Cécile McLorin Salvant's voice has already been placed alongside those of legendary vocalists such as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald by The New York Times. The singer, who sings in both English and French, has long since become an indispensable figure in jazz; she received a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums. Years prior, she also won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. But McLorin Salvant does not limit herself to a single genre or style; she draws inspiration just as easily from medieval songs and pop, and frames her performances with visual spectacle. Her versatility makes her perfectly suited for her role as this year's Artist in Residence, which means she can be seen every day with a different program.
On Saturday, she will perform Book Of Ayres, her own imagination of baroque music. For that, she will bring together improvising musicians from different worlds and genres. This project is also broad in terms of instruments, as synthesizers and percussion meet with flute, theorbo (a sort of lute) and harpsichord.
