{"product_id":"cecile-mclorin-salvant-with-every-breath-i-take","title":"Cécile McLorin Salvant - With Every Breath I Take","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Cécile McLorin Salvant ... sings standards, show tunes and old novelties in a taut, flinty, elusively beautiful voice, erring toward material with difficult lyrics and tough places in history. Salvant wins over her audiences by tweaking them slightly: daring them to go there with her—not just into the archive, but toward the darkness of the past.’\u003cem\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Although Salvant is known as a jazz musician, her approach to music is defined by her instinct for experimentation ... Her music is beloved for ... embracing theatre and subverting classics with playful renditions.’\u003cem\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003eGuardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCécile McLorin Salvant\u003c\/strong\u003e’s first album with orchestra, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith Every Breath I Take\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003efeatures The Netherlands’ \u003cstrong\u003eMetropole Orkest\u003c\/strong\u003e conducted by \u003cstrong\u003eJules Buckley\u003c\/strong\u003e. Salvant and the ensemble perform timeless songs newly arranged by composer and bandleader \u003cstrong\u003eDarcy James Argue\u003c\/strong\u003e. Salvant tours internationally throughout the summer and fall; see nonesuch.com\/on-tour for details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSalvant, who has performed with orchestras regularly over the last decade-and-a-half and intended to make an album with one sooner in her career, but logistics and her abundant creative ideas led to other new projects intervening. Having finally found time to make this album, \u003cem\u003eWith Every Breath I Take \u003c\/em\u003eis a different sort of record than it might have been even ten years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It is a rare opportunity to be able to make an album at this scale, which has been a dream of mine for many years,” Salvant says. “Darcy James Argue wrote stunning arrangements and the Metropole Orkest, conducted by the extraordinary Jules Buckley, gave these stories a cinematic dimension. We overcame quite a few obstacles to even get into the recording studio for this project; it took almost four years for us to do so, and I am so incredibly proud to share it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I did not choose these songs because they are beautiful, but because they are crucial to me,” she adds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCécile McLorin Salvant, a 2020 MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy Award winner, is a singer and composer bringing historical perspective, a renewed sense of drama, and an enlightened musical understanding to both jazz standards and her own original compositions. Classically trained, steeped in jazz, blues, and folk, and drawing from musical theater and vaudeville, Salvant embraces a wide-ranging repertoire that broadens the possibilities for live performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSalvant’s performances range from spare duets for voice and piano to instrumental trios to orchestral ensembles. Her unreleased work \u003cem\u003eOgresse\u003c\/em\u003e is an ambitious long-form musical fairy tale that is being made into a feature length animated film. She has performed at national and international venues and festivals such as the Newport Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Village Vanguard, and the North Sea Jazz Festival. Her previous Nonesuch albums, \u003cem\u003eGhost Song \u003c\/em\u003e(2022) \u003cem\u003eMélusine \u003c\/em\u003e(2023), and \u003cem\u003eOh Snap \u003c\/em\u003e(2025) received critical accolades; the former two were both nominated for Grammy Awards. Salvant is also a visual artist, and \u003cem\u003eOh Snap \u003c\/em\u003ewas named a best album of 2025 by the \u003cem\u003eGuardian, Jazzwise, JazzTimes, \u003c\/em\u003eand the Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonesuch","offers":[{"title":"CD Jewelcase","offer_id":57953779482969,"sku":"SDZ-45239","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Heavyweight Double Vinyl LP","offer_id":57953779515737,"sku":"SDZ-45240","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/0727020ea78bfe968816a25f699cee1e.jpg?v=1777469293","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/cecile-mclorin-salvant-with-every-breath-i-take","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}