Cecile McLorin Salvant at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts (University of Connecticut)

One of the most celebrated young jazz vocalists, Cécile McLorin Salvant set the jazz world buzzing after becoming the youngest winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Vocals Competition at age 21. Most recently she was nominated for a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014.

Her latest and greatest album, “For One to Love,” just came out on August 4. Check out the August 27 review in the New York Times.

"Ms. Salvant has it all... If anyone can extend the lineage of the Big Three – Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald – it is this 23-year-old virtuoso." – New York Times...

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One of the most celebrated young jazz vocalists, Cécile McLorin Salvant set the jazz world buzzing after becoming the youngest winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Vocals Competition at age 21. Most recently she was nominated for a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014.

Her latest and greatest album, “For One to Love,” just came out on August 4. Check out the August 27 review in the New York Times.

"Ms. Salvant has it all... If anyone can extend the lineage of the Big Three – Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald – it is this 23-year-old virtuoso." – New York Times

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