Cecile McLorin Salvant performs in the Soundcheck studio.

Meet the 'Geniuses'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 19, 2020

All this week, meet one of the local 2020 MacArthur geniuses. Today: Brooklyn's Cécile McLorin Salvant, 2020 MacArthur Fellow, singer, composer and visual artist, whose received the honor for "using manifold powers of interpretation to infuse jazz standards and original compositions with a vibrant, global, Black, feminist sensibility."

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