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Cecile McLorin Salvant, The First Time 2014 Grammy Nominee

September 26, 2014 8:42 AM

Cecile McLorin Salvant was nominated as a first-time nominee in the Best Jazz Vocal album category for 2014 Grammy Awards. This is a Haitian-American artist who released an album, WomanChild, in May last year. This album was at number four on the Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.

The history of Cécile McLorin Salvant starts in Miami, Florida. She was born to a Haitian father and a French mother. Her music blood started early enough, at age five, when she started playing piano. She then went ahead to study singing at the age of eight, in the Miami Choral Society.

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Cécile Mclorin Salvant Au Detroit Jazz Festival

These developments made her have interest in classical voices. However, she had to be instructed at that early age in nurturing her talent. Therefore, she was introduced to private instructors, who assisted her in studying music. One of the instructors was Edward Walker, who was a vocal teacher at the University of Miami.

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