Cécile McLorin Salvant

Cécile McLorin Salvant

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Described by the New York Times in 2015 as "the finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade", Cécile McLorin Salvant – born on August 28, 1989, in Miami, Florida - is jazz performer lauded by critics for the agility, timbre and projection of her voice on standards and original songs that blend jazz, blues and folk music. Often compared to the great Sarah Vaughan, she has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album, winning with her 2015 release For One to Love , which went to Number 2 on Billboard's Jazz Albums Chart. Born in Miami, her father is from Haiti and her mother from France. She learned to play piano as a child, sang in the Miami Choral Society and studied privately with teachers such as the University of Miami's Edward Walker.She spent some time in France studying at the Darius Milhaud Conservatory and won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010 when she was 21. She recorded her debut album, Cécile & the Jean-François Bonnel Paris Quintet , that year and it reached Number 22 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart when it was released in the US in 2010. Her second release, WomanChild, went to Number 3 in 2014 and earned her first Grammy Award nomination. Dreams and Daggers (2017) peaked at Number 2 on the Jazz Chart and won her second Grammy Award. Her 2018 album The Window earned her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal album.Cécile McLorin Salvant was honored with the Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in 2019 and was the MaCarthur Genius Grant Winner in 2020. Four years after the release of The Window, Cécile McLorin Salvant returned in 2022 with the album Ghost Song, followed by the French-language album Mélusine (2023), based on a medieval European legend. In 2025, Oh Snap was released, an album with electronic beats, samba grooves, and folk.

Top tracks

01
I am a volcano
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:14
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
02
Sophisticated Lady
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
03:04
Writer: Irving Mills - Mitchell Parish / Composers: Duke Ellington
01
Wuthering Heights (Kassa Overall Remix)
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Wuthering Heights (Kassa Overall Remix)
03:20
Writer: Catherine Bush
01
You're My Thrill
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
04:33
Writer: Sidney Clare - Jay Gorney / Composers: Sidney Clare - Jay Gorney
01
Wuthering Heights
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
02:43
Writer: Catherine Bush
07
Second guessing
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:28
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
15
Tell Me Why
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
03:28
Writer: Saul Chaplin - Betty Comden - Adolph Green / Composers: Saul Chaplin - Betty Comden - Adolph Green
02
One Step Ahead
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
02:09
Writer: Eddie Snyder - Charles Singleton / Composers: Eddie Snyder - Charles Singleton
11
Thunderclouds
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
03:36
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
02
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
06:07
Writer: Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart / Composers: Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart
10
Le Mal de Vivre
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
06:14
Writer: Monique Andrée Serf / Composers: Monique Andrée Serf
10
D'un feu secret
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
03:44
Writer: Michel Lambert
11
A little bit more
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:04
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
02
Anything but now
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:23
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
01
Mélusine
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
03:13
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
07
Moon Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
03:04
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
03
Take this stone (feat. June McDoom & Kate Davis)
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
03:34
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
06
Prelude/There's a Lull in My Life
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
05:16
Writer: Mack Gordon - Aaron Diehl - Harry Revel / Composers: Mack Gordon - Aaron Diehl - Harry Revel
04
What does blue mean to you?
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
04:39
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
01
Siete Lágrimas
Lau Noah
Siete Lágrimas
02:41
Writer: Laura Caila Puig / Composers: Laura Caila Puig
05
Le Front Caché Sur Tes Genoux
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
05:11
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
06
Petite musique terrienne
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
02:20
Writer: Luc Plamondon - Michel Berger
01
Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
03:22
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
04
Barbara Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
08:13
Writer: Bertold Brecht / Composers: Kurt Weill
03
Nobody
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
03:24
Writer: Alex Rogers - Bert Williams / Composers: Alex Rogers - Bert Williams
03
Mad About The Boy
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
06:52
Writer: Noël Coward / Composers: Noël Coward
01
Oh Snap
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
04:11
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
01
St. Louis Gal
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
03:01
Writer: J. Russel Robinson / Composers: J. Russel Robinson
01
With Every Breath I Take
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
03:44
Composers: Cy Coleman - David Zippel
10
Thank you
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:59
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
09
What's the Matter Now?
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
04:17
Writer: Spencer Williams - Clarence Williams / Composers: Spencer Williams - Clarence Williams
09
John Henry
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
05:14
Writer: Traditional / Composers: Traditional
11
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
08:14
Writer: Harry M. Woods / Composers: Harry M. Woods
09
Eureka
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:37
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
05
Wives and Lovers
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
02:51
Writer: Hal David - Burt Bacharach / Composers: Hal David - Burt Bacharach
08
Baby Have Pity on Me
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
03:21
Writer: Clarence Williams - Billy Mol / Composers: Clarence Williams - Billy Mol
04
Nothing Like You
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
03:49
Writer: Bob Dorough / Composers: Bob Dorough
09
Si J'étais Blanche
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
05:14
Writer: Leo Lelievre - Henri Varna - Bobby Falk / Composers: Leo Lelievre - Henri Varna - Bobby Falk
04
Dites moi que je suis belle
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
02:41
Writer: Anonymous - Eustache Deschamps
08
Monday
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
02:01
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
02
La route enchantée
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
05:57
Writer: Charles Trenet
03
Il m'a vue nue
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
02:47
Writer: Pierre Chagnon
10
Jitterbug Waltz
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
06:52
Writer: Fats Waller - Charles Grean - Maxine Manners / Composers: Fats Waller - Charles Grean - Maxine Manners
01
Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent ?
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
05:26
Writer: Léo Ferré - Louis Aragon
05
Left Over
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
05:03
Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
11
Le temps est assassin
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
03:49
Writer: Veroniques Sanson
05
Doudou
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
05:34
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
12
Fenestra
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
05:18
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
14
Dame Iseut
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
01:33
Writer: Almucs de Castelneau
08
I’ll See You Again
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
03:28
Composers: Noël Coward
10
Lush Life
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
05:51
Composers: Billy Strayhorn
09
The World Is Mean
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
04:48
Writer: Berthold Brecht - Kurt Weill - Marc Blitzstein
06
Ever Since the One I Love’s Been Gone
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
03:14
Composers: Buddy Johnson
08
Expanse
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:11
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
09
Being Alive
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
06:20
Composers: Stephen Sondheim
12
Nun
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:23
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
09
J’ai L’Cafard
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
03:00
Writer: Louis Despax - Jean Eugene Charles Eblinger / Composers: Louis Despax - Jean Eugene Charles Eblinger
13
Personne
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
05:12
Writer: Michel Emer / Composers: Michel Emer
01
Visions
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
05:11
Writer: Stevie Wonder / Composers: Stevie Wonder
04
Look at Me
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
02:44
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
07
The Trolley Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
03:51
Writer: Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin / Composers: Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin
01
Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
02:33
Writer: Willie Jackson - Traditional - Eddie Brown / Composers: Willie Jackson - Traditional - Eddie Brown
08
Trail Mix
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
02:23
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
05
Until
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
06:31
Writer: Gordon Sumner
04
Obligation
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
01:32
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
02
Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
07:23
Writer: Edgar Harburg - Gregory Porter - Harold Arlen - Herbert Stothart
10
Dead Poplar
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
02:36
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
01
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
05:42
Writer: Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin / Composers: Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin
12
Unquiet Grave
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
04:20
Writer: Traditional

