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Kurt Elling Returns To Chicago
October 16, 2020Twelve years ago, jazz singer Kurt Elling left Chicago for New York. Three months ago, he returned.The move, says Elling, was prompted not by the pandemic, which has devastated New York, but by a longstanding desire ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet with Kurt Elling – Upward Spiral
June 28, 2016(OKeh) A collaboration between an established bandleader and band with an established singer is something that harkens back to a bygone musical age. The teaming of the Branford Marsalis Quartet and singer Kurt ...
Kurt Elling – Passion World
June 9, 2015(Concord Jazz) Passion World by Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling is a musical tour of various cultures. This recording, like all of Elling’s offerings, finds him pushing beyond previous boundaries, taking ...
Lee Ritenour – Rhythm Sessions
January 25, 2013(Concord Records) Guitarist Lee Ritenour is a master at blending varies styles and collaborations and making them work. His latest product Rhythm Sessions is an excellent case study. On this effort, Ritenour mixes ...
Kurt Elling – 1619 Broadway -The Brill Building Project
September 25, 2012(Concord Jazz) Chicago’s native son Kurt Elling pays tribute to New York, the city he’s called home for the past 4 years, on his latest recording 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project ,yet ...
Kurt Elling – The Gate
February 8, 2011(Concord Records) You’d be hard-pressed to find a more inventive vocalist in music today than Kurt Elling. On The Gate, produced with Don Was, Elling finds the gem in songs most music lovers have heard ...