Credits:

Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Description:

The finest jazz vocalist, who expresses a rich variety of emotions, now begins to tell the story of the ghosts... Cecile McLorin Salvant, a three-time Grammy Award winner, is the greatest jazz vocalist of our time. This diva, who continues to carry on and develop the traditional jazz vocal style, presents her latest work, "GHOST SONG," her first release with Nonesuch! The album features a total of 12 colorful songs about ghosts, nostalgia, and longing, including original compositions with a wide range of musical styles and cover songs with stunning original interpretations. She sings, she writes, and she creates visual art that is always a fresh surprise."─ BBC Music Magazine "Cecile McLorin Salvant has the type of voice that an ordinary singer could stop striving for, but she works even harder, and even thoughts. This fact proves that she is a real talent."─ Los Angeles Times "Her voice is very attractive and has a richness that is not a single note. She expresses a wide range of sounds and emotions with impressive skill and mastery.Finding her own unique identity sets her apart from her peers."─ Three-time Wall Street Journal Grammy Award winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, combining diverse emotions with exceptional technique, Contemporary Cecile McLorin Salvant is one of the finest jazz vocalists of our time. Here she delivers her first work for the Nonesuch label, "GHOST SONGS". The album is a collection of 12 diverse songs about ghosts, nostalgia, and longing, consisting of seven original compositions and five cover songs that she has interpreted in her own unique way. She says, "Unlike my previous works, this work reflects my personality as an eclectic curator. With this piece, I embrace my own strangeness!" Commenting on the album's title track, "Ghost Song," which is available now, Cecil said.'What if love has gone, what if love has left you and you are still surrounded by those feelings and you are forever associated with the ghost of that love?' Some songs are very hard to describe, but this one came right out of me. In the past couple of years, people close to me, including my grandfather and the drummer of my band (Lawrence Leathers), have passed away, and this song is about those feelings."(1/2)

Tracklisting:

1.Wuthering Heights
2.Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying
3.Ghost Song
4.Obligation
5.Until
6.I Lost My Mind
7.Moon Song
8.Trail Mix
9.The World Is Mean
10.Dead Poplar
11.Thunderclouds
12.Unquiet Grave