Season Finale Concert -
South Florida JAZZ
presents the incomparable
the Grammy-awarded,
voted Best Male Jazz Vocalist
in all industry jazz polls.
1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project
South
Florida JAZZ, South Florida’s premier modern jazz organization is excited to present
vocalist KURT ELLING on Saturday June 8, 2013, 8:00
PM. Mr Elling
will sing the repertoire from his latest Grammy-nominated recording, 1619
Broadway: The Brill Building Project. This concert
will take place at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center on the Nova Southeastern
University 3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr Blvd , Davie 33314 Broward Center
"Since
the mid-1990s, no singer in jazz has been as daring, dynamic or interesting as
Kurt Elling. With his soaring vocal flights, his edgy lyrics and sense of being
on a musical mission, he has come to embody the creative spirit in
jazz.
- The Washington Post'
Chicago
native Kurt Elling is the most accomplished male jazz singer extant. In a career
spanning more than 17 years, 45-year-old Elling has risen to international
prominence as a jazz artist and singer. Each of his seven albums for Blue Note
and the first two on Concord records were nominated for Grammy Awards.
His 2009
CD, Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling
Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, the second on Concord Records, was
recorded live at Lincoln Center and won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Jazz
Vocal Album. Kurt’s next recording, The Gate, earned yet another Grammy
nomination. On his newest release 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building
Project, a locale which the London Telegraph calls “the most important
generator of popular songs in the Western world,” Mr. Elling solidifies his
reputation for bold innovation and superb craftsmanship. His current tour
features the music of that album.
Kurt
Elling has topped either the DownBeat and/or JazzTimes Readers
and Critics polls every year since 1998 and won the Jazz Journalists Association
award eight times for Best Male Vocalist.
Kurt’s
rich baritone voice spans four octaves and he displays both astonishing
technical facility and emotional depth. He has an awesome command of rhythm,
texture, phrasing, and dynamics, often sounding more like a virtuoso jazz
instrumentalist than a singer. His repertoire ranges from his own compositions
to modern interpretations of standards, both of which can be the springboard for
free form improvisation, scatting, spoken words, poetry, and rants. As composer
and lyricist, Kurt Elling has written scores of his own
compositions and has mastered “vocalese,” the art of setting lyrics to the songs
and improvised solos of many jazz masters. And no one can match his scatting for
speed, dexterity and invention.
In
addition to his extraordinary work as an artist, Kurt Elling served as a
national trustee for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)
beginning in 1999. In 2003, he was elected Vice Chair of that 17,000-member
service organization and served two successful terms. While Vice Chairman,
Elling was effective in opening up new channels of communication within the
Academy. He helped create and also hosted the first two annual Recording Academy
Salutes to Jazz, while overseeing the creation of the Academy's Lifetime
Achievement and Trustees Awards Review Committee.
A true
polymath man, Kurt Elling remains among the most interesting figures in the
world of modern music and poetry, both at a musical and intellectual level.
"[possibly]
the greatest jazz singer of all time."
- Jazz Review (UK)
"Kurt
Elling is arguably the most interesting and innovative jazz singer to come along
in years..."- Jazz Review (UK)
- Artie Shaw
"Elling is a cool breeze in the desert of male jazz singers. Elling sings, scats, does vocalese, tells stories and reads poetry in a baritone voice that bounces from sweet to tangy."
- Philadelphia Daily News
2013 Concerts
Tickets: $40 and $15 for students with I.D.
Tickets: $40 and $15 for students with I.D.
All seating is reserved
Funding for this organization is
provided in part by the Broward
County
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