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Kurt Elling
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GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling is among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. He won the DownBeat Critics Poll for fourteen consecutive years and was named “Male Singer of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association on eight occasions. An international jazz award winner, he has also been GRAMMY nominated a dozen times.
Elling's rich baritone spans four octaves and features both astonishing technical mastery and emotional depth. His repertoire includes original compositions and modern interpretations of standards, all of which are springboards for inspired improvisation, scatting, spoken word and poetry.
Deborah Silver with the Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Rocks!
Label: Green Hill Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Paint It, Black – feat. Arturo Sandoval & Pedrito Martinez; Bennie and the Jets; Baby, I Love Your Way – feat. Peter Frampton; Tainted Love – feat. Kurt Elling (duet), Steve Jordan, John Clayton; Band On The Run; A Hard Day’s Night – feat. Monte Croft; Joy To The World – feat. Trombone Shorty (duet); Fly Like An Eagle – feat. Bill Frisell; Every Breath You Take – feat. George Coleman; Old Time Rock & Roll – feat. Wycliffe Gordon (duet) & Herlin Riley; Life’s Been Good – feat. Scotty Barnhart of The Count Basie Orchestra.
Songbook
By Kenny Barron
Label: Artwork Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Beyond This Place; Until Then; Cook's Bay; Thoughts and Dreams; Illusion; Minor
Blues Redux; In The Slow Lane; Sunshower; Calypso; Lullabye; Sonja Brag; Marie
Laveau; Song for Abdullah.
Centennial Shoutouts For June Christy and Johnny Mandel Plus New Releases James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant,
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter & Superblue, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant, with birthday shoutouts to June Christy (100!), Johnny Mandel (100!), Etta Jones, Billy Strayhorn, Ethel Ennis, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Aline Homzy, among others with just a hint of holiday fare (more to come in December). Happy ...
Kurt Elling, Laura Ann Singh, Johannes Wallmann and Ray Drummond
by Joe Dimino
We open the 934th episode of Neon Jazz with a heartfelt tribute to a giant we lost on November 1, 2025--the incomparable Ray Drummond, bassist, educator, and pillar of the jazz world. From his 2006 gem 1-2-3-4, we spin “Little Waltz" to honor his legacy and say goodbye to a true master. From there, the show ...
Kenny Barron: Songbook
by Pierre Giroux
Kenny Barron's offering Songbook is a deeply personal milestone in the pianist's career. Long regarded as one of the most lyrical voices in modern jazz, Barron fulfills a long-held dream by revisiting thirteen of his original compositions, now reimagined with words by lyricist Janice Jarrett and performed by a talented cast of vocalists spanning different generations. ...
RIP Ray Drummond and Klaus Doldinger--Additional jazz classics from Charles Mingus and others
by David W. Daniels
Tribute to Ray Drummond including music from Grachan Moncur III and more. Other jazz classics from Wayne Shorter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and more. Newly released jazz from Horace Silver, Carmen Bradford, and more. Music recognizing the birthdays of Mose Allison, Houston Person, and more. Playlist Grachan Moncur III “Exploration" from Exploration (Capri) 00:00 Bobby ...
Kenny Barron Songbook Project, Lori Williams, Whitney Ross-Barris, Angela Verbrugge & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Lori Williams, Kenny Barron, Whitney Ross-Barris, Angela Verbrugge and Phillip Officer, with birthday shoutouts to Lorde, Joni Mitchell, Chris Connor, Anne Sajdera, Russell Malone, Lauren Henderson, Jane Monheit, Lani Hall, Nikara Warren, Bertha Hope, Dara Starr Tucker and Betty Bryant, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you ...
Take Five with Pianist Andrii Pokaz
by AAJ Staff
Meet Andrii Pokaz Andrii Pokaz holds Bachelor's and PhD degrees from the Odesa National A.V. Nezhdanova Academy of Music, where he later returned as a professor, teaching and mentoring young Ukrainian musicians for over 16 years. A laureate of numerous international competitions, he is also frequently invited to serve on juries at prestigious music contests.
Amanda Monaco, Aretha Tillotson Kerry Politzer, Maja Jaku Release New Music Plus Centennial Shoutout For Dory Langdon Previn
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Maja Jaku, Amanda Monaco, Aretha Tillotson and Kerry Politzer, with birthday shoutouts to Dory Langdon Previn (100!), Julia Lee, Sippie Wallace, Andy Bey, Cleo Laine, Abbie Finn, Kristin Korb, Kurt Elling, Amanda Monaco, Allison Miller, Carmen Lundy, Dianne Reeves and Jay Clayton, among others. Happy listening and please support the ...
