MAY 5-7 | Cécile McLorin Salvant
May 05 - May 07, 2023
Miner Auditorium
Three-time GRAMMY Winner Cécile McLorin Salvant is the “finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade” (The New York Times). She returns following her sold-out 2021-22 Season multimedia performances supporting her 2022 Nonesuch album Ghost Song with music from her latest project.
Possessing a deep, velvety voice, rhythmic poise, and a sublime feel for the blues, Salvant combines conservatory-honed technique with a beguiling gift for lyrical interpretation — a singular, inimitable talent that won her the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Vocals Competition and drew the attention of early collaborators Jacky Terrasson and Wynton Marsalis. Her 2013 American debut album, the GRAMMY-nominated WomanChild, was the first real opportunity for American audiences to hear why Salvant had become a European sensation, and since then, her profile has taken a meteoric course around the world. Never one to rest on past triumphs, Salvant brings music from her upcoming sophomore Nonesuch release and her superb band for this week of residency.
With a repertoire that extends from forgotten Tin Pan Alley gems to her own cinematic compositions, Salvant brings theatrical intensity to every song she sings.
With a repertoire that extends from forgotten Tin Pan Alley gems to her own cinematic compositions, Salvant brings theatrical intensity to every song she sings.
CONCERT SPONSORS
Lewis E. Byrd
CONCERT UNDERWRITERS
Marymor Family Fund
It seems safe to posit that Cécile McLorin Salvant is not only the most successful female jazz singer to emerge since the turn of the millennium but also the most dynamically skilled.
JazzTimes
It seems safe to posit that Cécile McLorin Salvant is not only the most successful female jazz singer to emerge since the turn of the millennium but also the most dynamically skilled.
JazzTimes
Watch & Listen
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The World is Mean
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The World is Mean