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Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church. He sang in choirs and played musical instruments. He encountered jazz while a student at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. After college, he enrolled in the University of Chicago Divinity School, but he left one credit short of a degree to pursue a career as a jazz vocalist. Elling began to perform around Chicago, scat singing and improvising his lyrics. He recorded a demo in the early 1990s and was signed by Blue Note. He has been nominated for seventeen Grammy Awards, winning Best Vocal Jazz Album for Dedicated to You and Secrets Are the Best Stories. Elling often leads the Down Beat magazine Critics' Poll. He had a longtime collaboration with pianist Laurence Hobgood, leading a quartet that toured throughout the world. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Nature Boy
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Endless Lawns (feat. Marquis Hill)
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The Very Thought Of You
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Nancy with the Laughing Face (Live)
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Say You Love Me (feat. Victoria Victoria & Huntertones)

Albums

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Wildflowers, Vol.1

2024
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Secrets Are The Best Stories (feat. Danilo Perez)

2020
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The Gate

2011
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SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree

2023
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Upward Spiral (feat. Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis & Justin Faulkner)

2016
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Nightmoves

2007
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SuperBlue: The London Sessions

2022
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Passion World

2015
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SuperBlue

2021
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1619 Broadway ‒ The Brill Building Project

2012

Singles & EPs

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My Very Own Ride

Single2026
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SuperBlue: Guilty Pleasures Vol.2 (feat. Huntertones)

EP2025
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Guilty Pleasures Vol. 1 (feat. Nate Smith)

EP2023
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Wildflowers, Vol. 3

EP2025
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Steppin' Out

Single2025
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A Happy Thought (feat. Stu Mindeman)

Single2018
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The Glow Worm

Single2025
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Single2024
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Wichita Lineman

Single2025
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Wildflowers, Vol. 2

EP2024

Videos

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Where the Streets Have No Name

Kurt Elling227K views
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Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right) (feat. Gary Versace)

Kurt Elling132K views
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American Tune (Official Video)

Kurt Elling168K views
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Bonita Cuba (feat. Arturo Sandoval)

Kurt Elling100K views
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After the Storm - Mumford & Sons (Cover)

Kurt Elling15K views

Live performances

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Kurt Elling - I Have Dreamed- Zadymka Festival

Kurt Elling76K views
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Lonely Avenue (Live at the Pool, London)

Kurt Elling21K views
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Star of Wonder / We Three Kings : Kurt Elling w/ The Swingles

Kurt Elling8.2K views
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Kurt Elling's Tribute to the Late Mark Murphy

Kurt Elling71K views
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Stage I (feat. Danilo Pérez)

Kurt Elling26K views

Featured on

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Late Night Jazz

PlaylistYouTube Music
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Jazz Christmas

PlaylistYouTube Music

Playlists by Kurt Elling

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"The Beautiful Day" Yule Log

PlaylistKurt Elling14K views
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SuperBlue - Live at The Pool

PlaylistKurt Elling70 views
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Live Performance

PlaylistKurt Elling985 views
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Wildflowers, Vol.1

PlaylistKurt Elling36 views
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Passion World Videos

PlaylistKurt Elling785 views
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SuperBlue: Live

PlaylistKurt Elling126 views

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