Kurt Elling

vocals · Chicago

American singer whose first album, Close Your Eyes (Blue Note, 1995), was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Jazz Vocal category. He works on it with pianist and arranger Laurence Hobgood.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese

Landmark tracks

• Close Your Eyes (1995)
• Those Clouds Are Heavy, You Dig? (1995)

Sources

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