Mélusine, the figure from 14th century French mythology, was a half-woman/half-snake who, when her serpentine self was spied on by her betraying lover, turned into a dragon and took flight. Mélusine, ...

It might seem strange for a very young woman, growing up thousands of miles away from jazz capitals like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, to be singing standards from the years before World War II.

At 33, the multilingual maestro already has 6 albums, 4 Grammys and a MacArthur fellowship, with 2023’s Mélusine mixing Creole traditionals, French art songs and DIY electronic experiments Ahead of ...

Cécile McLorin Salvant became the next legendary artist to host a residency at the Blue Note in New York City. Here’s Showbiz Cheat Sheet review of her first of many performances at the jazz club.

Last night at the Cistern, Cécile McLorin Salvant and the Aaron Diehl Trio performed to a near-full house, showing us where the new jazz generation is headed. My first thought, after seeing the Randy ...

Cécile McLorin Salvant has been called "the finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade." Seven years ago, when she was just 20, Salvant won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals ...

The cover of jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant’s most recent and Grammy-winning album, "For One to Love," is a painting of a face against a bright red background. With one eye open and slanted, the ...

LENOX — There’s a natural inclination to want to label artists by genre. But some singers consistently expand the boundaries of their craft, necessitating frequent reevaluation. Cécile McLorin Salvant ...

Perhaps it’s her gargantuan talent, or a fervid childhood imagination fueled by fairytales and folk legends, but somewhere along the line Cécile McLorin Salvant acquired an abiding fascination with ...

McLorin Salvant first studied classical voice, but turned to jazz because it offered her more range. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she told Terry Gross in this 2015 interview.

When I spoke with Cécile McLorin Salvant a few weeks ago she was on the move—literally. The Miami native was gearing up to set down roots in Brooklyn. There was much unpacking to do while also ...