American jazz vocalist Kurt Elling has reached the absolute top and radiates joyful energy on stage. ‘Elling is the standout male vocalist of our time’ (New York Times).

As a jazz vocalist Kurt Elling has reached the absolute top. The American singer radiates joyful energy on stage: he sings standards, recites poetry and vocalizes bebop solos and jazz melodies. Additionally, his repertoire includes soul and rock by such artists as Stevie Wonder and Joe Jackson. ‘One of the few post-Baby Boom hardcore jazz artists who can live up to the term “original”’ (Downbeat).

The Chicago-born jazz singer was nominated several times for a Grammy, which he won in 2009. ‘Elling is the standout male vocalist of our time’(New York Times).

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LOCATION: MUZIEKGEBOUW AAN ‘T IJ

Kurt Elling zang, Stu Mindeman piano/orgel, John Mclean gitaar, Clark Sommers bas, Ulysses Owens Jr. drums