New US Shows for Cécile McLorin Salvant
There are two common stereotypes about jazz music today: too old-fashioned or too avant-garde. For those who have heard the young sensation Cécile McLorin Salvant, this must seem like idle chatter.
Describing Salvant’s standout performance this August at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Harlem, NYTimes Music Critic Ben Ratliff writes:
“She’d earned the audience’s trust, admiration and humor, as well as its silence. She connects with jazz’s past and prehistory while being entirely about risk and play in the present, making her voice go precise or foggy, deviating from pitch or hyper-elongating a syllable. It’s fantastic to see a young musician with this much intelligent control over her material and her audience.”
At times uproariously funny, deeply moving, and always swinging to her own beat, Salvant keeps the audience and critics rapt with attention. As the curtain closes on 2013, the music world is buzzing with praise for Salvant:
- NPR: Top 10 Jazz Releases, 2013
- NPR: 10 Artists You Should Have Known in 2013
- NYTIMES: Best Albums and Songs of 2013
Make it your New Year’s resolution to hear Salvant at least once in 2014. She’s playing a number of shows, including a very special performance at the Lycée Français in New York on January 9th.
US Tour Dates
Jan 09 – Lycee Francais – New York, NY
Feb 08 – Temple Theatre – Sanford, NC
Feb 13 – Miner Auditorium – San Francisco, CA
Feb 14 – Bing Concert Hall – Stanford, CA
Feb 15 – Kuumbwa Jazz Center – Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 17 – Catalina Bar and Grill – Hollywood, CA
Feb 18 – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley – Seattle, WA
Feb 19 – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley – Seattle, WA
Feb 21 – Jaqua Concert (The Shedd) – Eugene, OR
Feb 22 – The Newmark Theatre – Portland, OR
Feb 28 – Frederick P. Rose Hall – New York, NY
Mar 01 – Frederick P. Rose Hall – New York, NY
Mar 08 – S.P.A.C.E. – Chicago, IL
