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Concerts in Edinburgh, Perth, Glasgow
and Aberdeen
One of the world’s leading jazz
singers, Kurt Elling joins internationally acclaimed saxophonist Tommy Smith
and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) for a four-date tour of
Scotland from Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 November.
Chicago-born Elling, who has won two Grammy awards and been nominated a further fifteen times, has been described by the New York Times as “the stand-out male singer of our time.” He has also topped the prestigious Downbeat magazine critics and readers polls for fourteen consecutive years.
Tommy Smith, the SNJO’s founder and artistic director, says, “Few singers in the world bring to bear the unique combination of artistic depth, intellectual breadth and soulful delivery that our friend Kurt Elling does.”
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For this all-new concert series --
exclusive to Scotland -- the team will perform freshly-conceived arrangements
and recently composed lyrics to the works of Europe's most exciting
contemporary composers; including Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, Danish
bassist Anne Mette Iversen, France-based Ivorian drummer Anna Pacéo, and the
late Swedish pianist and leader of the popular, trailblazing EST group, Esbjörn
Svennson.
“This project promises to reconnect
us all through music as we span the ethereal chasms between the ancient and the
future, between sorrow and joy, and between time and timelessness,” says
Elling. “The combination of talents at work, including the searching eloquence
of saxophone master Tommy Smith and the superb SNJO provides the makings of a
powerful and unique musical regrouping.”
The tour opens at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on Thursday November 18th and continues at Perth Concert Hall (Friday 19th), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Saturday 20th) and Aberdeen Music Hall (Sunday 21st).
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