Cecile McLorin Salvant, Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush cover), live in San Francisco, Feb. 12, 2022

Cécile McLorin Salvant sings a cover of the Kate Bush songs "Wuthering Heights" and "Breathing" live in concert at SFJazz in San Francisco, California on February 12, 2022. Wuthering Heights was the lead single from Kate Bush's debut studio album, The Kick Inside (1978), and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Breathing was the lead single from Bush's third studio album, Never For Ever (1980).
Salvant released a studio version of Wuthering Heights on her sixth studio album, Ghost Song (2022). Salvant is a Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist from Miami, Florida. Joining her onstage were Sullivan Fortner (piano), Keita Ogawa (percussion), and Alexa Tarantino (flute, piccolo, alto flute).
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Wuthering Heights lyrics:
Out on the wily, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too
Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy
I’ve come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy
I’ve come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Ooh, it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back, love, cruel Heathcliff
My one dream, my only master
Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy
I’ve come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy
I’ve come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Written by Catherine Bush (a/k/a Kate Bush)
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Cecile McLorin Salvant official bio:
Three-time Grammy Winner Cécile McLorin Salvant is the “finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade” (New York Times). She returns with her quartet to perform music from her forthcoming Nonesuch release, Ghost Song, featuring a diverse mix of seven originals and five interpretations on the themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning. Salvant says, “It’s unlike anything I’ve done before-it’s getting closer to reflecting my personality as an eclectic curator. I’m embracing my weirdness!”
Possessing a deep, velvety voice, rhythmic poise, and a sublime feel for the blues, Salvant combines conservatory-honed technique with a beguiling gift for lyrical interpretation - a singular, inimitable talent that won her the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Vocals Competition and drew the attention of early collaborators Jacky Terrasson and Wynton Marsalis. Her 2013 American debut album, the Grammy-nominated WomanChild, was the first real opportunity for American audiences to hear why Salvant had become a European sensation. Since then, her profile has taken a meteoric course around the world. For these dates, she performs with a phenomenal new quartet including pianist Sullivan Fortner, who partnered with Salvant on the duo release The Window.
With a repertoire full of lesser-known jazz and blues gems and a sly gift for lyrical re-interpretation through her contemporary sensibility, Salvant brings theatrical intensity to every song she sings.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant live tour dates (2021 - 2022):
Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 - Boston, MA @ New England Conservatory
Dec. 11 - Princeton, NJ @ Berlind Theater
Dec. 12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Zellerbach Theater
Jan. 13 - Mirimas, France @ Theatre la Colonne
Jan. 15 - Marciac, France @ L’Astrada
Jan. 18 - Milan, Italy @ Blue Note
Jan. 20 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Moods Jazz Club
Jan. 23 - Basel, Switzerland @ Stadt Casino
Feb. 5 - Boston, MA @ Berklee Performing Center
Feb. 6 - Greenwich, CT @ Greenwich Library
Feb. 8 - Santa Fe, NM @ Lensic Performing Arts Center
Feb. 10 - San Francisco, CA @ SF Jazz (Miner Auditorium)
Feb. 11 - San Francisco, CA @ SF Jazz (Miner Auditorium)
Feb. 12 - San Francisco, CA @ SF Jazz (Miner Auditorium)
Feb. 13 - San Francisco, CA @ SF Jazz (Miner Auditorium)
March 10 -11 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Stockholm Concert Hall
March 13 - Oslo, Norway @ Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria
March 15 - Vienna, Austria @ Wiene Konzerthaus
March 17 - Waiblingen, Germany @ Buergerzentrum
March 18 - Cologne, Germany @ Philharmonie
March 19 - Kassel, Germany @ Jazz Festival Staatstheater
March 21 - Brno, Czech Republic @ Besedni Dum
March 25 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ DR Concert Hall
March 26 - Vejle, Denmark @ Vejle Musik Teater
March 27 - Aarhus, Denmark @ Musikhuset Aarhus
April 16 - Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Cultural Center
April 23 - Newport News, VA @ Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center
May 13-14 - New York, NY @ Jazz at Lincoln Center (Rose Hall)
May 15 - North Cape May, NJ @ Exit Zero Jazz Festival
June 2 - Minneapolis, MN @ Dakota
June 3 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Symphony Center
June 10 - Charleston, SC @ Spoleto Festival
June 24 - Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Jazz Festival
June 27 - Vancouver, BC @ Vancouver Playhouse

[@katiecannon8186]

I want to listen to this forever. Absolutely beautiful. The lyrics are great. But my gosh, it’s the voice, the piano & those drums. Magnificent !!!!

[@bgfd1]

What incredible covers of two very difficult songs to get right. Ordered her album 'Ghost Song' straight away. So funny as I got goosebumps and tears to this and scroliing down I see someone had the exact same reaction!

