by John Murph, Downbeat
“I’m inspired by Bobby McFerrin and Gretchen Parlato."
Listening to Oheix’s attack and soft timbre, it was evident that Gretchen Parlato — one of the competition’s judges and winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Vocal Competition — was one of her main influences. That fact was reiterated when she cited her as a guiding light after the competition.
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