Vocalist

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Janae Monique Yates, Jazz Drums

The Juilliard School

A storyteller who mines connections between vaudeville, blues, jazz, theater, and Baroque music, Cécile McLorin Salvant is known for being an eclectic curator, unearthing forgotten songs with strong narratives, unexpected twists, and humor. The three-time GRAMMY Award winner for Best Jazz Album, and MacArthur “Genius” returns to the Jazz Club with her unique voice and unmatched musicality.

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts

Hailed as “her generation’s most imaginative and thrilling jazz interpreter” (Spin), vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant is much admired for beguiling projects that bring fresh perspectives to jazz performance through dramatic storytelling, vivid historical context, and daring original composition.

Cal Performances

As is tradition, the DR Big Band kicks off the new year with a lavish music party that can send anyone straight into jazz heaven.

DR Big Bands New Year's Concert

DR Koncerthuset

Whether unearthing forgotten rarities or reimagining 20th-century standards, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant(Opens in a new window) makes every song unmistakably her own. Each piece on her setlist unfolds like a fully realized drama—beautiful, complex, and thought-provoking. 

Berklee College of Music

Whether unearthing forgotten rarities or performing 20th-century standards, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant makes every song unmistakably her own. Driven by curiosity, she seeks songs with strong narratives, unexpected twists, humor, and power dynamics that interrogate or subvert the status quo.

True to tradition, DR Big Band kicks off the new year with a lavish music party that can send anyone straight into jazz heaven!

Aarhus Music Hall

Hailed by some as a successor to Billie Holiday, Cécile McLorin Salvant is one of the leading voices in jazz today. A winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition at age 21 and a three-time Grammy Award recipient, she brings a singular clarity and curiosity to everything she sings.

Vocalist

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 1, 2026

Cécile McLorin Salvant · McCarter Theatre Center

Past events

Apr 24, 2026

Janae Monique Yates, Jazz Drums · The Juilliard School

6 - 7 Feb, 2026

Cécile McLorin Salvant · The Soraya

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