"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…

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…

Featured China Moses'
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…

5 STARS *****
The birds are singing, the outside world is a jungle, but we have the best news of 2021: Gretchen Parlato is back.
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The birds are singing, it's seven in the morning, Los Angeles…

Gretchen Parlato has returned, not only to the recording industry but to herself, with her new Brazilian-inspired project, Flor. Portuguese for “flower”, Flor is the artistic embodiment of the GRAMMY-nominated singer’s deep dive into motherhood over the last six years…

JAZZIZ MAGAZINE, by Matt Micucci

Gretchen Parlato, Flor (Edition)  
Release date: March 5

Gretchen Parlato returns after a six-year hiatus with a new Brazilian-inspired project, Flor, with musical direction by Marcel Camargo and featuring guests Mark Guiliana, Gerald Clayton and…

"The previous album was filled
with a sense of NYC.

In Flor— the universal sounds
that are superior to regionality
dwell in this beautiful album.”

"Simple and intellectual
ensemble sound.
I have rarely heard such music.”

"Gretchen Parlato is the only one
who can reconstruct Brazilian music.”

"Brazilian music and organic feeling
are turned up, and reach the status
of new music that exceeds trends.”

Always an artist to watch in the current jazz landscape, Gretchen Parlato has been dropping several singles recently in anticipation of her upcoming album Flor, which will see its public release on March 5th. While her first two singles “Wonderful”…

LONDON JAZZ NEWS, by Nikki Shrire

A major new album– after eight long years – from the much admired and hugely influential vocalist GRETCHEN PARLATO is something to look forward to in 2021. She and fellow singer Nicky Schrire met…