Kurt Elling
Born: 2nd November 1967, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality: American
Artist's website: https://kurtelling.com/
Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer and songwriter.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church. He sang in choirs and played musical instruments. He encountered jazz while a student at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. After college, he enrolled in the University of Chicago Divinity School, but he left one credit short of a degree to pursue a career as a jazz vocalist.
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Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter - SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
20th Oct 2023
Elling and Hunter reprise their immaculate partnership for this funky elixir of an album, reigniting their untouchable groove as they showcase tunes from Joni Mitchell and Ornette Coleman.
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Big Band & Swing
Modal & Post Bop
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Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Roxy Coss, Michael Rodriguez, Tom Luer, Kurt Elling (vocals), Christopher McBride, Alexa Tarantino, Lauren Sevian, Ulysses Owens Jr., John Fedchock, Will Brahm, Sean Jones (trumpet), Danny Jonokuchi, Tanya Darby
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Winner: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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Afro Blue - 10th Anniversary Edition
Harold Mabern (piano), Gregory Porter (leadvocalist), Norah Jones (leadvocalist), Jane Monheit (leadvocalist), Kurt Elling (leadvocalist, vocals), Alexis Cole (leadvocalist), Peter Bernstein (guitar)
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Songbook
Kenny Barron (piano), Jean Baylor, Ann Hampton Callaway, Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocals), Ekep Nkwelle, Catherine Russell, Kurt Elling (vocals), Tyreek McDole, Kavita Shah
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In The Slow Lane
Kenny Barron (piano), Kurt Elling (vocals), Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocals)
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