FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION Best Jazz Performance Marie-Claire Giraud CARAVAN

ABOUT THE MUSIC

Night and stars that shine above so bright… Night isn’t really dark in the Sahara the sky is indigo blue illuminated by stars whose iridescence dances and bounces against the shimmering sands of the desert. In the distance, you see a caravan approaching, soft operatic vocals dip and fall like the wind, and they are accompanied by the Ude, African drums, trumpet, drums, and upright bass, bringing a fresh and new approach to a beloved standard.

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ABOUT MARIE-CLAIRE GIRAUD

NYC Caribbean Heritage Award recipient, NAACP Image Award recipient along with citations from NYS Senate, City Hall and the UN. Marie-Claire Giraud was born on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean, raised in The Bronx, New York City and began studying opera in Rome, Italy.

Marie-Claire has performed at the Barclays Center, MSG, City Hall, Small’s Jazz Club, Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festivals, Cartagena Jazz Festival, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Dizzy’s Jazz at Lincoln Center and Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater to name a few. Marie-Claire is a soprano who sings opera and jazz, also a award winning songwriter and actor who made her off- Broadway debut starring in the Tennessee Williams one act play Hello From Bertha in 2022.

Marie-Claire returned to the stage playing Miss Barnes in Cherry House at Theatre Row in February 2025 and will be filming her first feature film in 2026. Although the road from the beginning was and is fraught with difficulties singing is her passion and love.