Kurt Elling
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009• 7:30pmDrake University Sheslow Auditorium • Jordan Stage
Kurt Elling is the preeminent young male jazz singer today. This follows a ten-year stretch that saw Elling earn seven Grammy nominations for six Blue Note albums, six consecutive years at the top of the Down Beat Critics and Jazz Times Readers' polls, three Jazz Journalists' Association Awards for Best Male Vocalist and the Prix Billie Holiday from the Academie du Jazz in Paris. His quartet has toured the world, performing to critical acclaim in Europe, the Middle East, South America, Asia and Australia, and at jazz festivals and concert halls across the North America.
“Kurt Elling is going to change many listeners’ minds on the meaning and purpose of Jazz singing.”
– Chicago Tribune
