Inside Cécile Mclorin Salvant’s ‘Maximalist’ Musical Stylings: the 4-Time Grammy-Winning Jazz Chanteuse Taking the Genre into a New Era, with Folk Songs, Postmodern Cabaret and Auto-Tune – Interview

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Indeed, Onstage, Salvant Appears Larger Than Her Form, Employing Not Just Her Unmistakable, Scale-Sailing, Velvety Voice, but the Full Force of Her Body, from Dramatic Arm Gestures to the Flicker of Eyelids, to Physically Inhabit Whatever Song She Is Singing. a Storytelling Bard Theatrically Excavating Ancient and Contemporary Lyrics of Love, Loss, Lust and Revenge, Resuscitating Them to Nerve-Shredding Life. a Critic Once Described Her as a “Postmodern Cabaret Singer”, a Term She Emphatically Approves Of. “Jazz Is Such a Maligned Genre, Anyway. over the Course of My Teenage Year's Popular Tv Shows Would Make Fun of Jazz, No One Likes It at Large – So, ” She Muses, “I Kind of Love It. ”

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