#Marvin Sewell

[nonesuchrecords]

Cécile McLorin Salvant performs “Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying,” from her Grammy-nominated album Ghost Song, live at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York this past spring, with Sullivan Fortner on piano, Keita Ogawa on percussion, Marvin Sewell on guitar, Alexa Tarantino  on flute, and Yasushi Nakamura on bass. The songs were written by Harold Arlen/Herbert Stothart/Yip Harburg and Gregory Porter, respectively. 

[diyeipetea]

Cecile McLorin Salvant. 25 Festival de Jazz de la Universidad/ASSEJAZZ. Por Antonio Torres [Conciertos de Jazz]

Cecile McLorin Salvant. 25 Festival de Jazz de la Universidad/ASSEJAZZ. Por Antonio Torres [Conciertos de Jazz]

Fecha: 25 de octubre de 2022 Lugar: Teatro Lope de Vega de Sevilla Grupo: Cecile McLorin Salvant Quintet Cecile McLorin Salvant: voz Glenn Zaleski: piano Marvin Sewell: guitarra Paul Sikivie: contrabajo Keito Ogawa: percusión El Festival de Jazz de la Universidad/ASSEJAZZ de Sevilla en su vigésima quinta edición, recibió como uno de sus grupos más estelares al quinteto de la cantante Cecile…

[lboogie1906]

Quiana Lynell (born April 16, 1981) is a blues and jazz singer, arranger and songwriter.

She was born in Tyler, Texas. During high school, she was in the all-state choir. She earned a BA in Vocal Performance from Louisiana State University.

She began her singing career as a classical singer and was a member of the St. James Episcopal Church choir in Baton Rouge. After meeting Janelle Brown, lead singer of the zydeco group 2 Da T, she began exploring additional musical genres, including zydeco and R&B. She has been mentored by notable artists such as Aaron Neville, Germaine Bazzle, and Wendell Brunious.

She won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she received a recording contract with Concord Records.

She has performed with Nona Hendryx, Terence Blanchard, Jon Cowherd, Marvin Sewell, Eric Harland, Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Bilal, and Ledisi, and with local artists and bands in Louisiana. She performs at venues in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, including at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. She has performed with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra as a principal Soprano. She performed a tribute concert to Ella Fitzgerald, celebrating her 100th birthday. She was a featured artist with Bernard Purdie’s All-Star Shuffle, and Bobbi Humphrey, at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s R&B Festival in Brooklyn.

She released the EP Loving Me (Q Sound) and the single Baton Rouge (Q Sound). She has been a featured soloist on studio albums.

She has developed the educational program, “Made in America: Lyrically Speaking: Breaking Down Jazz, Blues, and Soul in American Music, from the Vocalist Perspective”, which has been used in clinics across the US to educate students on jazz, blues and traditional American music from the vocalist perspective. She is the founder of the running club, Musicians Run, aimed at promoting running to local musicians in Baton Rouge.

She has held several teaching positions, including as band director in elementary and middle schools. She has been a private vocal instructor and an adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans.

She has two children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[yin-yanglulu]

Reposting my Calynn playlist for Valentine’s Day

Song list bellow!

Adventure Of A Lifetime - Coldplay

Rather Be - Clean Bandit

Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds

Starstruck - Years & Years

Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon

Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs

Let’s Dance - David Bowie

Levitating - Dua Lipa

Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Modjo

Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust

Telling The World - Taio Cruz

Rule The World - Take That

True Love - P!nk

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede

Sugar - Maroon Five

Skate - Bruno Mars & Silk Sonic

Haven’t Met You Yet - Michael Buble

She Will Be Loved - Maroon Five

Somebody To You - The Vamps

Green Green Grass - George Ezra

Anyone For You (Tiger Lily) - George Ezra

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Me! - Taylor Swift & Brendon Urie

