Cecile McLorin Salvant made it two back-to-back triumphs at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on Friday at the Jazz Tent. Salvant, a romping 21st century singer, made it look easy with sterling support from the trio of pianist Aaron Diehl.
If you’re a fan of jazz singers, please note that Salvant, age 25, already stands with the best. Her organ pipe chest voice is a resonant match for Sarah Vaughn in high diva mode. Her harmonic imagination and vaulting dynamic shifts are a match for those of Betty Carter. And, when she swings, she walks the same clouds of joy trod by Ella Fitzgerald.
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