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Artist: Kurt Elling
Title: Collection
Year Of Release: 1995-2015
Label: OKeh Records, Concord Jazz, Blue Note
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Vocalese
Quality: FLAC
Total Time: 11:35:15
Total Size: 3,79 Gb
Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz vocalist, composer, lyricist and vocalese performer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling first became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church. Growing up, Elling sang in choirs and played various musical instruments, but was not exposed to jazz until he attended Gustavus Adolphus College. Elling enrolled in graduate school at the University of Chicago Divinity School, but left school one credit short of a master's degree to pursue a career as a jazz vocalist.
Elling began to perform around Chicago, scat singing and improvising his own lyrics. He recorded a demo in the early 1990s and was signed by Blue Note Records, releasing a total of six albums with the label. He has been nominated for ten Grammy Awards, winning Best Vocal Jazz Album for Dedicated to You (2009) on the Concord Jazz label. Elling often leads the Down Beat critics poll, and he was awarded the Prix Billie Holiday from the Académie du Jazz. Since 1995, Elling has collaborated with pianist, composer, and arranger Laurence Hobgood, leading a quartet that regularly tours the world
1995 * Close Your Eyes
1997 * The Messenger
1998 * This Time It's Love
1999 * Live In Chicago
2001 * Flirting With Twilight
2003 * Man In The Air
2007 * Nightmoves
2009 * Dedicated To You
2011 * The Gate[
2012 * 1619 Broadway
2015 * Passion World