Lover - Taylor Swift

True Feeling - Galantis

Love You Like That - Dagny

I See Love - Jonas Blue & Joe Jonas

Boom Clap - Charli XCX (Yes this is intentional, you’re welcome 😉)

My Universe - Coldplay & BTS

Higher Power - Coldplay

When Can I See You Again - Owl City

Monophobia - Deadmau5 & Rob Swire

Calling - Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV & Boogie With da Hoodie

Runaway (U & I) - Galantis

Sunflower - Post Malone & Swae Lee

I Like Me Better - Lauv

Late Night Talking - Harry Styles

Digital Love - Daft Punk

What Lovers Do - Maroon Five & SZA

Summer - Calvin Harris

Feel So Close - Calvin Harris

Wide Awake - Katy Perry

Paradise - Coldplay

Counting Stars - OneRepublic

Perfect Strangers - Jonas Blue & JP Cooper

Firestone - Kygo & Conrad Sewell

Something Just Like This - Coldplay & The Chainsmokers

House Of Memories - Panic! At The Disco

Shine - Years & Years

A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay

Electric Touch - Taylor Swift & Fall Out Boy

Meet Me At Our Spot - The Anxiety

GUY.exe - Superfruit

Dog Days Are Over - Florence and The Machine

Trustfall - P!nk

Stars In The Sky - Kid Cudi

I Think He Knows - Taylor Swift

Wonderland (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift

New Romantics (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift

Mona Lisa - Dominic Fike

Another Dimension - Pop Money

Treasure - Bruno Mars

Cupid (Twin Version) - Fifty Fifty

Poster Girl - Zara Larrson

[thebaddestbears]

Timothy Cobb, Christmas Stories Christian Sands mack avenue, 2023

Pianist/composer Christian Sands' cinematic approach to popular holiday classics takes center stage with Christmas Stories, his first album since his critically acclaimed, GRAMMY-nominated 2020 release Be Water. Having performed in-demand Christmas shows at Jazz at Lincoln Center and around the world, Sands offers such classics as "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Silent Night," "Jingle Bells," and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," as well as a few surprises. Joining the NAACP Image Award nominee are vibraphonist Stefon Harris, saxophonist Jimmy Greene, guitarists Max Light and Marvin Sewell, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, percussionist Keita Ogawa, and drummer Ryan Sands.　Amazon

[alexlacquemanne]

Janvier MMXXIV

Films

Bridget Jones Baby (Bridget Jones's Baby) (2016) de Sharon Maguire avec Renée Zellweger, Patrick Dempsey, Shirley Henderson, Gemma Jones et Jim Broadbent

Arnaque à Hollywood (The Comeback Trail) (2020) de George Gallo avec Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff, Eddie Griffin, Emile Hirsch et Kate Katzman

Copie conforme (1947) de Jean Dréville avec Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Annette Poivre, Madeleine Suffel, Jane Marken, Danièle Franconville, Jean-Jacques Delbo et Léo Lapara

L'Inconnu du Nord-Express (Strangers on a Train) (1951) d'Alfred Hitchcock avec Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Marion Lorne, Jonathan Hale et Laura Elliott

Une affaire d'honneur (2023) de et avec Vincent Perez et aussi Roschdy Zem, Doria Tillier, Damien Bonnard, Guillaume Gallienne, Nicolas Gaspar, Pepe Lorente

Hôtel fantôme (Das letzte Problem) (2019) de et avec Karl Markovics et aussi Stefan Pohl, Maria Fliri, Julia Koch, Max Moor, Sunnyi Melles Laura Bilgeri

Aviator (The Aviator) (2004) de Martin Scorsese avec Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Adam Scott, Kelli Garner, Alec Baldwin, Ian Holm, Jude Law et Danny Huston

Palais royal ! (2005) de et avec Valérie Lemerciere et aussi Lambert Wilson, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Aumont, Mathilde Seigner, Denis Podalydès, Michel Vuillermoz, Gisèle Casadesus, Gilbert Melki, Maurane

