Elda Garcia
It could well fit in a New York jazz club of the 40s, but you can also imagine it in the moonlight while watching the sea of Rio de Janeiro. Such are the possibilities and nuances of Gretchen…
Apr 13, 2018
Apr 9, 2018
Gretchen Parlato, take jazz as a "native language"
by Camila Sánchez Bolaño, Newsweek, April 9, 2018
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Parlato returns to the stage after four years of absence with a new album: Flor, which she says is a very personal connection to music. In her voice, Gretchen Parlato…
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Apr 8, 2018
Five questions for Gretchen Parlato
US jazz vocalist Gretchen Parlato will bring her tribute to Brazilian influences "flor" to the capital for one show at the Opera House during the Wellington Jazz Festival in June.
Aug 18, 2017
The New Cool: Modern Voice of Gretchen Parlato
by Abe Beeson, KNKX • Aug 18, 2017
Gretchen Parlato will knock you off your feet.
After more than a dozen years in the heart of the jazz world in New York City, Gretchen Parlato has become one of the…
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Dec 30, 2015
JAZZIZ FEATURE INTERVIEW: A Voice All Her Own
Singer Gretchen Parlato sweeps aside her fears on The Lost and Found
Interview with Kara Manning, Jazziz Magazine
"The theme just kept unraveling of the lost and found... light and dark, good and bad. It's always a cycle. Just when…
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Nov 1, 2015
Nine Women In The Room: A Jazz Musicians’ Roundtable
The roundtable participants are, from left to right: (top row) Geri Allen, Ingrid Jensen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Tineke Postma and Helen Sung; (bottom row) Nona Hendryx and Gretchen Parlato.
Over the summer, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington brought together…
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Sep 23, 2015
"It's More Than a Whisper": A Conversation With Gretchen Parlato
Michael J. West
Los Angeles native Gretchen Parlato is among an elite group of musicians who made their breakthrough in Washington, D.C.: She was the winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition for Vocals. Seven years and three…
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