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1 And Yet
2 Devil May Care
3 Mad About The Boy
4 Sam Jones Blues
5 More
6 Never Will I Marry
7 Somehow I Never Could Believe
8 If A Girl Isn't Pretty
9 Red Instead
10 Runnin Wild
11 The Best Thing For You (Would Be Me)
12 You're My Thrill
13 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
14 Tell Me What They're Saying Can't Be True
15 Nothing Like You
16 You've Got To Give Me Some
17 The Worm
18 My Man's Gone Now
19 Let's Face The Music And Dance
20 Si J'etais Blanche
21 Fascination
22 Wild Women Don't Have The Blues
23 You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
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GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom in her professional career, and she's taking another big leap forward with Dreams and Daggers, her third album for Mack Avenue Records, available now.

"The songs on this album are of dreams and daggers. The daggers have been used at times to attack, at times to defend. For power, no doubt, to take it, to keep it. The dreams are the ones I caught looking out a window, or from the light sleep before the deep. I don't always know what they mean, but they are the ones I was able to keep. And yet dreams can be desires too. I wrote them down to make them true. That we may bring our wildness into view. That we may be unruled and unruly," explains McLorin Salvant.

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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant at the Queen Elizabeth Hall was a superduo with a superb rhythm section / LONDON JAZZ NEWS
    Posted At: November 17, 2023 12:00 AM
    LONDON JAZZ NEWS - Richard Lee writes…..“Too much beauty can be distracting.” Well, that’s easy for Cécile McLorin Salvant to say (as she did to Jess Gillam on Radio 3’s This Classical Life, about the exigencies of virtuosity) but when you’re faced with another evening of her exquisite voice and Sullivan Fortner’s piano mastery, distract away, I say…There was much beauty on offer last night, the pleasures o...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant opens TEFs 86th season / The Thomasville Times- Enterprise
    Posted At: October 3, 2023 12:00 AM
    A JAZZY PERFORMANCE: Three-time Grammy winner Cécile McLorin Salvant opens TEF’s 86th performance season Tuesday night.The Thomasville Times- Enterprise writes…The Thomasville Entertainment Foundation opens its 86th mainstage series Tuesday with a sold-out evening of jazz featuring an acclaimed vocalist and a dynamic pianist.Winner of three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album and the Theloni...
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  • Cecile Mclorin Salvant sings from new album in Sfjazz engagement / SFGATE
    Posted At: May 4, 2023 12:00 AM
    Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as“a unique voice supported by an intelligence and  full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings”.Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, theater, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unea...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant's legendary residency at the Blue Note / Showbiz Cheat Sheet
    Posted At: September 21, 2022 12:00 AM
    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.Showbiz Cheat Sheet writes….This artist received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums — The Window, Dreams and Daggers, and For One To Love. Just days before her Blue Note residency,...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant wins JazzTimes: Critics Poll for 'Best Female Vocalist'
    Posted At: February 1, 2021 12:00 AM

    For this annual companion poll to our Top 50 Critics' Picks, our regular contributors participated in this survey based on our yearly Readers' Poll. Contributors were asked to focus on artists' achievements during 2020 rather than assessing entire careers. Cecile McLorin Salvant wins for 'Best Female Vocalist.' Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist....
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant and Aaron Diehl return to ums / Detroit Metro Times
    Posted At: February 5, 2020 12:00 AM

    Thirty-year-old Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has established herself as a modern-day torch-bearer of the tradition. On 2018's The Window, Salvant and pianist Sullivan Fortner took on great American standards (and songs that should enter the canon, like Stevie Wonder's "Visions" and Aretha Franklin's "One Step Ahead") with a stripped-down, improvisational style that fel...
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  • DOWNBEAT announces winners of 2019 Critics Poll
    Posted At: June 26, 2019 12:00 AM

    Singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant was voted the winner in two categories of the 2019 DownBeat Critics Poll: Jazz Artist of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year. Salvant, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Sullivan Fortner are among the dozens of winners in the 67th Annual Poll. Salvant topped two categories: Jazz Artist of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year. She generated ...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant has a vast vocal range, meticulous execution, and a superb vocal foundation / npr - Tiny Desk
    Posted At: October 4, 2018 12:00 AM

    Standing behind the Tiny Desk with only pianist Sullivan Fortner by her side, jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant remarked that she hadn't been this nervous in a while. But it was hard to tell: She embraced the discomfort with ease, taking command of the space with a calm demeanor and spiritual presence that felt both humble and persuasive. From listening to McLorin Salvant's exquisite ...
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  • 66th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll is in
    Posted At: June 30, 2018 12:00 AM

    Pianist Vijay Iyer, singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant, flutist Nicole Mitchell, trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, orchestra leader Maria Schneider and hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar are among the talented performers who topped multiple categories in the 66th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll.  Iyer topped the Jazz Artist category (a feat he also accomplished in 2012 and 2015), and h...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant is magnifique at Portland's Revolution Hall / Oregon ArtsWatch
    Posted At: May 4, 2018 12:00 AM