Du plomb pour l'inspecteur (Pushover) (1954) de Richard Quine avec Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malonne, E.G. Marshall, Allen Nourse, James Anderson et Joe Bailey

Les Douze Salopards (The Dirty Dozen) (1967) de Robert Aldrich avec Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini Lopez et Telly Savalas

Le silence des ânes (Das Schweigen der Esel) (2022) de et avec Karl Markovics et aussi Julia Koch, Caroline Frank, Gerhard Liebmann, Valentin Sottopietra, Klaus Windisch, Tobias Fend, Julian Sark, Stefan Pohl

Elmer Gantry le charlatan (Elmer Gantry) (1960) de Richard Brooks avec Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones, Patti Page et Edward Andrews

Tendre Poulet (1978) de Philippe de Broca avec Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric, Hubert Deschamps, Paulette Dubost, Roger Dumas, Raymond Gérôme, Guy Marchand, Simone Renant et Georges Wilson

Judy (2019) de Rupert Goold avec Renée Zellweger, Darci Shaw, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Finn Wittrock, Richard Cordery, Jessie Buckley et Bella Ramsey

Cinquième Colonne (Saboteur) (1942) d'Alfred Hitchcock avec Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Clem Bevans, Norman Lloyd, Alma Kruger et Vaughan Glaser

Robin des Bois, prince des voleurs (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) (1991) de Kevin Reynolds avec Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Nick Brimble et Michael McShane

La Fine Fleur (2020) de Pierre Pinaud avec Catherine Frot, Melan Omerta, Fatsah Bouyahmed, Olivia Côte, Marie Petiot, Vincent Dedienne et Serpentine Teyssier

Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) de Jean Delannoy avec Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Robert Hirsch, Paul Frankeur, Michel Vitold, Camille Guérini, Serge Rousseau et Micheline Luccioni

On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980) de Philippe de Broca avec Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Francis Perrin, Catherine Alric, Marc Dudicourt, Paulette Dubost et Roger Carel

Gosford Park (2001) de Robert Altman avec Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Camilla Rutherford, Charles Dance, Geraldine Somerville, Tom Hollander, Stephen Fry, Helen Mirren et Emily Watson

Meurtre à Hollywood (Sunset) (1988) de Blake Edwards avec Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Jennifer Edwards, Victoria Alperin et Patricia Hodge

Iron Claw (The Iron Claw) (2023) de Sean Durkin avec Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Holt McCallany, Lily James, Maura Tierney et Stanley Simons

Séries

La croisière s'amuse Saison 1

Une traversée de chien - L'Amour fou - Ami ou Ennemi - Farces et Attrapes - Une célébrité encombrante - Le Grand Air - Le docteur voit double - Le Grand Amour - Le Père du commandant - Monnaie de singe - La vie est belle au large - Tel est pris qui croyait prendre - Jeux de mains - Les Grandes Retrouvailles : première partie - Les Grandes Retrouvailles : deuxième partie - La Victoire en dansant - Le Gros Lot - Coupable, mais de quoi ? - Souvenirs Souvenirs - Il y a des jours comme ça - Qui comprend quelque chose à l'amour ? - Le commandant connaît la musique - Coup de folie - Ne comptez pas sur moi pour tomber amoureuse

Coffre à Catch

#148 : Bonne année 2024 à tout l'univers d'Agius ! - #149 : Zack Ryder : Woo Woo Woo, tu le sais ! - #150 : L'exceptionnel retour de Colby ! - #151 : Les adieux au catch de Tommy Dreamer ? - #152 : Tommy Dreamer enfin champion de la ECW !

