Three-time Grammy winner, MacArthur Fellow, and beloved jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant makes her return to the Bay Area.
Salvant is the "finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade" (The New York Times).
Her quintet features pianist Sullivan Fortner with music from her new album Mélusine, which features a mix of originals and interpretations of songs dating as far back as the 12th century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl. They tell the folk tale of Mélusine, a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday after a childhood curse by her mother. Jazzwise states, "It's a remarkable recording in several respects. Beautifully recorded, Salvant continues to confound and delight at every turn."with her latest album Ghost Song, a rich exploration of the myriad ways people find themselves haunted. This emotionally captivating manifestation of absence and grief is powered by Salvant's vocal gifts, concise yet prismatic writing, and genre-obliterating inclinations.
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Salvant is the "finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade" (The New York Times).
Her quintet features pianist Sullivan Fortner with music from her new album Mélusine, which features a mix of originals and interpretations of songs dating as far back as the 12th century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl. They tell the folk tale of Mélusine, a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday after a childhood curse by her mother. Jazzwise states, "It's a remarkable recording in several respects. Beautifully recorded, Salvant continues to confound and delight at every turn."with her latest album Ghost Song, a rich exploration of the myriad ways people find themselves haunted. This emotionally captivating manifestation of absence and grief is powered by Salvant's vocal gifts, concise yet prismatic writing, and genre-obliterating inclinations.
Three-time Grammy winner, MacArthur Fellow, and beloved jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant makes her return to the Bay Area.
Salvant is the "finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade" (The New York Times).
Her quintet features pianist Sullivan Fortner with music from her new album Mélusine, which features a mix of originals and interpretations of songs dating as far back as the 12th century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl. They tell the folk tale of Mélusine, a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday after a childhood curse by her mother. Jazzwise states, "It's a remarkable recording in several respects. Beautifully recorded, Salvant continues to confound and delight at every turn."with her latest album Ghost Song, a rich exploration of the myriad ways people find themselves haunted. This emotionally captivating manifestation of absence and grief is powered by Salvant's vocal gifts, concise yet prismatic writing, and genre-obliterating inclinations.
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Salvant is the "finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade" (The New York Times).
Her quintet features pianist Sullivan Fortner with music from her new album Mélusine, which features a mix of originals and interpretations of songs dating as far back as the 12th century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl. They tell the folk tale of Mélusine, a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday after a childhood curse by her mother. Jazzwise states, "It's a remarkable recording in several respects. Beautifully recorded, Salvant continues to confound and delight at every turn."with her latest album Ghost Song, a rich exploration of the myriad ways people find themselves haunted. This emotionally captivating manifestation of absence and grief is powered by Salvant's vocal gifts, concise yet prismatic writing, and genre-obliterating inclinations.
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