[@alanrowe8233]

A brilliant interpretation of the songs, ...inspired morphing into Breathing. This moving performance shows what a fabulous performer Cécile is and also highlights the masterful and theatrical lyrics of Kate’s inspired writing!

[@antjackson4471]

Wow!! If you’re going to cover the Amazing Kate Bush …Do it well. This is a respectful and unique cover. Cecile has a beautiful voice and the greatest tones I’ve heard in ages. A pleasure.

[@skyboswell]

Lovely voice and a unique interpretation. Thank you for sharing. xxx

[@jobisn]

I just keep rewatching

[@Valentino22231]

Gorgeous performance….. each note from her breath evokes and commands attention,,,,,,, telling the story with each word,her notes accompany the words in that journey! She owns the song by cultivating an emotional journey that she takes her listener on:::::Bravo Miss Cecile, bravo!

[@michael.feltis]

Holy shit! I don't know your stuff, but this was so moving (and fucking emotionally brutal...). I was completely satisfied with the slow buildup Wuthering Heights, but now I need therapy after that rendition of Breathing... Really, thank you.

[@PureBadBreath]

Very pure. Beautiful, I love hearing different interpretations of this song. The feeling of the song can take on different meaning depending on the vocal delivery, intriguing.

[@dbceltics11]

She is a flawless performer and compiles brilliant arrangements. Adore her range, originality, and sentimentality.

[@brucechenoweth3005]

Saw her live last night! Mind blowing!

[@revofkittenhead]

Goddess understood the assignment.

[@sorchamccarrey]

this is exactly why i can't listen to her all the time: anytime i click on cecile mclorin salvant i do so w an awareness there is like a 74% chance i will have an emotional breakdown and start blubbering midway thru. but tbh like a 100% chance it will be some of the most brilliant, satisfying shit i have ever heard which is why i can't keep away. what a pairing of songs, i just read wuthering heights and it is remarkable how resonantly she is able to build the power of her music thru montage and sequence...i feel like she would be a wonderful actor if she ever wanted to have a crossover moment, her command of structure and storytelling is v impressive and coupled w her ability to be vulnerable, i think she'd be dynamite, you can already see it in her performances and music videos. move over gaga. i desperately hope to hear her live someday, beyond

[@camiscami]

this is amazing!!

[@rolom3]

Goosebumps and tears ❤️

[@ROBYN_ONEIL]

SHE'S A GOD

[@symbolic140]

Amazing interpretation

[@sallybowles2781]

I haven't even started listening and I am in awe :D

[@Luncea28]

Breathing should be included in the title of the video... but then again, it was also a nice surprise! Especially with the transition on "outside." In addition to Wuthering Heights, it's one of my favorite Kate Bush songs, and Cécile sings it really well!

[@TimBracken]

Totally agree, but I only get 100 characters for the title and this one is already 97. 😊 (I did put it in the video description though.)

[@CrueLoaf]

This is special. The atmosphere created in this song is amazing. Cécile completely understands this song.

[@donfrench3906]

She was giving Rachelle Ferrell level vocals!! WOW!!

[@sallybowles2781]

is she moving into overtone singing now? :D she never stops being amazing

[@rolom3]

Ok now I’m bawling

[@jayjay2all]

So moving So brilliant Thank you Cecile 🥰❤️😘

[@helenmorrison915]

What a talent! That was outstanding! ❤

[@joseelavigne8195]

❤ Génial ! ❤

[@germaneduardomancuso5531]

Es increible la voz que tiene!👏👏👏👏

[@davidsunderland8063]

Beautiful

[@anjahannula9932]

Great performance, astonishing good

[@anastasiarene6617]

Go girl!

[@jenn1738]

I listen to this version more honestly

[@babeltrot]

Sorcery ♥♥♥♥

[@sorchamccarrey]

just coming back to this video to say i'm trying and failing not to be bitter about the fact that we live in a world where taylor swift is played on a loop in most supermarkets instead of this....like i get why, it would be a lot to question your entire life every day when you're just trying to pick up like, bananas and tp but still i am upset lol

[@dstarks360]

lol! People be up in jiffy lube having existential crises

[@Padabig60]

You speak my mind, I love these bits of joy, so precious and rare, sticking through the loud fog of mud

[@wernermatrisch2]

Fantastic, highly artistic but of course also heavily alienated. You have to get involved with that. In this deeply soulful performance she creates a completely new song - hardly recognizable!

[@jorgesousa4467]

Péssima actuação. Experimentalismo inconsequente. Não há alma.

[@MrMikomi]

I do not like this. Too much self-indulgent warbling.

[@TheoZoffrok]

I'm inclined to agree. She's a tremendous singer, but I find this rendition self-indulgent.

[@sorchamccarrey]

i mean it's fine, you don't have to have good taste if you don't want to, it's not for everyone to have

[@MoonChild-zg3gx]

ha! youre jealous!!!