Vocalist

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s small-group performances are some of the most reliably outstanding events in jazz today. The scope and musical settings of her artistry expand often—as evidenced throughout her wide-ranging, four-concert Perspectives series this season. In this performance, the award-winning vocalist applies her captivating storytelling to a variety of original works, time-tested songs, and totally unexpected hidden gems polished to an eye-opening new luster.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant

Carnegie Hall

“You get a singer like this once in a generation or two,” Wynton Marsalis told The New Yorker in 2017. Cécile McLorin Salvant is one of jazz’s most startlingly gifted vocalists and storytellers, and new layers of her artistry unfold with each new project and collaboration. Among the most striking successes has been her musical partnership with the brilliant pianist Sullivan Fortner, a master improvisor and endlessly inventive artist in his own right. With every performance, they make a vast range of repertoire come alive in new ways—some breathtaking, others exceedingly subtle. Witness the Grammy Award–winning duo in this Friday-night performance.

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Vocals Sullivan Fortner, Piano

In a new collaboration with enormous creative possibilities, GRAMMY-winning vocalist and MacArthur Fellow Cécile McLorin Salvant performs new arrangements of jazz standards created by composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue with the genre-defying chamber orchestra The Knights.

The Knights at Carnegie Hall with Cécile McLorin Salvant

In a new collaboration with enormous creative possibilities, 2024–2025 Perspectives artist and Grammy Award winner Cécile McLorin Salvant performs with the genre-defying orchestra The Knights. The program features timeless jazz ballads newly arranged by Darcy James Argue, and—with these musicians—the sky is the limit and unexpected discoveries are practically guaranteed. Experience an evening of singular artistry, virtuosity, and transformative new approaches to repertoire ripe for re-imagining.

An Evening with Cécile McLorin Salvant

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s most daring and multifaceted creation yet, Ogresse is a musical and theatrical tour-de-force by an incomparable artist. It is a haunting, wryly humorous, and “staggeringly original” (The Wall Street Journal) work that blends jazz, chamber music, opera, art song, and many generations of storytelling traditions into a whole that feels at once ancient and cutting edge. Featuring Salvant’s original libretto, costumes of her own design, visual projections, and an ensemble led by Darcy James Argue, this is a true passion project that continues to evolve with each performance. Take advantage of the opportunity to experience it in the dynamic Zankel Hall.

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Vocalist

Events

Nov 16, 2024

Cécile McLorin Salvant · Carnegie Hall

Dec 13, 2024

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Vocals Sullivan Fortner, Piano · Carnegie Hall

Mar 27, 2025

The Knights at Carnegie Hall with Cécile McLorin Salvant · The Knights

Mar 27, 2025

An Evening with Cécile McLorin Salvant · Carnegie Hall

May 21, 2025

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse · Carnegie Hall

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