Cécile McLorin Salvant

…But the first thing out of her was a century-old murder ballad, and it lasted about a half an hour long. Wynton Marsalis called her the kind of talent who comes along only once in a generation or two. Cecile McLaurin-Salvant is performing at jazz festivals all over the country this summer. I got a chance to talk with her last summer, and she came to perform…

…Cecile McLaurin Salvant is a jazz singer, and she's one of the top singers around today. Someone on the level of Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. But Salvant's repertoire and her approach to music are completely her own. A standard from the American songbook might be followed by a tune from hundreds of years ago. and across an ocean. I once went to see he…