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The Beautiful Day: Kurt Sings Christmas This December
Kurt brings The Beautiful Day: Kurt Elling Sings Christmas to three cities this December. December 3, 2026 — Dakota, Minneapolis, MN December 4, 2026 — Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI December 6, 2026 — City Winery Chicago, Chicago, IL Join Kurt for the holiday…
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Kurt Talks Big Bands, Weather Report and His Chicago Roots with JazzBlues.EU
In an October 21 interview with JazzBlues.EU, Kurt reflects on his Chicago beginnings, the singers who shaped his approach, and the creative possibilities of collaboration. The conversation explores In The Brass Palace with the WDR Big Band and Play Weather Report: Alive in…
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Kurt Elling Joins The Cast Of Broadway’s Hadestown
The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Hadestown will welcome an entirely new principal cast to Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theatre September 2. Joining the long-running hit will be Disney star Morgan Dudley (Descendants: The Rise of Red), who made her Broadway debut in Jagged Little…
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Swing Time
“First of all, the groove has got to be the thing,” might be a surprising statement coming from a singer who has spent nearly his entire career within the jazz orbit. But Kurt Elling very much wants to emphasize that SuperBlue, his ongoing collaboration with guitarist Charlie…
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Kurt Elling at the Green Mill: Old stomping grounds, new vigor with ‘SuperBlue’ band
Chicago Tribune https://archive.ph/7FHCZ Kurt Elling’s first live concert album, “Live from Chicago,” ended up being more than a little prophetic. Elling recorded it in 1999 at the Green Mill, the venue that gave him a crucial early boost and eventually thrust him into Blue Note…
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Kurt Elling Headlines “Jazz in June”
Grammy-winning singer Kurt Elling will be the featured artist in the 31st Jazz in June. Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling headlines the Jazz in June series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln next month on June 21st. Elling, tagged as “the standout male jazz vocalist of our time” and…
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Kurt Elling Goes Jazz Adjacent – DownBeat Magazine – Phillip Lutz
Still feeling the effects of a fiery, four-night run at Ronnie Scott’s in London, Kurt Elling — DownBeat’s Male Vocalist of the Year — was safely back in the music-filled lair of his Chicago home, but operating in a zone between exhaustion and exhilaration. “They were really…
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Awards
Grammy Awards: Best Jazz Vocal Album: Secrets Are The Best Stories, featuring Danilo Pérez Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman Grammy Nominations: Best Jazz Vocal Album: Secrets Are The Best Stories, featuring Danilo Pérez…
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Kurt Elling ’89 Wins Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Long recognized as one of the top jazz vocalists of our time, Elling won his second Grammy Award for his album Secrets are the Best Stories. Gustavus Adolphus College alumnus Kurt Elling ’89 won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 63rd annual ceremony held…
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Kurt Elling Wins The GRAMMY for Secrets Are The Best Stories, featuring Danilo Pérez
Kurt Elling receives the Best Vocal Jazz GRAMMY award for his 2020 album, Secrets Are The Best Stories! After an incredible 14 nominations between 1995 and today, this marks Elling’s second GRAMMY win; his first in 2010 for Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of…