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Cécile McLorin Salvant, a MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy Award winner, is a singer and composer bringing historical perspective, a renewed sense of drama, and an enlightened musical understanding to American and French songs, jazz standards, folk tunes and her own original compositions. Classically trained, steeped in jazz, blues, and folk, and drawing from musical theater and vaudeville, Salvant embraces a wide-ranging repertoire that broadens the possibilities for live performance.

Salvant’s performances range from spare duets for voice and piano to instrumental trios to orchestral ensembles. Her most recent work With Every Breath I Take features Holland’s premiere Metropole Orkest, conducted by Jules Buckley with arrangements by Darcy James Argue. The 10-track album of timeless songs was released on Nonesuch Records in June 2026.

In 2026, she was the Artist in Residence for the North Sea Jazz Festival’s 50th anniversary and she frequently performs at national and international venues and festivals such as the Newport Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Village Vanguard, Cité de la musique, Blue Note Tokyo, Alte Oper, and Victoria Hall. Her previous Nonesuch albums, Ghost Song (2022) Mélusine (2023), and Oh Snap (2025) received critical accolades; the former two both nominated for Grammy Awards and named best albums of the year by the Guardian, Jazzwise, JazzTimes and more.

Salvant is also a visual artist who explores a variety of mediums, including fiber arts, digital drawings, and mixed media. Among many ongoing creative projects, “Ogresse” is an ambitious long-form musical fairy tale that is being made into a feature length animated film. Her visual artwork is on display at Picture Room in Brooklyn, NY.

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Videos

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⇩TROLLEY SONG (Duo w/ Sullivan)

⇩GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE

⇩OH SNAP / I FEEL LOVE

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Quotes

“Cécile McLorin Salvant ... sings standards, show tunes and old novelties in a taut, flinty, elusively beautiful voice, erring toward material with difficult lyrics and tough places in history. Salvant wins over her audiences by tweaking them slightly: daring them to go there with her—not just into the archive, but toward the darkness of the past.” — New York Times

“Although Salvant is known as a jazz musician, her approach to music is defined by her instinct for experimentation ... Her music is beloved for ... embracing theatre and subverting classics with playful renditions.” — Guardian

“A master interpreter of the vocal jazz tradition, with laser-sharp intonation, perfect diction, and a sonorous voice ... [as well as] an uncanny capacity to embody old songs and imbue them with new meaning ... She’s earned the rare opportunity to write her own ticket and make ... gestures that defy expectation.” — JazzTimes

Album Reviews

The best new jazz albums: Editor’s Choice

“Immediately announces itself as a Desert Island Disc. With 10 songs reimagined reimagined in lush new arrangements by Darcy James Argue, it’s one of the most hauntingly beautiful things you'll hear this year.”

Peter Quinn | Jazzwise

‘With Every Breath I Take’ Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant Sings With Strings

“Succeeds—soars—on the strength of her connections with Mr. Fortner and his trio mates […], the flexibility and grace of the Metropole Orkest […], and, above all else, Darcy James Argue’s subtly inventive arrangements. […] belongs in the catalog of great jazz singers performing ballads with strings.”

Larry Blumenfeld | The Wall Street Journal

What’s New in Jazz

“With Every Breath I Take carries a vintage category — the orchestral ballad album — to an ethereal extreme. The tempos are slow and slower, demanding subtle breath control, and Darcy James Argue’s arrangements for the Metropole Orkest become partners in a spectral dialogue.”

Jon Pareles | The New York Times

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Breathtaking Orchestral Album

“A grandiose showcase for her voice and her ability to inhabit a lyric… it all flows together as a suite and creates a single emotional journey.”

Phil Freeman | Stereogum