{"product_id":"cecile-mclorin-salvant-oh-snap","title":"Cécile Mclorin Salvant - Oh Snap","description":"\u003cp\u003eCD - Jewel Case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh Snap features twelve very personal songs by Cécile McLorin Salvant - plus a cover of a verse from the Commodores’ 1977 hit “Brick House” - mostly recorded outside of a traditional studio environment and showcasing her genre-spanning tastes and influences.\u003cbr\u003eThe album features longtime collaborators Sullivan Fortner, Yasushi Nakamura, and Kyle Poole, as well as cameos from singers June McDoom and Kate Davis.\u003cbr\u003eSalvant has US and international tour dates throughout the summer and autumn; find more details at nonesuch.com\/on-tour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy-winning singer and composer wrote these short, intimate songs as part of a creative quest: to place spontaneity and joy at the center of her writing process.\u003cbr\u003eShe originally recorded them alone, at home, never intending for them to be released, using digital tools and effects that she had never played with before, like GarageBand, Logic, AutoTune, Midi plugins, drum loops, vocal effects, reverb, and filters.\u003cbr\u003eThe songs reflect Salvant’s wide-ranging musical influences from her 1990s childhood in Miami - from boy bands to grunge to classical to folk - and include party tracks with beats, samba grooves, and quiet folk songs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I felt I had lost a connection to music because it was something that I felt I should do in a certain way and do well,” she says.\u003cbr\u003e“I thought, ‘How can I bring music back in close to me, intimately? ...\u003cbr\u003eWhat would I build if I could just build it alone, based on who I am?’ I was thinking about how free and playful I am with drawing, which I have no training in, but which gives me so much joy ...\u003cbr\u003eI thought, ‘How could I approach music this way? How could I use music as a way of journaling?’”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalvant says of the title track, “I had a very, very specific sound for the vocal that I got through tinkering with these GarageBand and Logic effects and vocal reverbs and things like that.\u003cbr\u003eWhen I started working with Jack DeBoe, who mixed the record, I had a really specific idea of how I wanted the vocal to sound.\u003cbr\u003eI am more willing to mess with my voice and make it sound messier and crazier and less clear than others are.\u003cbr\u003eJack, thankfully, was so willing to go there with me and try a bunch of different things ...\u003cbr\u003eit was a lot of fun and it was so empowering.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBio:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003eClassically 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalvant’s performances range from spare duets for voice and piano to instrumental trios to orchestral ensembles.\u003cbr\u003eHer unreleased work Ogresse is an ambitious long-form musical fable based on oral fairy tales from the nineteenth century that explores the nature of freedom and desire in a racialised, patriarchal world.\u003cbr\u003eSalvant studied at the Université Pierre Mendès-France.\u003cbr\u003eShe has performed at national and international venues and festivals such as the Newport Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Village Vanguard, and the Kennedy Center.\u003cbr\u003eSalvant is also a visual artist.\u003cbr\u003eHer previous Nonesuch albums, Ghost Song (2022) and Mélusine (2023), were both nominated for Grammy Awards, as well as receiving critical accolades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’Cécile McLorin Salvant’s musical vocabulary is a marvel.’ – Associated Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Salvant’s imaginative backdrops ...\u003cbr\u003edouble dare her audience to follow her next flight of fancy.’ – Mojo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the greatest singers ...\u003cbr\u003eof our time.’ - Slate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Salvant is rapidly moving beyond the boundaries of jazz, and I’m gonna follow wherever she leads.’ - Stereogum\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NONESUCH","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":53207062511943,"sku":"TRI-65700","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard Black Vinyl","offer_id":53207062675783,"sku":"TRI-65701","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/07e3b638f5376ce9dd81f1c945a2b342_14f41f05-a018-4e37-9b32-ad69bc668ba4.jpg?v=1769378098","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/cecile-mclorin-salvant-oh-snap","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}