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Cécile McLorin Salvant: Tiny Desk Concert

The jazz singer, who used to be into radical feminist punk, now composes and sings beautiful jazz ballads.
Cécile McLorin Salvant performs a Tiny Desk concert on August 8, 2018. (Samantha Clark/NPR)

Standing behind the Tiny Desk with only pianist Sullivan Fortner by her side, jazz singer remarked that she hadn't been this nervous in a while. But it was hard to tell: She embraced the discomfort with ease, taking command of the space

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