MUSIC
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 & 28, 2019
8:00 PM

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center
10 Columbus Circle, Upper West Side, Manhattan

$40-$145
https://www.jazz.org/events/t-9052/Cecile-McLorin-Salvant/

Cécile McLorin Salvant, consensus choice for best jazz singer of her generation (and the consensus in this case seems pretty hard to contravene), brings back her try at long-form composition. One sensed at the world premiere at the Met Museum last year that this piece will not be be Salvant's peak achievement in this area — but one hears that the work has tightened in subsequent performances (which it could have used). In any event, if you don't want to watch a major talent stretch, I don't understand why not. Backing by a little big band led by Darcy James Argue as well as the Mivos Quartet sure doesn't hurt.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: One thing you've got to give somewhat-overwrought-in-my-book Italian seafood spot Marea: you could do worse (and after this long show in this neighborhood, almost certainly would).