Les Simpson Saison 1

Noël mortel - Bart le génie - L'Odyssée d'Homer - Simpsonothérapie - Terreur à la récré - Ste Lisa Blues - L'Abominable Homme des bois - Bart a perdu la tête - Marge perd la boule - L'Odyssée d'Homer - L'Espion qui venait de chez moi - Un clown à l'ombre - Une soirée d'enfer

Downton Abbey Saison 5

Tradition et Rébellion - Un vent de liberté - Le Bonheur d'être aimé - Révolution à Downton - Tout ce qui compte… - Étape par étape - Désillusions - Menaces et Préjugés - La Réconciliation

Castle Saison 4

Renaissance - Lame solitaire - Casse-tête - L'Empreinte d'une arme - L'Art de voler - Démons - Otages - Dans l'antre du jeu - Course contre la mort - Détache-moi

Kaamelott Livre IV

Tous les matins du monde première partie - Tous les matins du monde deuxième partie - Raison et Sentiments - Les Tartes aux fraises - Le Dédale - Les Pisteurs - Le Traître - La Faute première partie - La Faute deuxième partie - L’Ascension du Lion - Une vie simple - Le Privilégié - Le Bouleversé - Les Liaisons dangereuses - Les Exploités II - Dagonet et le Cadastre - Duel première partie - Duel deuxième partie - La Foi bretonne - Au service secret de Sa Majesté - La Parade - Seigneur Caius - L’Échange première partie - L’Échange deuxième partie - L’Échelle de Perceval - La Chambre de la reine - Les Émancipés - La Révoquée - La Baliste II - Les Bonnes - La Révolte III - Le Rapport - L’Art de la table - Les Novices - Les Refoulés - Les Tuteurs II - Le Tourment IV - Le Rassemblement du corbeau II - Le Grand Départ - L’Auberge rouge - Les Curieux : première partie - Les Curieux : deuxième partie - La Clandestine - Les Envahisseurs - La vie est belle - La Relève - Les Tacticiens : première partie - Les Tacticiens : deuxième partie - Drakkars ! - La Réponse - Unagi IV - La Permission - Anges et Démons - La Rémanence - Le Refuge - Le Dragon gris - La Potion de vivacité II - Vox populi III - La Sonde - La Réaffectation - La Poétique II : première partie - La Poétique II : deuxième partie

Affaires sensibles

Henri Martin, debout contre la guerre d’Indochine - 1923 : Germaine Berton : l’anarchiste qui tua pour venger Jaurès - Prince de Conty : où sont passés les lingots de l'épave? - De Paris à Dakar, le rallye du désert - Cannes 1987, Pialat et sa palme - Affaire Mis et Thiennot, la fin de l'énigme judiciaire ? - Agnès Le Roux, la disparition d’une héritière - Les mystères de Chevaline

The Crown Saison 6

Un engouement fanatique - Hors du temps

Le Voyageur Saison 2

La Forêt perchée - La tentation du mal

Alfred Hitchcock présente Saison 5, 6, 3, 7

Arthur - La Vengeance - Chantage - Pan! vous êtes mort

Spectacles

Concert du Nouvel An en direct du Musikverein, à Vienne (2024)

Adele Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2011)

Sexe et jalousie (1993) de Marc Camoletti et Georges Folgoas avec Jean-Luc Moreau, Marie-Pierre Casey, Patrick Guillemin, Marie Lenoir et Bunny Godillot

Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie (1981) live at Riazzino, Switzerland

Agents Are Forever : Danish National Symphony Orchestra (2020) avec Caroline Henderson

Bonté divine (2010) de Frédéric Lenoir et Louis-Michel Colla avec Jean-Loup Horwitz, Benoit Nguyen-Tat, Saïd Amadis et Roland Giraud

Livres

Kid Paddle, Tome 1 : Jeux de vilains de Midam

Détective Conan, Tome 20 de Gôshô Aoyama

Castle, Tome 1 : La dernière aube de Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue DeConnick et Tom Raney

James Bond : Le guide officiel de 007 de Lee Pfeiffer et Dave Worrall

[axuxut]

SONG: “July Tree” with Marvin Sewell

[countrymusicandcher]

"Telling the truth is a dangerous business, honest and popular don't go hand in hand. If you admit you can play the accordian, noone will hire you in a rock 'n roll band"

The most fun and funky music video I've seen in a very, very long time. Includes brilliant artists such as Chaim Tannenbaum, Suzzy Roche and her daughter Lucy Wainwright Roche, Lucy's father Loudon Wainwright and Ana Egg. All signed to the brilliant StorySound Records. Enjoy!

