Kurt Elling with special guest Anat Cohen
Named DownBeat Critics Poll's Male Vocalist of the Year an unprecedented fourteen times, Kurt Elling is one of the world's foremost jazz vocalists. Originally commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln center, Passion World explores the language of love in a journey around the world through internationally famous ballads of love and loss. For this edition of passion World, Elling is joined by special guest, multi-reedist Anat Cohen.
"The standout male vocalist of our time." - The New York Times
"Since the mid-1990s, no singer in jazz has been as daring, dynamic or interesting as Kurt Elling. With his soaring vocal flights, his edgy lyrics and sense of being on a musical mission, he has come to embody the creative spirit in jazz." - The Washington Post
Time:
8pm Fri, May 15, 2015
Venue:
Memorial Hall, Harvard University, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138