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June 2015: PASSION WORLD ~ Out & On Tour!
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| Kurt Elling / Passion World
Concord Jazz 2015 |
Now available!
Passion World is Kurt Ellings's most "worldly" album to date, as he casts his net far and wide, from Brazil to Ireland, Germany to France, Scotland to Cuba to Iceland.
And Passion World is indeed all about "passions" - the forces that shake our souls.
As one of the busiest touring jazz artists, Kurt has encountered these passions around the world; he has observed how the same depth of feeling is shaped in different ways by each unique culture through which it is filtered.
The result is an album vibrant with diversity and variety, and at the same time a singular celebration of what makes us all human. Read more . . .You're cordially invited to enter Kurt's View From My Window photo contest!
The grand prize is a custom-made, autographed copy of Passion World - with your photo on the cover! Here's how to enter: - Take a photo of the view from your window - at work, at home, or somewhere special to you.
- Upload it to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #KurtEllingVFMW.
- Fill out the official entry form here where you'll also find all the details. Limited to one entry per person.
Deadline is Monday, July 13, 2015 at 11:59 pm BST (UTC+1).So hit us with your best shot from your favorite window! And please share widely. Thank you!
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Kurt Elling's Gigs at a Glance
June - July 2015
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June 9th
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Kurt Elling's Passion World was released worldwide!
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The Kurt Elling Quintet played eight Passion World CD Release Celebration concerts at Birdland in New York, NY; performed Passion World in the rain with the New Haven Symphony at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, CT; brought Passion World to the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis for two shows, to the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, and finally to The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI. Kurt also performed at The Pittsburgh Jazz Celebration with Ramsey Lewis, Dennis Mackrel, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Pittsburgh, PA.
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June 26
6:00 pm |
Kurt Elling with the Count Basie Orchestra & the Roberta Gambarini Quartet
Sinatra @ 100, Benedict Music Tent, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, Snowmass, CO
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July 3
11:00 pm |
Kurt Elling Quintet - Passion World
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July 4
9:00 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet - Passion World
Vilafranca del Penedès, SPAIN | |
July 5
10:30 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet - Passion World
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July 7
6:00 pm |
Kurt Eling Quintet - Passion WorldFrederiksberg (Copenhagen), DENMARK
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July 9
10:30 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet - Passion World
Promenade des Anglais, Nice, FRANCE | |
July 10
8:00 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet, with special guest Till Brönner - Passion World
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July 11
7:30 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet, with special guest Till Brönner - Passion World
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July 12
4:30 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet, with special guest Richard Galliano - Passion World
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July 14
8:00 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet - Passion World
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July 16
11:00 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet - Passion World
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July 18
9:30 pm | Kurt Elling Quintet - Passion World
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July 22
8:00 pm |
The Count Basie Orchestra, with special guests Kurt Elling, Christian McBride, John Pizzarelli, Seth MacFarlane, Luciana Souza, José James, Seu Jorge
Sinatra's 100th Birthday Celebration, Jazz at the Bowl
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July 28
8:00 pm | Kurt Elling & the Bill Charlap Trio, with special guests Harry Allen & Warren Vaché
Swing a Song of Sinatra - Jazz in July
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All of Kurt's gigs into 2016 are on the Touring page on his website. That's where you'll always find the most current information. Please check there often, as new dates are always being added. Bringing Kurt to a stage near youKurt is on the road about 180 nights a year. To hear Kurt and the band play in your city, region, or country, please ask your favorite venues or festivals to book them through Kurt's booking agency. Thank you!
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Hey friends, it's Kurt's first music video!
And watch for Antonio Ponti's other Passion World music videos, too. Parisian Heartbreak, an iTunes-only bonus track, features Kurt's lyric of hope and heartbreak on accordion virtuoso Richard Galliano's poignant tune.
Bonita Cuba features Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval on a new tune that came about during the Jazz Cruise. Kurt overheard Arturo playing a mournful melody and asked about it. Arturo said he was thinking about Cuba, his friends back home, and his parents who died in the US, not in their homeland. Kurt and Phil Galdston wrote the lyric and recorded it with Sandoval and his rhythm section just for Passion World.
Arturo Sandoval is a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, ten-time Grammy winner, Emmy winner, and jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer extraordinaire.
Got your autographed copy of
Passion World yet?
 There are still a few autographed copies of Passion World available in Kurt's Official Online Store! Get yours today for 20% off when you use promo code KE22 at checkout.
Your signed CD purchase comes with a free digital download of the album, so it's a really two-fer plus a 20% discount special for Kurt's many fans around the world.
Check out the audio previews in the Store, too. Share the love and tell your friends! This special offer for KE fans is limited to stock on hand, so order yours today.
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Passion World
Concord Jazz | 2015
Kurt Elling & his Quintet - John McLean, Gary Versace, Clark Sommers, and Kendrick Scott; with special guests Till Brönner, Frank Chastenier, Richard Galliano, Alan Pasqua, Sara Gazarek, Arturo Sandoval, James Shipp, Tommy Smith, Karolina Strassmayer, Francisco Torres, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, WDR Funkhausorchester & WDR Big Band, Dave Siegel, John Belzaguy, and Johnny Friday
Check out Kurt's video where he talks about Passion World & then share it with your friends!
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Your Moment of Elling . . .
Romance is one of the things
that most countries share,
and I've noticed how different communities
have their own ways of singing
about love and heartbreak.
In chanson, the French teach us
the value of nonchalance.
In lyrics from Cuba or Latin America
there is an overwrought, almost threatening response
to a broken heart,
while in Brazil they sing of the love that remains
after the object of love has gone.
They mix happiness and sadness together
and call it saudade.
In Italy or Germany, the lyrics reveal
the kind of statuesque and heroic, almost operatic,
nature of the broken heart.
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