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The SmallsLIVE Foundation for Jazz Art & Education is a not-for-profit arts organization.
Our mission is to subsidize the operation of our venues, recording projects, tours and educational initiatives.
During this Covid-19 pandemic our mission is to keep the clubs floating until business can be restored.
We will also sponsor live-streamed concerts from the club that will keep the musicians working during this period.
We will also be offering emergency aid for Jazz musicians in need due to this calamity.
Archive
The SmallsLIVE Archive is an audio/video library of all the shows at Smalls & Mezzrow.
Royalties are paid directly to the musicians by The SmallsLIVE Foundation.
Members sponsor their favorite musicians by listening to their music.
Live Stream
Smalls Jazz Club has been a pioneer in live streaming and began streaming shows live from the venue in 2007.
There is no cost to watch our live streams. During normal operating times the entire evening is streamed.
During this Covid-19 pandemic period there will be special live concerts scheduled in advance.
SmallsLIVE Catalog
The SmallsLIVE Catalog is a collection of individually produced artist projects.
SmallsLIVE Members may sponsor artists of their choice and receive their music as downloads or CDs.
Sponsorships directly support the artist.
Kurt Elling
Vocalist
Recently Added
05/03/2017
Mezzrow
Brad Mehldau with Kurt Elling
09/07/2009
Smalls
The Laurence Hobgood Trio & Special Guest Kurt Elling
Upcoming Shows
GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling is among the worlds foremost jazz vocalists. He won the DownBeat Critics Poll for fourteen consecutive years and was been named Male Singer of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association eight times in that same span. Every one of Ellings ten albums has been nominated for a GRAMMY.Ellings rich baritone spans four octaves and features both astonishing technical mastery and emotional depth. His repertoire includes original compositions and modern interpretations of standards, all of which are springboards for inspired improvisation, scatting, spoken word and poetry.The New York Times declared, Elling is the standout male vocalist of our time. The Washington Post added, 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.Elling was the Artist-in-Residence for the Singapore and Monterey Jazz Festivals. He has also written multi-disciplinary works for The Steppenwolf Theatre and the City of Chicago. The Obama Administrations first state dinner featured Elling in a command performance.Elling is a renowned artist of vocalesethe writing and performing of words over recorded improvised jazz solos. The natural heir to jazz pioneers Eddie Jefferson, King Pleasure and Jon Hendricks, Elling has set his own lyrics to the improvised solos of Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny. He often incorporates images and references from writers such as Rilke, Rumi, Neruda and Proust into his work. The late poet and Bollingen Prize winner Robert Creeley wrote, Kurt Elling takes us into a world of sacred particulars. His words are informed by a powerful poetic spirit. Said Robert Pinsky, former Poet Laureate of the United States, In Kurt Ellings art, the voice of jazz gives a new spiritual presence to the ancient, sweet and powerful bond between poetry and music.Kurt Elling has toured vigorously throughout his career, thrilling audiences throughout the world. In that time he has led his own ensemble and has collaborated with many of the worlds finest orchestras.