All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
This week, our video lens is trained on singer Kurt Elling, who will be in town starting Wednesday, December 2 through Saturday, December 5 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro. Elling's sets during this trip to St. Louis will focus on material from Dedicated to You, his recent CD revisiting material fr...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
This week, our video lens is trained on singer Kurt Elling , who will be in town starting Wednesday, December 2 through Saturday, December 5 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro . Elling's sets during this trip to St. Louis will focus on material from Dedicated to You , his recent CD revisiting material from the famed 1960s collaboration between singer Johnny Hartman and saxophonist...
Obama Foodorama (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... will also perform; he's a musical nod to India, so to speak, and incredibly popular in the US too. Kurt Elling, a Chicago-based jazz vocalist who's considered a legend and who also plays around the world, will be joined by his pianist and musical director, Laurence Hobgood . Elling's an Obama pal from back in the old Chicago days, though he's reportedly relocated to New York....
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... got to see that movie -- incredible movie. We're also going to have Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Kurt [...]
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... and the AR Rahman (composer, musician) sang Jai Ho from Slumdog millionaire, which he wrote Kurt Elling from Chicago…NSO performed…my favorite number was the theme from Candide from the national symphony orchestra (bernstein) Strangely, a little Googling suggests no other press account of the state dinner reported the overture from Candide was played. The latest tweet...
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Perfomances by Kurt Elling, jazz vocalist Jennifer Hudson, singer Marvin Hamlisch conducting the National Symphony Orchestra A.R. Rahman, Indian film composer United States Marine Band...
Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Entertainment by Jennifer Hudson and Kurt Elling, singers with Chicago roots; food combining American and Indian cuisine; china from the Eisenhower, Clinton and Bush eras; U.S. wines, and star guest chef Ethiopian native Marcus Samuelsson: These are some of the ingredients of the first state dinner President Obama and First Lady Michelle will host Tuesday [...]
This Week With Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
And Jennifer Hudson, Chicago's own, is part of the entertainment.-Here's the invite to the hottest ticket in town Tuesday night--President Obama and First Lady Michelle's first state dinner. Several news outlets are reporting that the entertainment will include Chicago's Jennifer Hudson and Kurt Elling. This is the most anticipated event yet produced by White House Social Secretary Desiree...
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
WASHINGTON--President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted their first state Tuesday night, including their closest friends from Chicago among the guests honoring India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharon Kaur, with Chicago songsters Jennifer Hudson and Kurt Elling performing. The glitzy dinner -- planned for months by White House social secretary Desiree Rogers,...
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
WASHINGTON--Here's the invite to the hottest ticket in town Tuesday night--President Obama and First Lady Michelle's first state dinner. Several news outlets are reporting that the entertainment will include Chicago's Jennifer Hudson and Kurt Elling. This is the most anticipated...
Today With President Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... by Marvin Hamlisch. Slumdog Millionaire's A.R. Rahman is also performing and so is jazz singer Kurt Elling. See Obama's press conference with Singh here . The State dinner will be live streamed here and at cnn.com . See the official guest list here. Author Jhumpa Lahiri will be there, as well as Bobby Jindal, Sanjay Gupta, Thomas Friedman, David Geffen, Katie Couric and Deepak Chopra....
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... entertainment, including the National Symphony Orchestra; Jennifer Hudson, the singer and actress; Kurt Elling, the jazz musician from Chicago; and A. R. Rahman, the Indian composer who wrote the score to the movie “Slumdog Millionaire.” And at the tables, the meatless menu included a mix of Indian and American favorites, including some African-American standards. Collard...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... Oscar-winners Jennifer Hudson and A.R. Rahman headline the entertainment list. Also performing: Kurt Elling, a Grammy-winning jazz singer and composer, and the National Symphony Orchestra, with Marvin Hamlisch conducting. Hudson and Elling are from Chicago . -- Katherine Skiba
Mizozo (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... highlights of the event - Entertainment - Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson Oscar winner A.R. Rahman Kurt Elling, a Grammy-winning jazz singer and composer National Symphony Orchestra, with Marvin Hamlisch conducting. Food Guest chef, award-winning Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit, a Scandinavian restaurant in New York City First lady Michelle Obama's staff, which has planned what could be...
Blog Absolute Point (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Washington (AP) – The first state … see more Other videos: Kurt Elling, jazz vocalist Michelle Obama, Desiree Rogers at
