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#5 Gretchen Parlato – Flor 

Her singing can be as quiet as a sigh or as buoyantly melodious as calls by the hippest of birds. New Yorker Gretchen Parlato is a vocal adventurer, but also a delicately ingenious exponent of…

"Highlights in jazz include a welcome return as leader by Gretchen Parlato, whose Flor presented a sublime synthesis of Brazilian music, originals, judiciously reworked R&B and more, with the casting of Roy Hargrove’s “Roy Allan” as a mesmerising samba a…

Gretchen Parlato: “Flor” — Rosa

This is vocalist and composer Gretchen Parlato’s first release since 2013, and the wait was absolutely worth it as this record is nothing short of stunning. 

"Rosa'' is my personal favorite track. The counterpoint between…

#5 Gretchen Parlato – Flor 

Her singing can be as quiet as a sigh or as buoyantly melodious as calls by the hippest of birds. New Yorker Gretchen Parlato is a vocal adventurer, but also a delicately ingenious exponent of…

Gretchen Parlato – Flor 

Gretchen Parlato is back and she came to play. Her latest album Flor — which means “flower” in Portuguese — honours the Brazilian music that she loves. The album is an exploration of the many ways…

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…