Jazz Singer Kurt Elling Performs Tribute to John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Since the mid-1990s, no singer in jazz has been as daring, dynamic or interesting as Kurt Elling. The onetime theology student from Chicago has found a fresh musical territory by channeling, in equal parts, Frank Sinatra, bebop hipster Mark Murphy and an all-night poetry slam.
Picture: Jazz Singer Kurt Elling Performs Tribute to John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman Published: 2009-02-27
Provider: Washington Post