Kurt Elling

Jazz vocalists are enjoying one of their best moments, thanks in great part to Diana Krall, who, with her record sale success, has helped revitalise the genre that hit a high note in the '50s. Nonetheless, Kurt Elling, a seasoned artist from Chicago noticeably influenced by Mark Murphy, arrived on the scene some years before Krall. And he did it with a background that also makes a difference. His education consisted of a tough tour on the Chicago club circuit. Elling sends the new legends of jazz reeling, and that's something made clear in his concerts.