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Cécile Mclorin Salvant & Sullivan Fortner at Jazzfest White Plains at ArtsWestchester's Arts Exchange
Courtesy of Debbie Scates | Posted on July 17, 2023
When
Sat, September 9, 2023
9:00 pm
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Musicians
Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsSullivan Fortner
pianoAbout
Cécile McLorin 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. She won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010, is a three-time Grammy Award-winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Doris Duke Artist Award. Salvant released her debut Nonesuch records release “Ghost Song” in 2022; the album went on to receive two Grammy nominations. “Mélusine”, an album mostly sung in French, along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl, was released on March 24th, 2023. ...