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Cecile McLorin Salvant

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Cécile McLorin Salvant was born and raised in Miami, Florida of a French mother and a Haitian father. She started classical piano studies at 5, and began singing in the Miami Choral Society at 8. Early on, she developed an interest in classical voice, began studying with private instructors, and later with Edward Walker, vocal teacher at the University of Miami. In 2007, Cécile moved to Aix-en-Provence, France, to study law as well as classical and baroque voice at the Darius Milhaud Conservatory. It was in Aix-en-Provence, with reedist and teacher Jean-François Bonnel, that she started learning about improvisation, instrumental and vocal repertoire ranging from the 1910s on, and sang with her first band

Album

Oh Snap

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: I Am a Volcano; Anything but Bow; Take This Stone; What Does Blue Mean to You; Brick House; Oh Snap; Second Guessing; Expanse; Eureka; Thank You; A Little Bit More; Nun; A Frog Jumps In.

Album

Songbook

Label: Artwork Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Beyond This Place; Until Then; Cook's Bay; Thoughts and Dreams; Illusion; Minor Blues Redux; In The Slow Lane; Sunshower; Calypso; Lullabye; Sonja Brag; Marie Laveau; Song for Abdullah.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Holiday Music By Jeremy Pelt, Olivia Van Goor, New Releases From Mary Halvorson, the B.I.T. (Back In Time) Duo & More

Read "Holiday Music By Jeremy Pelt, Olivia Van Goor, New Releases From Mary Halvorson, the B.I.T. (Back In Time) Duo & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes more Grammy nominees, holiday music from Jeremy Pelt, Olivia Van Goor, new releases from Mary Halvorson and from Italy the B.I.T. (Back In Time) Duo, plus birthday shoutouts to Cassandra Wilson, Melissa Aldana, Honorable Men Dave Brubeck, Ira Gershwin, Louis Prima, Cory Weeds, Ulysses Owens Jr., among others. Happy listening and please support ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Centennial Shoutouts For June Christy and Johnny Mandel Plus New Releases James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant,

Read "Centennial Shoutouts For June Christy and Johnny Mandel Plus New Releases James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant," reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter & Superblue, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant, with birthday shoutouts to June Christy (100!), Johnny Mandel (100!), Etta Jones, Billy Strayhorn, Ethel Ennis, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Aline Homzy, among others with just a hint of holiday fare (more to come in December). Happy ...

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Article: Year in Review

Konstantin Rega's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

Read "Konstantin Rega's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025" reviewed by Konstantin N. Rega


Even as the world seems to spin faster and faster, jazz has got your back. With albums responding to the current musical dialogue as well as those looking back to the past, 2025 offered a wonderful assortment of delicious earworms. It was a year of tasteful tunes, imaginative expressionistic freestyling, and generous arrangements of time-favoured oldies. ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Cecile McLorin Salvant, Ines Velasco, and Roberto Magris

Read "Cecile McLorin Salvant, Ines Velasco, and Roberto Magris" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This episode features recent music by Cecile McLorin Salvant, Ines Velasco, and Roberto Magris, plus vintage work from Stan Getz and Maria Muldaur. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Larry Coryell “Moment's Notice" from Moment's ...

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Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Trombonist/Vocalist Hailey Brinnel

Read "Introducing Trombonist/Vocalist Hailey Brinnel" reviewed by Sanford Josephson


After being discharged from the Army in 1945, Pete Rugolo became the primary arranger for the Stan Kenton Band and is credited with keeping that band alive in an era when big band music was beginning to fade. In 1955, Rugolo created an album combining the vocal group, The Four Freshmen, with an all-star ...

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Article: Live Review

Robert Plant at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House

Read "Robert Plant at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


Robert Plant and Saving Grace Ellie Caulkins Opera House Denver, Colorado November 15, 2025 Robert Plant enjoys digging up obscure songs to present to his fans. Maybe it is a response to the hyper-popularity of songs from his Led Zeppelin legacy. Or perhaps it is simply an enjoyable musical hobby. In ...

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Article: Album Review

Kenny Barron: Songbook

Read "Songbook" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Kenny Barron's offering Songbook is a deeply personal milestone in the pianist's career. Long regarded as one of the most lyrical voices in modern jazz, Barron fulfills a long-held dream by revisiting thirteen of his original compositions, now reimagined with words by lyricist Janice Jarrett and performed by a talented cast of vocalists spanning different generations. ...


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