    Cecile McLorin Salvant sang at Portland's Revolution Hall in late April with pianist Sullivan Fortner accompanying - and she was magnifique, as was the subtle touch of the ever-modest Fortner. These two should stick together on stage and in the recording studio; their chemistry works like magic, and they riff off of one another as if they've been performing together for decades rather than several years....
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant plays NZ Festival / stuff
    Posted At: March 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    Like it or not, today's singers will always be compared with the past. Be it Billie Holiday, Nina Simone or Sarah Vaughan. The really true jazz singers inhabit the song. No use just emoting or note-for-note copying. To get around this problem Cecile McLorin Salvant has, especially on her previous live album, mixed the Great American Songbook with plenty of new material all sung in her inimitable styl...
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  • VOGUE suggests you see Cecile McLorin Salvant with Aaron Diehl Trio at New Zealand Festival
    Posted At: March 2, 2018 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060} Hosted in Wellington from February 23 to March 18, 2018, New Zealand Festival is the country's largest melting pot of arts and culture. From theatre and ballets to talks and special events, the Festival is a must-visit while in Wellington. Planning a last minute getaway? Here's what we suggest.....INCLUDES: G...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant and Shabaka Hutchings are among this year's JazzFMAwards nominees
    Posted At: February 28, 2018 12:00 AM

    The nominees for the fifth edition of the Jazz FM Awards were announced at a ceremony at Melomania in southeast London on 27 February and include a wide range of UK and international jazz talent. Widely hailed singer Cécile McLorin Salvant received a double nomination in the International Artist of the Year and Album of the Year categories. Salvant will also perform during the Awards evening ...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers wins 2018 GRAMMY for Best Jazz Vocal Album
    Posted At: January 28, 2018 12:00 AM

    Tonight, the 60th annual Grammy Awards take place at New York's Madison Square Garden. Hosted by James Corden. JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Lorde, and Childish Gambino lead this year's nominations. so far, the winners include, the already GRAMMY® Award-winning Cécile McLorin Salvant and Dreams and Daggers,' her third album for Mack Avenue Records, continues a remarkable rise to stardom...
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  • Bill Charlap Trio with Cecile McLorin Salvant set for Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein, at The Broad Stage / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: January 22, 2018 12:00 AM

    The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica CA presents: Bill Charlap Trio with Cécile McLorin Salvant performing Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein on Thursday, February 8 at 7:30pm. This celebration of the Leonard Bernstein centennial will include interpretations of classic American songs and an evening of Bernstein favorites. Grammy award winning pianist Bill Charlap has performe...
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  • Dirty Dog: Jazz Notes With Judy Adams celebrates outstanding albums of 2017 with Cecile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers
    Posted At: January 2, 2018 12:00 AM

    Here is a compilation of our Jazz Notes reviews of some of the year's best Jazz recordings. We'll be continuing our list in next week's blog so "stay tuned"! GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom in her professional career, and she's taking another big leap forward with Dreams and Daggers, her third album for Mack Avenue ...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant likes her music to be a challenge / Moneyish
    Posted At: December 27, 2017 12:00 AM

    Cécile McLorin Salvant talks to Moneyish about the power of subversion, the limited utility of the golden gramophone trophy and the optimism of being a young black woman. At just 28, the Miami native already has one Grammy under her belt: the 2016 golden gramophone for best jazz vocal album. She's a favorite for a repeat award next year thanks to her fourth EP "Dreams and Daggers," which Pitchfork...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers gets #6 spot in 2017 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll
    Posted At: December 20, 2017 12:00 AM

    This is what consensus in jazz looks like now: The vote for 2017's best new recording in NPR's Fifth Annual Jazz Critics Poll, has Cecile McLorin Salvant again winning in Vocal, as she did in 2013 and '15. Recording live at the Village Vanguard has become a rite of passage for performers on their way up. A program ranging from '20s black vaudeville to feminist-themed originals shows off e...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortier set for Bard College - Fisher Center / The Daily Freeman
    Posted At: December 12, 2017 12:00 AM

    Grammy Award winner Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Sullivan Fortner team up for a special holiday jazz event on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 3 p.m. at Bard Fisher Center's Sosnoff Theater on the campus of Bard College, 30 Annandale-on-Hudson. Through original compositions, timeless hits and forgotten gems, the breathtaking young vocalist brings jazz, vaudeville, blues and folk music into her own p...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner perform Stevie Wonder's 'Visions' on A Prairie Home Companion
    Posted At: December 7, 2017 12:00 AM

    GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner play Stevie Wonder's "Visions" on APM's - A Prairie Home Companion. Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom, and has now taken another big leap forward with her newMack Avenue Records release -  Dreams and Daggers, her third album for the label.  A Prairie Home Companion Is a live we...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant returns to Bard College - Fisher Center / Chronogram
    Posted At: December 6, 2017 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060} Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant made her sold-out Fisher Center debut in 2015 to a rapturous reception. On December 17, she'll return to the Bard College venue for an afternoon concert accompanied by revered pianist Sullivan Foster. McLorin Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom in...
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  • 3 minutes with Cecile McLorin Salvant Music and Aaron Diehl / JazzFM
    Posted At: November 28, 2017 12:00 AM

    GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom in her professional career, and she's taken another big leap forward on her new 'Dreams and Daggers' recording, her third album for Mack Avenue Records. "The songs on this album are of dreams and daggers. The daggers have been used at times to attack, at times to defend. For power, no do...
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  • Cecile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers. Excellent work / jazz & blues report
    Posted At: November 17, 2017 12:00 AM

    The praise Cecile McLorin Salvant has garnered over a now three-album, Grammy-recognized career seems further justified as evidenced on this third release.  The Miami-born vocalist sets a high bar on virtually every measurement with which one might assess a jazz vocalist: technique, range, power and, perhaps most important, the mastery of these finely-honed tools. On these "live" recordings, Ms...
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  • Only a few years into her career, Cecile McLorin Salvant has made the music her own / The New Yorker
    Posted At: May 17, 2017 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica} On a Thursday evening a few months ago, a long line snaked along Seventh Avenue, outside the Village Vanguard, a cramped basement night club in Greenwich Village that jazz fans regard as a temple. The eight-thirty set was sold out, as were the ten-thirty set and nearly all the other shows that week. The people descending the club's n...
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