Paris Loves Jazz, This Time With a Festival New York Times (blog) Now in its 12th year, the St. Germain Jazz Festival runs through June 3, featuring a top-flight line-up that includes Kurt Elling, Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef and Jacky Terrasson. But it's not just about the music — the concerts take place in ...
Jazz breaking news: Kurt Elling, Jim Hall & the Kenny Wheeler Big Band and ... Jazzwise magazine The Queen Elizabeth Hall hosts the hot Californian trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and his Quintet on 9 November; Kurt Elling accompanied by his long standing pianist Laurence Hobgood comes in on 14 November; and a rare London date by one of the great ...
Jazz with added razzmatazz at Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Scotsman Jools Holland, New Orleans icon Dr John, Clint Eastwood's son Kyle, Grammy-award winners the Manhattan Transfer and Kurt Elling, and Scottish soul-funk veterans the Average White Band are among the highlights of this year's programme.
JBBG – Jazz Bigband Graz: Urban Folktales – review The Guardian Kurt Elling, Take 6 and Jon Hendricks have all guested with JBBG, and the vocalist here is the intriguing Theo Bleckmann, who has interpreted artists as varied as Charles Ives and Kate Bush. The burnished sound of Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola, ...
For Jazz lovers, there is much joy Independent Online Headlining the event will be Kurt Elling who, according to jazz global polls, is the finest jazz singer in the world today. Former Wynton Marsalis musician Wycliffe Gordon is one of the world's leading trombone masters whose plunger mute playing is ... Awesome line-up for Standard Bank Joy of JazzArtslink.co.za News (press release) Joy of Jazz line-upJoburg
Earl Klugh returns for Joy of Jazz in August Artslink.co.za News (press release) Also appearing at this prestigious event are such giants as Grammy-Award winner Kurt Elling who has been hailed as the jazz male vocalist of his generation; trombone master Wycliffe Gordon; as well as an appearance by the world famous Duke Ellington ...
Fred Hersch: 10th Anniversary at the Jazz Standard, May 22 - 27 Jazz Police (blog) Fred Hersh has long enjoyed collaborations with inventive vocalists, from Nancy King and Kurt Elling to opera star Rene Fleming. Closing out his residency at Jazz Standard, Fred shares the stage with one of the most daring and soulful of modern jazz ...
Respect for the queen: Aretha sings Tuesday at Kauffman Center Kansas City Star I remember standing next to Kurt Elling, and we both agreed: ' That's how you sing!' “I'd heard her on records all of my life, but hearing her live was something altogether different. Some of us backstage stood motionless. Some of us were crying, ...
Weekend in Jazz | 5.11-5.13: Women's week CapitalBop (blog) View event on calendar | Howard Theatre website John Pizzarelli & Kurt Elling, Music Center at Strathmore, 8 pm | Vocalist Kurt Elling is a constant favorite among jazz critics, constantly placing high on Downbeat magazine's annual poll.
