Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling August ( born November 2, 1967 in Chicago) is an American jazz singer (baritone ) from Chicago.
Life
Elling received his artistic training at prestigious institutions such as the Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, and the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His strong interest in literature is also due to Elling's artistic trademark: Elling's challenging texts to " difficult", often quite unsanglichen compositions of modern jazz musicians like John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and Vince Mendoza were highlighted by critics in reviews again and again.
Elling impressed his audience by the stylistic diversity of his live concerts and studio productions, so he wears bebop heads in the style of Mark Murphy as well before as Blues and Beat Poetry. It combines elements of the so-called crooning with abstract vocal improvisations with his interpretation of classic jazz standards. A typical example of this is about his version of My Foolish Heart (on Live in Chicago, 2000), in the Elling this well-known jazz ballad with an extended modal vocal improvisation coupled via a text of the Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross.
Fixed members of the Trio are pianist Laurence Hobgood and the bassist Rob Amster, during the occupation of the drummer ( Paul et al Wertico ) repeatedly changed in recent years. Since its inception, the band has recorded several internationally successful CDs for the renowned record label Blue Note Records since 2007 for Concord Music Group. The Critics' poll of the magazine Down Beat and Jazz Times Elling won several times in the category " singer ". Meanwhile, he is also a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that annually awards the Grammys. The Grammy Award in 2010 for best vocal album he received for Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman. The end of 2012 his album was 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album category.
Discography
Albums on Blue Note:
Albums with Concord Music Group:
- 2007 - Night Moves
- 2009 - Dedicated To You
- 2011 - The Gate
- 2012 - 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project ( 2012)