kurt elling

Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz vocalist. Elling graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1989. He then enrolled in The University of Chicago's Divinity School and remained a student there until January of 1992 when he left school one credit short of graduation. In the last decade, Elling has released six albums for the Blue Note label. He has also performed and recorded with many musicians, including David Amram, Bob Belden, Joanne Brackeen, Oscar Brown, Jr., Billy Corgan, Orbert Davis, George Freeman, Buddy Guy, Jon Hendricks, Charlie Hunter and Rex Richardson. As of late 2004, Elling's current band includes Rob Amster on bass, Laurence Hobgood on piano, and Frank Parker on drums. Elling has won the DownBeat and the JazzTimes critics polls three years in a row in the "Best Male Singer" category. He is also Vice Chair of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the 17,000-member service organization that produces the annual Grammy Awards.

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