Cécile McLorin Salvant
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Monday, May 5, 2025 7pm
Location
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320 Cedar St
Details
Cécile McLorin Salvant is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.” Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant won the Thelonius Monk competition in 2010. She has received GRAMMY Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums: The Window, Dreams and Daggers, and For One To Love. She was also nominated for the award in 2014 for her album WomanChild. In 2020, Salvant received the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. Ghost Song, Salvant’s debut for Nonesuch Records, was released in March 2022 to critical acclaim, and has gone on to receive two GRAMMY Nominations. Salvant’s latest work, Ogresse, is a musical fable in the form of a cantata that blends the genres of jazz, folk, baroque, and country.