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  • Discography
Albums
With Every Breath I Take
℗ 2026 Nonesuch Records Inc.
26-06-2026
With Every Breath I Take
01
With Every Breath I Take
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
03:44
Composers: Cy Coleman - David Zippel
02
Sophisticated Lady
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
03:04
Writer: Irving Mills - Mitchell Parish / Composers: Duke Ellington
03
Send in the Clowns
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
06:47
Composers: Stephen Sondheim
04
Barbara Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
08:13
Writer: Bertold Brecht / Composers: Kurt Weill
05
Left Over
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
05:03
Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
06
Ever Since the One I Love’s Been Gone
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
03:14
Composers: Buddy Johnson
07
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
05:17
Writer: Jacques Demy / Composers: Michel Legrand
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Oh Snap
℗ 2025 Nonesuch Records Inc.
19-09-2025
Oh Snap
01
I am a volcano
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:14
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
02
Anything but now
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:23
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
03
Take this stone (feat. June McDoom & Kate Davis)
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
03:34
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
04
What does blue mean to you?
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
04:39
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
05
Brick House
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
00:27
Writer: Lionel Richie - MIlan Williams - Ronald LaPread - Thomas McClary - Walter Lee Orange - William Atwell King / Composers: Lionel Richie - MIlan Williams - Ronald LaPread - Thomas McClary - Walter Lee Orange - William Atwell King
06
Oh Snap
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
04:11
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
07
Second guessing
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
02:28
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
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Mélusine
℗ 2023 Nonesuch Records Inc.
02-03-2023
Mélusine
01
Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent ?
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
05:26
Writer: Léo Ferré - Louis Aragon
02
La route enchantée
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
05:57
Writer: Charles Trenet
03
Il m'a vue nue
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
02:47
Writer: Pierre Chagnon
04
Dites moi que je suis belle
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
02:41
Writer: Anonymous - Eustache Deschamps
05
Doudou
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
05:34
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
06
Petite musique terrienne
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
02:20
Writer: Luc Plamondon - Michel Berger
07
Aida
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
01:03
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
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Ghost Song
℗ 2022 Nonesuch Records Inc.
04-03-2022
Ghost Song
01
Wuthering Heights
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
02:43
Writer: Catherine Bush
02
Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
07:23
Writer: Edgar Harburg - Gregory Porter - Harold Arlen - Herbert Stothart
03
Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
03:22
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
04
Obligation
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
01:32
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
05
Until
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
06:31
Writer: Gordon Sumner
06
I Lost My Mind
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
03:40
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
07
Moon Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Ghost Song
03:04
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant
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The Window
2018 Mack Avenue Records II, LLC
28-09-2018
The Window
01
Visions
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
05:11
Writer: Stevie Wonder / Composers: Stevie Wonder
02
One Step Ahead
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
02:09
Writer: Eddie Snyder - Charles Singleton / Composers: Eddie Snyder - Charles Singleton
03
By Myself
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
02:34
Writer: Howard Dietz - Arthur Schwartz / Composers: Howard Dietz - Arthur Schwartz
04
The Sweetest Sounds
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
04:55
Writer: Richard Rodgers / Composers: Richard Rodgers
05
Ever Since the One I Love's Been Gone
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
05:53
Writer: Buddy Johnson / Composers: Buddy Johnson
06
À Clef
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
02:05
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
07
Obsession
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
03:10
