Superblue: Guilty Pleasures by Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter (feat. Nate Smith) (Edition. EDNDA1223. EP review by Alison Bentley) “I like to do big things and make big statements,” US singer Kurt […]
Jazz Voice (Royal Festival Hall. 11 November 2022. EFG LJF. Review by Lavender Sutton) Every year the London Jazz Festival’s opening gala: Jazz Voice at Royal Festival Hall sets the tone for […]
Kurt Elling and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra are back together with a new collaboration – they are building an Apparition Bridge. Rob Adams reports: Works by the late Esbjorn Svennson, Danish bassist […]
Kurt Elling – SuperBlue (Edition EDN1174. Album Review by John Bungey) Kurt Elling has been busy turning himself into the male jazz vocalist of our times. In March he won his second […]
Kurt Elling(Ronnie Scotts, 21 September 2021. Fourth and final night of residency. First set. Review by Lavender Sutton) It’s no longer surprising that each album Kurt Elling puts out shows a completely […]
Annie Yanbékian is one of France’s leading jazz journalists. She works for France TV in Paris, where she produces online content about jazz musicians…and a broader spectrum of music as well. In […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra releases a new video featuring Kurt Elling singing Somewhere, from West Side Story, to coincide with Remembrance Sunday this weekend, writes Rob Adams. Taken from Elling and […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra releases its third video “single” since the Covid-19 pandemic began with a previously unavailable performance featuring top vocalist Kurt Elling, writes Rob Adams. “Jeep on 35°” is […]
The Big Blind with Kurt Elling and Dee Dee Bridgewater (Queen Elizabeth Hall. 31 January 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney) The musical The Big Blind is a big show: its music and dialogue […]
Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas (Royal Albert Hall. 19 December 2019. Review by Georgina Williams) Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall was a three-hour festive extravaganza. Because of […]
Guy Barker’s annual big band Christmas spectacular has become a fixture in the jazz calendar. This year’s, the fourth, features vocalists Grammy-winner Kurt Elling and Quincy Jones collaborator Vula Malinga, clarinettist Giacomo […]
Peter Bacon reports: This, annnounced this morning, from the Royal Albert Hall: “A host of special guests have been announced for Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas, as the bandleader’s festive showcase returns […]
Peter Bacon reports: The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival celebrates its 42nd incarnation over the last weekend in October with a fine array of big names from jazz and related musics. They are: […]
