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 among vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and Baroque music. She is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010, and received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums, The Window, Dreams and Daggers, and For One To Love. In 2020 she received the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award.
Cécile McLorin Salvant released her debut Nonesuch Records release, Ghost Song, in 2022; the album went on to receive two Grammy nominations. Mélusine — an album mostly sung in French, along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl — was released in 2023 and was also nominated for two Grammys. The celebrated vocalist’s latest album, Oh Snap, was released on Nonesuch on September 19, 2025.
