Kurt Elling & James Morrison

A highly adept singer and writer who possesses a resonant baritone and four-octave range, Kurt Elling has won a global fan base, numerous awards, and countless accolades for his distinctive brand of vocal jazz. Given the depth and vision of his recordings and his theatrical performance style, an Elling concert can contain ranting, beat poetry, dramatically sung readings of Garcia Lorca and Rainier Maria Rilke, and tunes by Ellington, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, and the Beatles, complete with hard-swinging vocalese. He first captured the attention of critics with his 1995 Gramm...