Kurt Elling & the ASO at the Adelaide Festival Theatre 26th April

Adelaide Festival Theatre
Saturday 26 April at 8.00pm (Finish approx. 10.00pm)

http://www.bass.net.au/events/database/ASO2008-SHOWCASE/

Kurt Elling is the pre-eminent young male jazz singer of today. With multiple Grammy nominations and seven acclaimed albums to his credit, Elling is an artist, poet and interpreter extraordinaire. With a rich textured voice Kurt Elling infuses his lyrics with passion, humour and a startling intellectual depth, often incorporating images and references from writers such as Rilke and Proust, into his work.

Elling is renowned for pushing the musical boundaries of jazz exploring the emotional convictions of music both in the recording studio and through commanding live performances. His new album, Night Moves has been met with open arms by the jazz community and Elling fans. "Night Moves... important, and entertaining.... moving furiously toward pure creativity...is clearly one of the more important jazz works of the last decade" (CD review.com) Kurt Elling's Adelaide Symphony Orchestra concert appearance marks a rare opportunity to witness this incredible talent with an orchestra and his band of esteemed musicians.

Don't know how many jazz lovers there are here but I am one, so I'm going to this...

Oh, I'd LOVE to go to this!!

I'm going with my parents (they're inviting me) cause it's on my birthday.

Nice! 

I LOVE Kurt Elling.... I heard him for the first time on tv late one night and had to buy his cd the next day! He would be BRILLIANT live 

His versions of Nature Boy and April in Paris are great 

I certainly wish I'd known about this sooner, been meaning to get to an ASO gig for too long. Hmm... still on the cards I suppose.

This was really fantastic. Nice range of jazz stuff. Elling really is a fantastic vocalist and his band was excellent as well.

It was similar to the Herbie Hancock concert I saw at the same time last year - by that I mean it would have been equally good if it was just the performer and his band rather than with the ASO. That said, the ASO were great and it's nice to see they can do a lot more than just classical music.