[mosaicrecords]

Charles Lloyd in London

The London Jazz News’s Geoff Winston reviews Charles Lloyd’s August 1 opening at Ronnie Scott’s Club in London. His unrelenting innovation and improvisational spirit seem unstoppable and that’s a good thing. This quintet with regulars Reuben Rogers on bass and Eric Harland on drums, now features the guitars of Marvin Sewell and Julian Lage and Lloyd seems to love the textures. Let’s hope he records with this configuration.

-Michael Cuscuna

Read from London Jazz News… Follow: Mosaic Records Facebook Tumblr Twitter

[nonesuchrecords]

Cécile McLorin Salvant performs Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg’s “Over the Rainbow” live at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York last spring, with Sullivan Fortner on piano, Keita Ogawa on percussion, Marvin Sewell on guitar, Alexa Tarantino  on flute, and Yasushi Nakamura on bass.

[donospl]

Cécile McLorin Salvant "Ghost Song"

Cécile McLorin Salvant “Ghost Song”

Nonesuch Records, 2022 Dwie minuty i czterdzieści cztery sekundy trwa utwór Wuthering Heights, cover wielkiego hitu Kate Bush, który rozpoczyna najnowszy album Cécile McLorin Salvant. I robi wrażenie oszałamiające. W moim przypadku tak wielkie, że musiałem przez chwilę ochłonąć by rozpocząć słuchanie Ghost Song ponownie. A Cécile McLorin Salvant nie zwalnia tempa przez całe trzy kwadranse…

[riffsstrides]

Lizz Wright - LIVE Full Concert 2016 

Track list: 01. When I Fall 02. Walk With Me 03. Hit The Ground 04. Stop 05. A Lover Is Forever 06. Easy Rider 07. I Remember, I Believe 08. Coming Home 09. Thank You 10. Dreaming Wide Awake 11. My Heart

Lizz Wright - vocals Robin Macatangay - guitar Marvin Sewell - guitar Nick D'Amato - bass Jano Tix - drums

Lizz Wright - LIVE Full Concert 2016 || HD

[humongousfanhologram]

Cassandra Wilson - You Don't Know What Love Is

Cassandra Wilson and Band perform at the Funchal Jazz Festival in Funchal, Portugal. Reginald Veal - acoustic bass Marvin Sewell - electric guitar Gregoire Maret - harmonica Jon Cowherd - piano Lekan Babalola - percussion John Davis - drums

[ginnyweaslays]

65 LGBT Books by Black Authors

In honor of Pride Month obviously, here’s my next list! Please continue to add authors and books to this list! 

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

Another Country by James Baldwin

Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin

Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris

Just as I am (Invisible Life #2) by E. Lynn Harris

I Say a Little Prayer by E. Lynn Harris

Hood Witch by Faylita Hicks

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery

A Dream so Dark by LL McKinney

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix

Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert

Skin Deep Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney

The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie

Juniper Leaves by Jaz Joyner

Queer Africa - Selected Stories

The Yellow Brownstone by Lisa K. Stephenson

Freedom in This Village by E. Lynn Harris

Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction by Devon W. Carbado

In Case You Forgot by Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar

Mogul by Terrance Dean

Potomac University Series by Rashid Darden

The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces by Michelle Sewell

Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin by James Campbell

Black Lesbian in White America by Anita Cornwell**

If We Have to Take Tomorrow by Frank Leon, White Roberts, and Marvin K.

Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men edited by Essex Hemphill

In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology by Joseph Beam

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Here for It by R. Eric Thomas

Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson

Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney

A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan

Crossfire: A Litany for Survival by Staceyann Chin

The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir by Staceyann Chin

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

Lives of Great Men by Chike Frankie Edozien

Burnt Men by Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun**

She Called Me Woman edited by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan, and Rafeeat Aliyu

B-Side and Other Misheard Lyrics by L.M. Bennett

For Sizakele by Yvonne “Fly” Onakeme Etaghene

Black Power Barbie Volume 1: Love Lives of Heroes by Shay Youngblood

Loving Her by Ann Allen Shockley

No Telephone to Heaven by Michelle Cliff

Something Better than Home by Leona Beasley

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Yabo by Alexis De Veaux

Fragments that Remain by Steven Corbin

Vanishing Rooms by Melvin Dixon

Blackbird by Larry Duplechan

B-Boy Blues Series by James Earl Hardy

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

**I could not find links to buy both of these books, so if anyone is able to please add them to the post!

[dustedmagazine]

Cécile McLorin Salvant — Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

Photo by Shawn Michael Jones

Cécile McLorin Salvant is one of jazz’s big, upcoming vocal talents, a winner of the 2015 Grammy for best jazz vocal and, most recently, of a MacArthur genius grant. Wynton Marsalis, who has brought Salvant on tour with his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, told the New Yorker in 2017, “You get a singer like this once in a generation or two.” And, indeed, Salvant has a striking, versatile voice, navigating quick-paced 1930s movie riffs, sophisticated torch songs and spare folk laments with equal aplomb. 

 It is, perhaps, telling that she leads off this album of covers and originals with her own version of Kate Bush’s haunted 1978 single “Wuthering Heights” (see the original here, Bush’s very first release, performed with conviction in full interpretive dance mode). Singing unaccompanied for the first two-thirds of the song, she swoops and soars and echoes, untethered but absolutely on target. If she has to work at all at its unconventional melody, there’s no sign of it, no grit or breath or struggle. And yet, the song is hardly sterile. There’s a lot of passion in it, too, despite its technical sheen and gloss. All of which is to say that Salvant is an exceptional singer, absolutely suited to the jazz repertoire but unwilling to be contained by it. The world, and music, is too big to stay in one corner, however worthy. 

It’s easy here to get swept up in the quality and variety of the covers. After “Wuthering Heights,” Salvant mashes up the Disney ditty “Optimistic Voices” with Gregory Porter’s majestic “No Love Dying.” Later in the album, you’ll find an interpretation of “The World Is Mean,” from “Threepenny Opera,” its arrangement alternating between breezy, flute-blowing, snare rattling optimism and soulful realism, and the album closes with “Unquiet Grave,” a keening Celtic dirge that falls about a far from jazz as folk can. Salvant brings all these very different songs to life with unfailing clarity. Her lovely, preternaturally accurate soprano nails the details, while allowing her own intelligence and style to show through in subtle shifts of phrasing and modest flourishes. 

The revelation, however, comes in Salvant’s original material, especially the title track, which brings the warmth of blues into its slippery, sinuous melody, its thumping rhythm, its tremulous guitar slides. The other musicians are low-key excellent, here and elsewhere, Salvant’s longtime collaborator Sullivan Fortner on piano, Burniss Travis on acoustic bass, Marvin Sewell on guitars and Keita Ogawa on percussion instruments. Salvant starts the song alone but picks up choral accompaniment as the piece goes on, finally turning her lovely melody over to the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. 

Salvant shows off a sharp wit in the talk-sung, “Obligation,” a fluid sophistication on “If I Lost My Mind,” and a little bit of swagger on the brief, piano-pounding “Trail Mix.” Her original songs are as varied as the covers. But the thread that runs through is that exceptionally clear, artful delivery and a nimble intelligence. Whatever the setting, the mood or the genre, Salvant lights it up from within.

Jennifer Kelly