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Kurt Elling

カート・エリング　/　かーと・えりんぐ

American singer

November 2, 1967 (age 58)　・　Chicago, Illinois, United States

Illinois
singer
songwriter
composer

My Take

Kurt Elling interests me because his path runs through a Lutheran church and a divinity school before it ever reaches a jazz stage. You can hear that, I think: a singer who treats lyrics with the weight of text and gives his voice a searching, almost liturgical depth. Titles like Close Your Eyes and The Messenger hint at someone after meaning, not just polish. There's a seriousness to him that I genuinely enjoy, the sense of a vocalist who studied ideas as hard as melody. He strikes me as a craftsman using jazz to ask questions, and that earns my respect.

Overview

Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church. He sang in choirs and played musical instruments. He encountered jazz while a student at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kurt Elling
Name (Japanese): カート・エリング
Reading: かーと・えりんぐ
Born: November 2, 1967 (age 58)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Goat
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / songwriter / composer / jazz musician / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Rockford Lutheran High School
University: University of Chicago Divinity School

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Close Your Eyes	—
Notable work	The Messenger	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.kurtelling.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

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