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Jazz Fest Focus: Cecil McLorin Salvant

April 20, 2015 by: Jennifer Odell

Cecil McLorin Salvant (Second Jazz Fest Weekend) Friday, May 1, Zatarain’s/WWOZ Jazz Tent, 4:20 p.m.

By the time Carmen McRae comes to the final lyric of “Trouble Is a Man” during a performance on the ’60s show “Jazz Casual,” she’s relayed the gamut of emotions experienced by the song’s protagonist—a woman whose love interest has failed to keep his promises. “Trouble is a man I love,” she finally sings, lengthening the word “I” in a way that implies regret, pain, anger, frustration ...

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