gretchen parlato

Flor has been touted as vocalist Gretchen Parlato’s Brazilian-inspired project, and that’s true enough. But don’t expect a series of breezy bossa novas. The 45-year singer/composer has routinely strived for next-level creativity, and Flor (“flower” in Portuguese) is no exception…

5 STARS — by Berthold Klostermann

Album of the Month
"There it is again, this enchanting voice between breaths and whispers,
with an amenable range,
but enchanting naturalness...
She enjoys phrasing just under the beat, using her breath rhythmically and creating tension for her musicians, who…

"The one and only voice
and nine brilliant songs."

"This album is multi-layered
Brazilian, Classical, Jazz and Pop 
like a delicate flower."

"Parlato offers a more introspective approach. Her singing delves into a song’s rhythms and harmonies as well as its lyrics, rearranging each pillar into her own vision"

Back in the late ’00s, vocalist and composer Gretchen Parlato seemed poised to…

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Late Night Track of the Week:
Gretchen Parlato - Roy Allen

**** EDITOR'S CHOICE

“one of the greatest feats
of musical alchemy
you'll hear this year”

—Peter Quinn

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Parlato’s minimalist approach
and lyrical focus on love
— both lost and found —
gain traction from her sharp musical mind.

—Mike Hobart, Financial Times

"Gretchen has this level of delicacy, touched with sensitive themes but also — and what makes all the difference — is her knowledge of music and contribution to jazz today..."

"Gretchen a ce niveau de délicatesse, de sensibilité avec des…

5 STARS *****
"One of the best vocal jazz albums of recent years — Gretchen Parlato returns with a masterful album in which she expresses the balance between refinement, lyricism and intact drive...”

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After an…

Flor is a masterpiece... a welcome and profound return. Parlato and her collaborators dig under and through stylistic and genre conventions, then emerge with a jazz language of their own that embraces the world's sounds and emotions, and translates them…