DownBeat's winner is Cécile McLorin Salvant
08 August 2014
Cécile McLorin Salvant is one of the most exciting and talented artists in music today. She received a 2014 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album and was the winner of the prestigious 2010 Thelonius Monk Competition. She took top honors in four of the 2014 DownBeat International Critics Poll this month: Female Vocalist of the Year, Jazz Album of the Year, Rising Star-Jazz Artist and Rising Star-Female Vocalist.