Writer: Tracy Mann - Gilson Peranzzetta - Dori Caymmi / Composers: Tracy Mann - Gilson Peranzzetta - Dori Caymmi
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Dreams and Daggers
2017 Mack Avenue Records II, LLC
29-09-2017
Dreams and Daggers
01
And Yet
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
01:06
Writer: Paul Sikivie - Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Paul Sikivie - Cécile McLorin Salvant
02
Devil May Care
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
06:56
Writer: Jr. - Terrell P. Kirk - Bob Dorough / Composers: Jr. - Terrell P. Kirk - Bob Dorough
03
Mad About The Boy
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
06:52
Writer: Noël Coward / Composers: Noël Coward
04
Sam Jones' Blues
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
03:00
Writer: Al Bernard - J. Russell Robinson - Roy Turk / Composers: Al Bernard - J. Russell Robinson - Roy Turk
05
More
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
03:33
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
06
Never Will I Marry
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
04:03
Writer: Frank Loesser / Composers: Frank Loesser
07
Somehow I Never Could Believe
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dreams and Daggers
09:55
Writer: Langston Hughes - Kurt Weil / Composers: Langston Hughes - Kurt Weil
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For One to Love
2015 Mack Avenue Records II, LLC
04-09-2015
For One to Love
01
Fog
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
05:15
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
02
Growlin' Dan
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
04:34
Writer: Clyde Hart - Blanche Calloway / Composers: Clyde Hart - Blanche Calloway
03
Stepsisters' Lament
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
02:19
Writer: Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein / Composers: Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein
04
Look at Me
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
02:44
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
05
Wives and Lovers
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
02:51
Writer: Hal David - Burt Bacharach / Composers: Hal David - Burt Bacharach
06
Left Over
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
04:27
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
07
The Trolley Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
For One to Love
03:51
Writer: Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin / Composers: Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin
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WomanChild
2013 Mack Avenue Records II, LLC
28-05-2013
WomanChild
01
St. Louis Gal
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
03:01
Writer: J. Russel Robinson / Composers: J. Russel Robinson
02
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
06:07
Writer: Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart / Composers: Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart
03
Nobody
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
03:24
Writer: Alex Rogers - Bert Williams / Composers: Alex Rogers - Bert Williams
04
WomanChild
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
06:08
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
05
Le Front Caché Sur Tes Genoux
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
05:11
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
06
Prelude/There's a Lull in My Life
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
05:16
Writer: Mack Gordon - Aaron Diehl - Harry Revel / Composers: Mack Gordon - Aaron Diehl - Harry Revel
07
You Bring out the Savage in Me
Cécile McLorin Salvant
WomanChild
05:07
Writer: Sam Coslow / Composers: Sam Coslow
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Singles
Left Over
℗ 2026 Nonesuch Records Inc.
03-06-2026
Left Over
01
Left Over
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Left Over
05:03
Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
℗ 2026 Nonesuch Records Inc.
28-04-2026
With Every Breath I Take
01
With Every Breath I Take
Cécile McLorin Salvant
With Every Breath I Take
03:44
Composers: Cy Coleman - David Zippel
What does blue mean to you?
℗ 2025 Nonesuch Records Inc.
07-08-2025
What does blue mean to you?
01
What does blue mean to you?
Cécile McLorin Salvant
What does blue mean to you?
04:39
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
℗ 2025 Nonesuch Records Inc.
09-07-2025
Oh Snap
01
Oh Snap
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oh Snap
04:11
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant / Composers: Cécile McLorin Salvant
Siete Lágrimas
Lau Noah
12-12-2023
Siete Lágrimas
01
Siete Lágrimas
Lau Noah
Siete Lágrimas
02:41
Writer: Laura Caila Puig / Composers: Laura Caila Puig
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
2023 Mack Avenue Records II, LLC
06-10-2023
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
01
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
05:42
Writer: Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin / Composers: Ralph Blane - Hugh Martin
Mélusine
℗ 2023 Nonesuch Records Inc.
02-03-2023
Mélusine
01
Mélusine
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
03:13
Writer: Cécile McLorin Salvant