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Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, GRAMMY winner KURT ELLING has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. Declared “the standout male vocalist of our time” by The New York Times, Elling has garnered unprecedented accolades, including a fourteen-year run atop the DownBeat Critics Poll, a dozen GRAMMY nominations, and eight Jazz Journalists Association awards for “Male Singer of the Year.”

Elling’s voice is instantly recognizable, embracing listeners with his warm, rich baritone and navigating the full span of his four-octave range as a virtuoso instrumentalist and a compelling storyteller. Whether transforming timeless standards or crafting his own enthralling originals, Elling balances elegant lyricism and technical mastery with wry humor, profound emotional depth, and keen observations into the human condition

Currently, JAMECIA BENNETT lives in Minneapolis, when she is not gigging with her own band "REAL MUZIC".  She carries the torch of being new lead vocalist of the original Grammy Award Winning Sounds Of Blackness and writer & producer of the new hit single "Fly Again" off their recent self titled album, "The Sounds of Blackness".  After touring the world with the Sounds Of Blackness, Jamecia also received a solo contract from Mercury Records that resulted in her writing and performing songs on movie soundtracks such as, Jasons Lyric (performed platinum sound track album song: Rodeo Style), Kazaam (performed song: The Best of Me) and also the film Posse which she performed song: Women United).

In Minneapolis MN where she resides, Jamecia has directed for the past 4 yrs the cast of (The Night Before Christmas) performed at the legendary (Guthrie Theatre) She later was blessed to join yet another cast of the hit off broadway show “BeeHive” playing the roles of her idols Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin (Hey City Theatre).

AARP MN & the TC Jazz Fest Present a Special 4-Day Virtual Jazz Fest featuring Kurt Elling + Jamecia Bennett: The Evolution of Jazz and Blues