Jazz concert by singer and composer CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant at The 5th Avenue Theatre in downtown Seattle.
CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant plays The 5th Avenue Theatre on Tuesday, February 2, 2027. She's a composer, singer, and visual artist whose work pulls from vocal jazz, avant-garde, contemporary jazz, traditional folk, and soul. Jessye Norman once described her as "a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality."
Salvant has been collecting awards for over a decade. She won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010 and has taken home the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive records: The Window, Dreams and Daggers, and For One To Love, following a nomination in 2014 for WomanChild. In 2020, she was named a MacArthur fellow and received the Doris Duke Artist Award. Her 2022 album Ghost Song earned two Grammy nominations.
Beyond the records, she's also a writer. She wrote Ogresse, a musical fable arranged by Darcy James Argue for a thirteen-piece orchestra, which is currently in development as an animated feature film she'll direct. That side of her work—the storytelling and the visual art—tends to run through everything she does.
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The show is at The 5th Avenue Theatre in downtown Seattle, 1308 5th Ave. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the music starts at 7:30 PM. One practical thing to keep in mind: the venue has no elevator, with stairs only to the balcony.
