[Loueke] utilised a plethora of extended techniques on both guitar and voice, from string-scratching slides and false harmonics to breath sounds and percussive vocal clicks. Soaring above this in a silky realm of her own is Parlato. Her iconic timbre…
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Jul 1 2023
Harnessing vocal power
by Jess Williams, Rochester Beacon, June 30, 2023
It’s mesmerizing how well the two understood and supported each other; this type of musicianship can really only be found in a pair as tight as this one. The musicians seemed to…
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May 24 2022
Gretchen Parlato Plants Her Garden at Black Cat
by Andrew Gilbert, Classical Voice San Francisco
Listening to her can feel like eavesdropping on an intimate conversation, exposed and vulnerable. A bandleader comfortable with freedom and a singer who doesn’t need a net, Parlato is at her best when…
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Apr 8 2022
San Francisco collective shows no signs of quarantine ‘rust’
By Dan Emerson, jazzpolice.com
Freed from the bonds of COVID lockdown, the SFJazz Collective brought plenty of creative and performing energy with its annual (in “normal” times) visit to the Dakota jazz club in Minneapolis, on March 28th.
In its…
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Jan 5 2019
Gretchen Parlato at the Jazz Standard
Nick Catalano, All That Jazz
"The New Year was dramatically ushered in at The Jazz Standard on January 2nd when Gretchen Parlato and her band wowed an SRO audience with some of the most prescient music of the season. No…
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Jun 12 2018
Review: Gretchen Parlato Flor
Angela Perez, BeMelbourne
Hailed as one of the most important jazz singers since Cassandra Wilson, Gretchen Parlato is the kind of artist that comes along once in a generation.
"It could be said that the measure of an artist can…
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Apr 19 2018
Gretchen Parlato conquered the Lions with her voice
By Eloy Japhet Esquivel Jueves, April 19, 2018, El Sol de León, Sociales
"The angelic voice of Gretchen Parlato enthralled the attendees ... the jazz vocalist, who before being on the terrace of the Bicentennial stepped on the prestigious concert…
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Apr 15 2018
Gretchen Parlato: puts you in a spell with a murmur
Jesús Quintero
(google translation from Spanish) It is inevitable to rely on metaphors, because what Gretchen Parlato offers is the opportunity to see how with her voice she draws a point that - almost evanescent, of intense faint appearance -…
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Feb 1 2015
"She softens the delivery, but she does not soften the blow.
Michael J. West, Washington City Paper
"The name Gretchen Parlato has been repeated and praised often enough that any jazz fan who hasn't heard her can be skeptical. But once you hear her, chances are you'll be startled anyway. She's…
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