Kurt Elling - Chicago Nights

Kurt Elling at Cadogan Hall

Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer born in Chicago in 1967, and the city remains the base of a career that began in 1995 with the album Close Your Eyes. Elling has worked with the Blue Note label, and the music pairs lyrics shaped by the Beat tradition with vocalese, in which words are written to existing instrumental solos.

Elling has won two GRAMMY Awards from 17 nominations. Collaborators include Branford Marsalis, Danilo Pérez and Fred Hersch, and Elling appears as a featured soloist with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Count Basie Orchestra.

This London concert, titled Chicago Nights, takes place at Cadogan Hall, a concert venue in the capital. The evening suits listeners following vocal jazz who want to hear a singer whose work spans original writing and large-ensemble collaborations.