Author: Kurt Elling

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I like the power and versatility of a big band and how an orchestra can vary the dynamics from very loud to very quiet, and SNJO covers those bases.

I like the power and versatility of a big band and how an orchestra can vary the dynamics from very loud to very quiet, and SNJO covers those bases.

- Kurt Elling

I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our daughter when I'm out on the road.

I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our daughter when I'm out on the road.

- Kurt Elling

You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear.

You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear.

- Kurt Elling

My goal is to be really incredible by the time I'm 70.

My goal is to be really incredible by the time I'm 70.

- Kurt Elling

There's a spiritual complement to any attempt at transposing a commitment to humanity through music or art.

There's a spiritual complement to any attempt at transposing a commitment to humanity through music or art.

- Kurt Elling

I hope that I'm also maturing emotionally as a human being as things go on.

I hope that I'm also maturing emotionally as a human being as things go on.

- Kurt Elling

That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think.

That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think.

- Kurt Elling

The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better word, self-confidence.

The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better word, self-confidence.

- Kurt Elling

It's a lovely thing to have people in any circumstance appreciate your work.

It's a lovely thing to have people in any circumstance appreciate your work.

- Kurt Elling

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