CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT HAS A SLATE FULL OF UPCOMING U.S PERFORMANCES LINED UP

When Cécile McLorin Salvant arrived at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC to compete in the finals of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, she was not only the youngest finalist, but also a mystery woman with the most unusual background of any of the participants. When she walked away with first place in the jazz world’s most prestigious contest, the buzz began almost immediately. If anything, it has intensified in the months leading up to the launch of her Mack Avenue Records debut, WomanChild.

“She has poise, elegance, soul, humor, sensuality, power, virtuosity, range, insight, intelligence, depth and grace,” Wynton Marsalis asserts. “I’ve never heard a singer of her generation who has such a command of styles,” remarks pianist Aaron Diehl. “She radiates authority,” critic Ben Ratliff wrote in The New York Times in response to one of her post-competition performances, and a few weeks later his colleague Stephen Holden announced that “Ms. McLorin Salvant has it all.... If anyone can extend the lineage of the Big Three—Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald—it is this 23-year-old virtuoso.”

Upcoming Cécile McLorin Salvant U.S. Performances:

* Dec. 12 - 14, 2013 / Jazz at Lincoln Center - Rose Hall / New York, NY

* Dec. 15, 2013 / Staller Center for the Arts / Stony Brook, NY

* Dec. 17, 2013 / Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall / Sarasota, FL

* Dec. 18, 2013 / The Philharmonic Center for the Arts - Hayes Hall / Naples, FL

* Dec. 19, 2013 / Kravis Center for the Performing Arts / West Palm Beach, FL

* Dec. 20, 2013 / The Adrienne Arsht Center Knight Concert Hall / Miami, FL

Jan. 9, 2014 / Lycée Français de New York / New York, NY

Feb. 8, 2014 / Temple Theater (w/ Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra) / Sanford, NC

Feb. 13, 2014 / SFJAZZ Center, Miner Hall / San Francisco, CA

Feb. 14, 2014 / Bing Concert Hall / Stanford, CA

Feb. 15, 2014 / Kuumbwa Jazz Center / Santa Cruz, CA

Feb. 17, 2014 / Catalina's Bar and Grill / Los Angeles, CA

Feb. 18 & 19, 2014 / Jazz Alley / Seattle, WA

Feb. 21, 2014 / Jaqua Concert Hall / Eugene, OR

Feb. 22, 2014 / Portland Jazz Festival / Portland, OR

Feb. 28 - March 1, 2014 / Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rose Hall / New York, NY

March 7, 2014 / Jazz Kitchen / Indianapolis, IN

March 8, 2014 / Space / Evanston, IL

March 9, 2014 / Dakota Jazz Club / Minneapolis, MN

March 27, 2014 / Charles H. Morris Center / Savannah, GA

March 28, 2014 / YMCA Boulton Center / Bay Shore, NY

April 4, 2014 / Montpelier Arts Center / Laurel, MD

April 6, 2014 / Pollock Center for the Performing Arts / Camp Hill, PA

April 5, 2014 / Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes / West Hartford, CT

April 12, 2014 / Colony Theater / Miami Beach, FL

April 26, 2014 / Albert-Knox Art Gallery / Buffalo, NY

* - Featured Vocalist on the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Holiday Tour