Cecile McLorin Salvant - "The Voice Of Jazz's New Generation" (Vanity Fair) - Wins Grammy For Best Jazz Vocal Album With 'For One To Love'

Tonight at the GRAMMYs, Cecile McLorin Salvant won the award for Best Jazz Vocal Album for her acclaimed 2015 release 'For One To Love' (Mack Avenue). This is the 26 year-old Salvant's first Grammy and it caps an extraordinary breakout year that included critical praise ("the finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade" - New York Times), being named Best Vocal Release in the NPR Jazz Critics Poll, an interview with Terry Gross for Fresh Air, and a performance on The Tavis Smiley Show.

Listen to Cecile's interview on Fresh Air: n.pr/1ktpuUT

Watch Cecile perform on The Tavis Smiley Show here: to.pbs.org/1SpixQg

Raves

"The finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade...outstanding." 

-- The New York Times

"The voice of jazz's new generation." 

-- Vanity Fair

"Cecile McLorin Salvant has the type of voice that could lead a singer to stop trying, and the fact that she hasn't -- that she's only working and thinking harder -- demonstrates just what a talent she really is."

-- LA Times

"Her voice is singularly arresting...It's enough to make a listener care all over again."

-- The Wall Street Journal

"Salvant possesses the sort of intuition that promises to kill in a live setting; she's studied these songs and how to embody them under any circumstance." 

-- NPR Music

"Jazz-vocal stardom may be within her grasp, but McLorin Salvant is going to take hold of it her own way...Listeners craving the comfort of the tried and true should look elsewhere." 

-- New Yorker

Cécile McLorin Salvant on the Web:

Website: http://www.cecilemclorinsalvant.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CecileMcLorinSalvantMusic

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cecilesalvant 

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