Kurt Elling

06/17/2026

Take a listen...

"In The Slow Lane"
(Kenny Barron-music, Janice Jarrett-lyrics)

Kenny Barron 🎹
Kurt Elling 🎤
Kiyoshi Kitagawa 🎻
Johnathan Blake 🥁

Kenny Barron
"Songbook"
Artwork Records (2025)

Nouveau single maintenant disponible

06/16/2026

KNKX Public Radio revisits Kurt's visit with Joey Calderazzo in 2024...

Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling and veteran pianist Joey Calderazzo have a knack for groundbreaking creativity, born from their palpable musical connection.

06/11/2026

Kurt & the Yellowjackets bring the music of Weather Report to the Detroit Jazz Festival on September 5th and DC Jazz Festival on September 6th. More dates TBA! 🎟️: https://kurtelling.com/tour/
-----------------------
"Elegant People"
(Wayne Shorter-music, Kurt Elling-lyrics; vocalese is from Wayne's solo from the original recording on "Heavy Weather")

Kurt Elling 🎤
Bob Mintzer 🎷
Russell Ferrante 🎹
Dane Alderson 🎻
Will Kennedy 🥁

July 12, 2025
New Morning (Officiel) 🇫🇷

06/08/2026

Kurt Elling & the WDR Big Band "In The Brass Palace" is available on Big Shoulders Records in CD, limited edition vinyl & digital from the Kurt Bandcamp page. https://kurtelling.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-brass-palace-2

"The blueprint is neither rigid nor repetitive. It flexes in tempo and pacing. Some tracks accelerate toward mass; others thicken by degrees; some compress the return, others elongate it. Yet the macro-logic persists: foundation, interior span, reinforcement, stabilization. Room by room, the palace is constructed as a proportioned design..." - The Jazz Word

06/02/2026

In this extraordinary time, many gifts continue to be given. My thanks to the JJA for their kind recognition.

06/02/2026

Kurt has won the Jazz Journalists Association award for Male Vocalist Of The Year; congrats Kurt! 🥇

Full list of winners: https://jjajazzawards.org/2026-winners-for-jazz-performance-and-recordings/

06/01/2026

"Come Fly With Me"
(Jimmy Van Heusen-music, Sammy Cahn-lyrics)

Kurt Elling 🎤
John McLean 🎸
Laurence Hobgood Music 🎹
Clark Sommers 🎻
Quincy Davis 🥁

May 29, 2012
Festival JAZZ à SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS 🇫🇷

05/29/2026

"Jazz has given me my vocation, my livelihood, my friendships, my family...It's given me a way to meet people in the world and to advance what I believe to be the real purpose of the music, which is to lift up the heart, and to inspire, and to remind us of our common harmony between each other."

Kurt interviewed by CBS News...

Two-time Grammy winner Kurt Elling, a man who the New York Times called "the standout male jazz vocalist of our time," gave CBS News Chicago a tour through the city's jazz culture, past and present.

05/28/2026

谢谢

05/28/2026

Scenes from Uzbekistan!

👨‍🎤🎤
Julius Rodriguez 🎹
Clark Sommers 🎻
Marcus Finnie 🥁