Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer lauded for a soaring style and technical
dynamism singing standards and his own lyrics with artists performing improvised
versions of solos by classic jazz stars such as John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter,
Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny. He has won and been nominated for many jazz
awards and in 2017 he toured the world with the Branford Marsalis Quartet. The
Chicago-born vocalist sang in church choirs as a boy and turned to jazz in the
early 1990s. He has collaborated with many other top artists such as David
Amram, Oscar Brown Jr., Buddy Guy and J...