoves last night at Yoshi's please know we are fixing this problem presently If you purchased the download version last night and had...
Feb 28, 2007
Nightmoves on the download – Exclusive digital download version of nightmoves available only at select dates throughout March 2007
Kurt Elling & Concord Music Group are making "Nightmoves" available for those attending select live performances only throughout the month of March as a special limited digital download edition The digital versions will be on sale for $1500 at...
Feb 27, 2007
Kurt Elling Wows Critics with ‘Nightmoves’
In a town known for its long history of great blues, Chicago's Kurt Elling stands as a beacon of light for jazz VOA's Doug Levine brings us up-to-date with this "Windy City" native who was recently named Male Vocalist of the Year in Downbeat...
Feb 23, 2007
Rare jazz singer lives up to hyperbolic praise
4 1/2 stars out of five It's an awful lot to live up to These days, Chicago's Kurt Elling is routinely touted as the best male jazz singer living The man who's netted a fistful of Grammy nods and Downbeat awards touched down in Victoria last...
Feb 14, 2007
Valentine’s Vocalese:Vocal master Kurt Elling romances at the Blue Note
The initial concept of the Chicago-based vocalist's new disc Nightmoves—the first to be made in three years—was to provide the soundtrack to a feature film That project, however, ultimately fell through, but Elling and his band...
Feb 04, 2007
Record Release
Concord is proud to announce the release of Kurt Elling's first recording for the label Nightmoves will be available in stores and on itunes April 3 Pre-order yours at Amazoncom Kurt Elling begins a promotional tour in support of "Nightmoves"...
Jan 19, 2007
Elling’s jazz breaks new ground
Kurt Elling is on top of the jazz world now and probably the music's most popular and acclaimed male singer, though at 39 he is still a young buck by jazz standards Let's count the ways people love him In 2006, the baritone won Down Beat...