Kurt Elling
Born: 2nd November 1967, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality: American
Artist's website: https://kurtelling.com/
Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer and songwriter.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church. He sang in choirs and played musical instruments. He encountered jazz while a student at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. After college, he enrolled in the University of Chicago Divinity School, but he left one credit short of a degree to pursue a career as a jazz vocalist.
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Recording of the Week,
Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter - SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
Elling and Hunter reprise their immaculate partnership for this funky elixir of an album, reigniting their untouchable groove as they showcase tunes from Joni Mitchell and Ornette Coleman.
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