gretchen parlato

Gretchen Parlato is known as a vocalist who won the Thelonious Monk Competition and continues to exert a tremendous influence on the music scene. However, her greatness extends far beyond that. She has had a significant impact on later generations…

With a singular voice and a magnificent, distinctive rhythmic vocal approach, Parlato has redefined the direction of vocal jazz – and beyond – since the beginning of her career, with works that have become landmarks of contemporary jazz…— Germana…

Gretchen Parlato’s album Lean In in collaboration with Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke marks a particularly beautiful moment in jazz music.

This album showcases Gretchen’s unique ability to create deep emotional connections, while her voice moves effortlessly between languages ​​and cultures…

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By Emma Richardson

Gretchen Parlato is an American jazz singer known for her unique vocal phrasing and improvisation skills. Her soft, intimate style has earned her widespread respect in the jazz community.  > read article

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ON THE HEELS OF THEIR GRAMMY® AWARD nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke continue to make their mark on the jazz…

By Angélika Beener

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GRAMMY-nominated musicians Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke discuss their brand new, long awaited album and how their journey through friendship, decades of collaboration and unprecedented times brought the stunning project to life. We…

by George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, June 4, 2023

The duo may be the first jazz artists in history to perform in less than 24 hours, at the two historid music venues, one after the other

How does a genre-blurring…

by Mitsutaka Nagira, Note
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Gretchen is one of the most important figures behind the rise of jazz in the 2010s. The accuracy of her rhythmic approach and the richness of her expression were indispensable to the jazz…

Morgan Enos,  London Jazz News Feature Article, 15 May 2023

Mondays With Morgan is a column in LondonJazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. Therein, he dives deep into the jazz that moves…

by Nate Chinen, WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source, May 11, 2023
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Gretchen Parlato has a low-gloss but captivating flair as a singer-songwriter, and over the last two decades she’s helped redraw the map for jazz vocals…

“Barbara Morrison taught me to pay attention to the lyrics of the song, to pay attention to the story that was being told. She would have us write out what we felt the song was about,” said Parlato, who acknowledged…

by Nigel Jarrett, Jazz Journal, Oct 07, 2022

When Gretchen Parlato penned the swirls of her chart Circling one wonders if she envisaged what drummer and composer Terri Lyne Carrington’s band and the planetary guests she assembled for this album…