# Kurt Elling’s cocktail hour virtual concert tour: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2020/10/08/kurt-ellings-cocktail-hour-virtual-concert-tour-video/
- Published: 2020-10-08T00:54:11+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Grammy Award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling invites you to join him for Cocktail
Hour, his Virtual Concert Tour.**

Kurt Elling takes to the stage of Chicago’s iconic Green Mill for a series of livestream
performances in partnership with Jazz FM to celebrate the silver anniversary of 
Elling’s _Blue Note_ debut.

His 25th Anniversary Concert Tour will be live-streamed every Friday night at 9pm
UK time (3pm in Chicago) from 9-30th October with the final instalment on Friday
13th November. The series features five themed performances that look back on his
rich career, while continuing to surprise with the inventiveness for which he’s 
become known over the past quarter-century.

As the performances are live from Chicago, they are billed as The Matinee Bundle,
but broadcast at 9pm British time. The series costs $60 (around £47) for access 
to all five concerts, with additional options to upgrade for behind-the-scenes access
and merchandise.

Over the course of these five concerts, Elling will be accompanied by a new version
of his working band, with pianist and organist Stu Mindeman, bassist Clark Sommers
and drummer Dana Hall, with guitarist John McLean joining the group for select performances,
along with a host of special guests.

**Kurt Elling’s Cocktail Hour – Full Programme**

**9th October – ‘25th Anniversary Concert’**

This concert looks back on Elling’s _Close Your Eyes_ album. He will dust off some
old favourites in new forms and supplement the music with stories about the creation
of the album and experiences in the studio.

**16th October – ‘Celebrate the heroes’**

The evening will feature songs by past greats, from Jon Hendricks and Dexter Gordon
to Joe Zawinul and beyond.

**23rd October – ‘K-Pop night’ – pop favourites from Stevie to U2**

Here Kurt Elling explores pop music history, performing songs by the likes of Stevie
Wonder and U2, in Elling’s own style with John McLean on guitar.

**30th October – ‘Here’s Romance’**

Celebrate love and romance in song, as Elling dives into The Great American Songbook.

**14th November – ‘The Big Blind’**

The series culminates with a special, one-of-a-kind reprisal of Elling’s radio-style
musical drama _The Big Blind_, which premiered in 2019 at the Lincoln Center with
an all-star cast including Broadway legend Ben Vereen and NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee
Bridgewater. The piece will be transformed into a narrated piece, allowing Elling
to perform the piece alone among cinematic vignettes at The Green Mill.

![Kurt Elling’s Cocktail Hour - Virtual Concert Tour](https://i0.wp.com/cdn.planetradio.
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