Wildflowers: Kurt Elling with Christian Sands
1 upcoming show.
Wildflowers: Kurt Elling with Christian Sands is a jazz performance featuring two-time Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling and virtuoso pianist Christian Sands. The duo presents timeless songs from Elling's recent EP Wildflowers Vol. 2, transforming the Great American Songbook through smart, poetic, and romantic interpretations marked by bold innovations. Critics have praised Elling as "the standout male jazz vocalist of our time" for his visceral storytelling and inventive phrasing.
Reviews & press
- Jazzwise ↗ — “Elling’s visceral storytelling continues to dazzle.”
- DownBeat ↗ — “[Elling] delivers a special melding of smart, poetic, romantic, cool renderings of music with a jazz sensibility marked by bold innovations of interpretation.”
- Chicago Humanities ↗ — “Two-time Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling transforms the Great American Songbook into something entirely unique for audiences.”