Jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux is known as an interpreter of songs by others, but at 50 she has found her voice as a songwriter.
On a recent May evening, Madeleine Peyroux stood backstage in her dressing room at Sony Hall in Manhattan greeting friends and fans after a performance. The renowned jazz vocalist still wore her stage attire — black slacks, blue blouse, blue velvet jacket, a pink scarf tied around her neck — having just charged through a spirited 75-minute set that included most of the tracks from her upcoming album, “Let’s Walk.
“This is Madeleine’s breakthrough album,” says Catherine Russell, one of the trio of singers who contribute gospel-infused background vocals to five of the album’s tracks. “I’ve known her for 10 years but never worked with her. Hands down, this is her best work. The album may have social overtones, but it is her most personal yet.” Elliot Scheiner, the album’s producer and engineer, is even more adamant. “My hope for this album,” he says, “is that the public realizes it’s a masterpiece.
Because Atlantic Records then dissolved and she had to sign with a new label, “Careless Love” was not released until 2004. Its success led to a grueling routine of releasing an album and touring extensively both domestically and internationally, which lasted through six more albums over the next 16 years — until the pandemic hit.Peyroux had been in relationships — “I’m straight right now, but I’ve been gay in the past,” she says.
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