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Brilliant.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Awesome masterclass

I’d love to see him teach in person. Super intelligent and kind

thank you!

The best advice if you wanna be a jazz singer study how Ella and Sarah sang it. Ditch the RnB inflection.

One of the great master class of all time for vocalist......

That 19 year old girl - wow!

I almost don’t want others singer to see this😆 so good!

Piano is too loud

7:30 27

Excelllent!

I literally screamed with joy when this popped up in my suggestions. Thank you 🌟🙏.

Oh how I was I could have seen this 15 years ago, I believe it would have ment a different path for me. Thanks for sharing this, I will pass this on to the students I have so they can profit from it and I will implement these golden tips for myself where I can.

Amazing

amazing info. Thanks for sharing

Thank you !

What a wonderful discussion and what an interesting topic! I wish the person operating the sound system would have paid more attention to who is beginning to speak so that we didn't miss the first 10 or os seconds of someone who began to speak!

Genius

this was one of the best master classes I've witnessed! He is so generous, funny, and an amazing artist, and so articulate. I good go on and on. He was so respectful and helpful to these young singers. He wasn't afraid to totally point out where they needed guidance. Thank you Kurt.

46:45 THE LICK!! We can't hide from it's presence.

Kurt just to tell you thanks for this amazing class, from Chile

camera man fainted at 1:14:40 :c

Great Kurt Elling! Motific Development teached the same way as the great Richie Beirach is doing!

Who is Melissa Foster seriously? She isn't an opera singer I am sure she s not. She should letting Renee Fleming guide those new opera singers.

They are ALL SUPER CUTE!!!! Love Kurt Elling for doing this!

" Heartbreak ...overcoming yourself... Failure, overcoming failure, being broke ...That's the stuff that's not even musical..." Pure gold the sweet spot in the pocket

She is very young and in the very beginning of building her voice. it's obvious. So people should slow down their criticism. I find it very interesting to have Fleming work with someone that early in their voice development.

It's a great pleasure seeing both Ms Fleming and Ms Foster's expertise. It has re-established many of the things I already do with my high school students and private adult students. I look at this often as I too have learned a lot in doing so. Thank you both. I also thank the students for participating. All the very best to all of you from the beautiful island of Bermuda!

I feel like some of what Michelle is trying to teach them is more of how to be a worshiper and that can only come from tapping into the Spirit. She has it, they are trying to get it. As a singer and worshiper, I know what she's doing!! I'm rooting for them though.

Interessant, dass man sich traut so viele unbegabte Sänger vorzustellen. Sie sind alle auch zu vorsichtig. Geben gar keine Stimme. Eine gewisse Lautstärke muss schon da sein. Das geht nicht nur mir guter Resonanz.

Every word he said needed to be said. Awesome.

My Angel can sang I just love her.

I’m 40. I was classical clarinetist as a major. My heart wasn’t in it. It was in the music. I’m grateful for every chance to create music, or act, or even teach color guard. I always loved Bobby Mcferrin. All time favorite vocalist. Ella, Thornton, Etta, Mel Torme, and of course Frank. Before I walked away from from degree my senior year, I was lucky enough to hear Nature Boy by Kurt. I was immediately obsessed. So I stayed on top of all of his stuff. The Waking is probably my favorite. It just speaks to me. Here I am 40. With that same need to create music, but unsure how to use my training and ear and develop my own style and vocabulary. I kept trying to get a trio together. But I was putting the cart before the workhorse. I can’t move into Trane Changes with pitch accuracy. I can hear them after. But when I go for them I’m off and that just doesn’t work. But it’s because I’m not leading with my ears. I need to build some licks using slower tunes some patterns that get me back to where I need to be eventually. And practice with a piano and a metronome and record it. Same work ethic and heart, so I have the freedom. I need the vocabulary.

39:41 THE LICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111

Preach Michelle!!!

Wow💕🎶💕what a talented group. The lady in red seem to be a enjoying it too.😉You really are something else Ms Fleming. Genuine engagement! Thanks for making the world a better place and enriching peoples lives.

Well done Michelle, God bless you x

It's a pity the recording mic placing was too close to the piano and it overpowered the singers so they all sound quieter

This is a very heavy-handed approach by both pianist and mentor who like to dominate the proceedings. Their lack of sensitivity to the singers is

27:54 intuitive vs thinking

This is great! Kudos to the students for demonstrating the learning process on stage! So valuable!

Interesting content for musicians and teachers (I teach languages), delivered in an immensely agreeable way. Thanks, Kurt Elling, thanks, organizers!

I am a singer. I am a huge fan of Kurt Elling! This is awesome...and Im taking it all in. I havent found my "scat" yet, lol...but jazz standards, show tunes, cabaret..I love.

oh boy...I just realizedvthese are high school students. please disregard my critical former comment. I thought these were older students on a professional track. So there you have it, lol...keep on singing guys!!!

first singer I could barely hear. Not sure if it's this recording. I was not that impressed, however, I think her breathing could be improved to sustain a better quality in terms of color, resonance etc.

what is the name of the song the first student sings? Dizzy?

Wonderful! This is gold for jazz singers

< ! Priceless Jewel of a class ¡ Kurt just unfolded and exposed my LiFe ¡ Ohh, I can really relate ...and how! jajaja >

If I have to choose one voice to hear for the rest of my life I think it would be Michelle’s. She’s the one that touches and moves me the most 😍