Kurt Elling w/Akie Bermiss

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 3:34 a.m.

Kurt Elling began singing as a kid in his father's midwestern church choir. He had ambitions of studying the philosophy of religion when he went to University of Chicago Divinity School. His soul, however, led him to the jazz clubs and just like that "Saturday night won out over Sunday morning." He signed a record deal before getting his last school credit. 

Singer Songwriter Akie Bermiss and Mimi Hilaire discuss his story.