Kurt Elling stopped by our performance studio on April 15th. Check out the audio and video from the performance below. In the studio with Kurt Elling—The complete jazz singer By Justin Steyer, Nick ...

Kurt Elling has mellowed some. Quite the original voice in jazz for more than a decade, he's introduced us to adventure and thrills. He's helped to maintain the spirit of straight-ahead jazz with a ...

Kurt Elling released 'Sermonette / If It's True' on Big Shoulders Records following his run as Hermes in Hadestown. The ...

He was known as “The Voice.” And Kurt Elling remembers how, when he was a child, those vocal cords stood out. Elling, the son of a high school band instructor, often listened to the music his parents ...

Multi-GRAMMY award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling has released an a cappella interpretation of Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring,” featuring celebrated vocal group The Swingles. Released via Kurt’s ...

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 ...

Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist Kurt Elling started singing as a child in his father’s church choir. With a career now spanning more than 30 years, Elling has performed across the country and ...

Even after last summer’s scaled-down version provided some relief, the 65th Monterey Jazz Festival arrives this weekend with years of pent up creative energy ready for release. It’s not just that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. The jazz super duo of vocalist Kurt Elling and guitarist/producer Charlie Hunter ...

Jazz singer Kurt Elling has taken the brazen step of composing lyrics to fit Dexter Gordon's solo on his 1976 version of "Body and Soul." The lyric wisely mentions that the experiment could be a train ...

“Vocalese” is a jazz technique in which lyrics are added to instrumental tunes to convey a certain idea or feeling. Its origins can be traced to the Twenties, but it really came into vogue later, in ...

Frequent denizens of the Oak Room may not recognize the lyrics, but listening to Kurt Elling in his debut at the hallowed cabaret space they will be treated to a compelling account of romantic ...