Kurt Elling
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Biography
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One of the few male jazz singers from around the baby boom generation, Kurt Elling is an anomaly simply by profession. Given the depth and broad vision of his recordings and performance style, Elling is in a league of his own. Planning a career in the academic world, he discovered jazz and took to it naturally. Deeply influenced by singer and poet Mark Murphy, Elling began to develop his idiosyncratic scat style in the smaller clubs of Chicago (primarily at The Green Mill, sharing the stage with legends Von Freeman and Ed Peterson) and then throughout the Midwest. An Elling show can contain ranting beat poetry, dramatic and poignant readings of Rilke, and hard-swinging scat.
After sending a demo to Blue Note, Elling signed to the label and issued Close Your Eyes in 1995. He began to get attention from the jazz press, not only for his talent and original style, but also for his choice in sidemen, who included Laurence Hobgood and Paul Wertico for a time. His ultra-hip persona prevailed on 1996's Messenger, which was tougher and leaner than its predecessor, and along with hard touring and a taste for the theatrical and outrageous, Elling won over not only critics but jazz audiences from coast to coast. Elling was married that same year and chose, depending on your point of view, either to revise his hipster image or broaden his traditional base with a collection of standard ballads and love songs entitled This Time It's Love. The album won numerous awards in magazines and was nominated for a Grammy.
Endless touring and guest appearances resulted in Blue Note issuing 2000's Live in Chicago (from three sets at The Green Mill) and the following year's Flirting with Twilight, his most ambitious and satisfying recording — he opened the disc by singing a Charlie Haden bass solo. Man in the Air and Nightmoves followed in 2003 and 2007, respectively. In 2009, as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series of concerts, Elling released the live album Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman. Elling guested on Hobgood's 2010 and 2011 offerings When the Heart Dances and Left to My Own Devices, respectively.
He also re-emerged with his own album, The Gate, in 2011. The set was produced by Grammy-winner Don Was. Easily his most provocative offering, it featured a few modern jazz standards juxtaposed against a slew of pop, rock, and soul tunes that were radically rearranged and performed by an all-star band that included Hobgood, John Pattitucci, and Bob Mintzer, to mention a few. In 2012, Elling issued 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project, which paid homage to the classic American pop music that emanated from the iconic Brill Building during the '50s and '60s.
Title: Live In New York (Live From Birdland Jazz Club / 2019)
Artist: Kurt Elling, James Morrison
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Man In the Air (feat. Laurence Hobgood & Stefon Harris)
Artist: Kurt Elling
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock
Title: What Is The Beautiful?
Artist: Kurt Elling, Theo Bleckmann The Claudia Quintet + 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Beautiful Day: Kurt Elling Sings Christmas
Artist: Kurt Elling
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Dedicated To You:: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
Artist: Kurt Elling
Genre: Jazz
Title: SuperBlue - The London Sessions (Live)
Artist: Charlie Hunter, Kurt Elling, DJ Harrison, The London, Corey Fonville
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Beautiful Day (Kurt Elling Sings Christmas)
Artist: Kurt Elling
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman
Artist: Kurt Elling
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock
Title: Dedicated to You - Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman (Live)
Artist: Kurt Elling
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock
Title: Guilty Pleasures
Artist: Charlie Hunter, Kurt Elling, Nate Smith
Genre: Soul, Blues, Vocal Jazz, Funk
Collections
Title: Yule Be Boppin'
Genre: Jazz
Title: The New Young Lions of Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: The Blue Note Years, Volume 7: Blue Note Now As Then
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Inspiration: Best Of Bar Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: 101 Christmas Songs Disc 2
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Best Jazz 100 (CD4: Relaxing Jazz)
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Wave Music Vol. 14 (Deluxe Edition)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Smooth Jazz Cafe Vol. 07
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Wave Music Vol. 14
Genre: Jazz
Title: 101 Christmas Songs 2012 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Blue Note Trip Vol. 7: Birds & Beats (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Love Songs After Dark (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Brigitte Jazz For Dinner 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Acid Jazz, World Music, Theatre/Soundtrack, Folk
Title: The Passion Of Charlie Parker 2017
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Umbria Jazz 45th Anniversary (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: TSF Jazz 100% Crooners
Genre: Jazz
Title: Trending Holiday Hits Volume 1 (CD4)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Classical Christmas Songs (CD1)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Classical Christmas Songs (CD2)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: The Very Best Improvisations: Vocal Jazz Music (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Flowers Jazz's (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Smooth Jazz, Instrumental
Title: The Great Jazz Code (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Great American Songbook Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: It's Christmas 2021 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Country, Traditional Pop Music, Easy Listening
Title: Christmas Jazz, Blues & Soul 2021
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Best Christmas Playlist Ever 2021 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Hi-Res Masters: Vocal Jazz Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Coffeehouse 2022 (CD1)
Genre: Ambient
Title: Christmas Coffeehouse Jazz 2022 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Jazzy Christmas Dinner 2022 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Pov: You're Enjoying A Cup Of Hot Chocolate 2022 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Jazz Meets Pop (CD1)
Title: Christmas Shopping Playlist 2023
Genre: Pop
Title: Un Poquito De Jazz 2023
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Jazz Songs Of 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Melodic Patterns Of Jazz (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental
Featuring albums
Title: Christmas In New York
Artist: Renée Fleming / Renee Fleming
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical, Classical Crossover
Title: Note Of Hope - A Celebration Of Woody Guthrie (Amazon Exclusive Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Jazz Love Songs After Dark [Playboy Jazz Series]
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Sirene (Colonna sonora originale della fiction TV)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Shoulder To Shoulder: Centennial Tribute To Women’s Suffrage
Artist: Karrin Allyson Sextet
Genre: Jazz