Chicago jazzman Kurt Elling may be the last 'hep cat' left in the mainstream jazz world. His signature mix of high-flying poetry and jazz improvisation evoke comparisons to the Beat poets of the !60s with the added vocal ingenuity of the Manhattan Transfer and Bobby McFerrin.
http://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2011/2/11_elling.html
Added by Upcoming Robot on January 16, 2011