Cécile McLorin Salvant & Sullivan Fortner

A jazz concert by Franco-American singer Cécile McLorin Salvant with pianist Sullivan Fortner, part of the official programme of the JAZZMADRID festival at the Teatro Fernán Gómez in Madrid.

Cécile McLorin Salvant, born in Miami, is a jazz singer of Franco-American origin. As a child she started with classical piano, then trained as a singer in Miami and in classical and baroque vocal music in Aix-en-Provence, where she sang with her first band. Her influences include Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. Her recording debut was the album Cecile, released by Justin Time Records.

She won the first prize at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Her album For One to Love earned her the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and she later released Ghost Song with Nonesuch Records, which also received Grammy nominations. Her album Mélusine is sung mostly in French, with passages in Occitan, English and Haitian Creole.

In this date, part of the official JAZZMADRID concerts, Salvant shares the stage with Sullivan Fortner on piano. The concert takes place at the Teatro Fernán Gómez, Centro Cultural de la Villa, in Madrid.