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

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

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

It must be a hellish thing to know what's possible in music, to be hearing things all the time and not have an appropriate outlet for them.

It must be a hellish thing to know what's possible in music, to be hearing things all the time and not have an appropriate outlet for them.

- 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

Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way. It's such a fulfilling vocation. I love it.

Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way. It's such a fulfilling vocation. I love it.

- Kurt Elling

Grammy nominations are certainly pleasant, but you can forget about them and lead a perfectly happy life - provided you have the approval of the musicians you work with.

Grammy nominations are certainly pleasant, but you can forget about them and lead a perfectly happy life - provided you have the approval of the musicians you work with.

- 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

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

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