Cécile McLorin Salvant

Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocal; Sullivan Fortner, piano; Yasushi Nakamura, double bass; Kyle Poole, drums

One of the most distinctive voices of her generation – a singer, storyteller, composer and visual artist – is making her Ljubljana debut! Cécile McLorin Salvant is a vocalist and an eclectic curator tracing connections between blues, theatre, jazz and chanson. She has received three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album: For One to Love (2015), Dreams and Daggers (2017) and The Window (2018). Among her many accolades, one of the most notable is her victory at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Competition, which she won at just twenty-one.

Everything touched by McLorin Salvant’s voice radiates a distinctive intellectual and lucid playfulness. She turns traditional jazz standards on their head, going against the grain and thoroughly reworking and refreshing them with her playful interpretations. Her music often incorporates rawer, less polished textures, leading some to draw comparisons with Fiona Apple. Her latest album, Mélusine (2023), is sung predominantly in French, while also drawing on Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyol. Her most recent project is a multi-layered musical tale in the form of a cantata titled Ogresse, which is being developed into a feature-length animated film – one she will direct herself!

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