Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant was born and raised in Miami, Florida of a French mo… Read Full Bio ↴Cécile McLorin Salvant was born and raised in Miami, Florida of a French mother and a Haitian father. She started classical piano studies at 5, and began singing in the Miami Choral Society at 8. Early on, she developed an interest in classical voice, began studying with private instructors, and later with Edward Walker, vocal teacher at the University of Miami.

In 2007, Cécile moved to Aix-en-Provence, France, to study law as well as classical and baroque voice at the Darius Milhaud Conservatory. It was in Aix-en-Provence, with reedist and teacher Jean-François Bonnel, that she started learning about improvisation, instrumental and vocal repertoire ranging from the 1910s on, and sang with her first band. In 2009, after a series of concerts in Paris, she recorded her first album "Cécile", with Jean-François Bonnel's Paris Quintet. A year later, she won the Thelonious Monk competition in Washington D.C.

Cécile performs unique interpretations of unknown and scarcely recorded jazz and blues compositions. She focuses on a theatrical portrayal of the jazz standard and composes music and lyrics which she also sings in French, her native language as well as in Spanish. She enjoys popularity in Europe and in the United States, performing in clubs, concert halls, and festivals accompanied by renowned musicians like Jean-Francois Bonnel, Rodney Whitaker, Aaron Diehl, Dan Nimmer, Sadao Watanabe, Jacky Terrasson (with an a noted collaboration in his "Gouache" Universal CD), Archie Shepp, and Jonathan Batiste. She sings for the 2nd consecutive year for the Chanel’s « Chance » ad campaign. In August 2012, Cécile recorded at the Avatar Studios a CD to be released early next year for the Mack Avenue Label with Aaron Diehl, Rodney Whitaker, Herlin Riley and James Chirillo.

Cécile has performed at numerous festivals such as Jazz à Vienne, Ascona, Whitley Bay, Montauban, Foix, with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in New York’s Lincoln Center and Chicago’s Symphony Center and with her own band at the Kennedy Center, the Spoleto Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival and other venues.

Ben Ratliff writes in The New York Times “she sings clearly, with her full pitch range, from a pronounced low end to full and distinct high notes, used sparingly — like the one I heard a few weeks ago at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on the last word of “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” the spire in a magnificent set. Her voice clamps into each song, performing careful variations on pitch, stretching words but generally not scatting; her face conveys meaning, representing sorrow or serenity like a silent-movie actor. She also presents a lot of jazz history, and other things…”

Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant Lyrics


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Best Friends Forever Oh, I can't see you Maybe that's why I think you're…
Compos Mentis Down the streets of the eastern parts of our kingdom Ghosts…
Disarmonia Mundi As the sorrow is an open invitation And my story is…
Elisa Tovati Un jour s'il fallait S'enfuir de l'au-delà Je m'installerais…
Freakwater I saw a ghost go sailing by long hair streaming…
h.i.v.+ I'm in a room all alone Wait for you to call…
James Douglas Morrison & The Doors Awake Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet …
Jim Morrison (The Doors) Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet…
Jim Morrison - Music by The Doors Awake Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet …
Jim Morrison - The Doors Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet…
Jim Morrison / Music By The Doors Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet…
Jim Morrison Music by The Doors Awake Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet …
Kiss the Tiger I am afraid, I am a ghost Breathe in the air,…
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen It floats up the stairs, it floats down the hall. It…
Moonspell Outside the mythic Rains let us know we are not insane blo…
Morrison Jim Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet…
Movie Soundtrack - The Doors Awake Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet …
Nightstalker I stand alone at the end of the highway Give it…
Pandji Attention to all bullies in the world! People or Nation... R…
Patrick Wolf While I'm asleep My spirit crawls out Of my belly button And…
ratwyfe Walking through gardens that I don't remember I'm passing th…
Selton Every time my baby goes to bed I know I′m in…
The Doors Awake Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet …
The Doors (Jim Morrison) Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet…
The Doors - An American Prayer Awake Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet …
The Doors堀 Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet…
The Max Levine Ensemble Maybe when I'm dead in the ground, I'll rise and…
Urban Cone Like a child screaming let me out, of your mad…


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By Myself I'll go my way by myself This is the end of…
Doudou Doudou viens dans mes bras et reste là Ma mélusine chérie Va…
I Didn't Know What Time It Was I didn't know what time it was then I met…
I've Got Your Number You've got no time for me You've got big things to…
J'ai L'cafard Non j'suis pas saoûle Malgré que je roule Dans toutes les bo…
Le Front Cache Sur Tes Genoux Le front caché sur tes genoux J'ai sangloté toute ma peine, …
Le Mal de Vivre Ça ne prévient pas quand ça arrive Ça vient de loin Ça…
Look at Me Look at me Why don't you look at me The way you…
Nobody When life seems full of clouds an' rain And I am…
One Step Ahead I'm only one step ahead of heartbreak One step ahead of…
Somewhere There's a place for us Somewhere a place for us Peace…
St. Louis Gal Worried in the nighttime, worried in the day 'Cause another …
the gentleman is a dope The gentleman is a dope A man of many faults A clumsy…
The Peacocks The window looked out onto a pattern never-ending A flower a…
The Sweetest Sounds The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear Are still inside my head …
Trouble is a Man A woman gets all the blame For everything that happens under…
Visions People, hand in hand Have I lived to see the milk…
Were Thine That Special Face I wrote a poem, in classic style I wrote it with…
Wild is Love Wild is love whenever two hearts meet Wild is love bitter…
Woman Child WomanChild staggers A hesitative step How can they expect a …
Womanchild WomanChild staggers A hesitative step How can they expect …
Wuthering Heights Heathcliff, it's me, I am Cathy I have come home, I'm…



You Bring Out The Savage In Me My blood boils with the tropic heat And the rhythm of…


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Comments from YouTube:

Iren Bartok

OMG!!! Embarrassed to say I hadn't even heard of Ms. Salvant until last Wednesday when a friend invited me to join her to hear her at the Edmonton Jazz Festival. She was just incredible!!! What an artist!!! I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor!!! And her quartet was out of this world!! I can't wait to hear her again❤️❤️❤️

N.L. B.

I will mark that I was today years old when I heard this gorgeously talented woman sing. Chills.

Celene Wil

Me too ✋ 💕

Laura Leichling

TODAY WAS MY INTRODUCTION
🤯😍🥰

Kevin B

Welcome to Cecile's Club!

Autumn Gieb

Just heard this on NPR while I was having a bought of melancholy thinking about some stress in my life. This was so fitting for contemplative drive and fell in love with this song.

Andrea Ward

she is by far my favorite singer currently! I've been waiting and hoping for her to record this song. ❤

Pamela Loaiza

i love her!!!! my inspiration because she is a renacentist artist. Bravo Cecile! From Mexico

Nomawonga Khumalo

Always a good day when Cécile is on repeat 😍

Francine D

Absolutely brilliant! 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾😘

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