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Gretchen Parlato
| USA
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Amaya Collantes
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“Gretchen Parlato is emerging as the most important jazz singer since Cassandra Wilson. Her vocal approach is so unique and her repertoire so eclectic that she stands to create a jazz vocal genre unto herself.” 26.02.2011 All About Jazz
"Gretchen Parlato is a deceptively strong jazz singer..."
"The Lost And Found is intelligently done, and you can sing along to it, too. It is, in a word, strong." 27.03.2011 First Listen, NPR.com
“ Parlato has a unique vocal style with a gentle approach to the music that works well with her soft, airy tones. Parlato is never too much, always just enough!” O’s Place
What other artists say:
“She can go with the flow like a hip-hop artist, meaning go with the musical moment. That's an art that's not common anymore. “ Robert Glasper, Producer, Grammy nominated musician
"Right away Gretchen's phrasing and timing strikes people. It certainly did me. Her voice has a very sweet percussive quality. She also can make her voice have an alto-flute-like quality… One thing that I've experienced is how she communicates with players from within the group, not 'on top… I think that's one of the reasons so many musicians love to play with her." Esperanza Spalding
"I really wish I could take some small credit for her blossoming, but I thought she was pretty damn blossomed. Gretchen is 'inside' the music. Many, many singers sing well but are not willing to be sunken into the sound created by the instrumentalists. There's a palpable listening going on, and Gretchen telegraphs it to her bandmates." Tierney Sutton
"Gretchen is a singer with a deep, almost magical connection to the music. She takes a lot of chances with her understated style, and it works. Every note is expressive, powerful, and pretty. And most important, her heart is in the right place." Herbie Hancock
"I think in an inconspicuous way, Gretchen Parlato knows how to play the same instrument that Frank Sinatra played. When Gretchen scats, it's almost like Nat Cole playing the piano, and then when she sings, it's like him singing, so she can cover both parts. There's no one out there like Gretchen. She's true blue." Wayne Shorter
"Gretchen is like my twin sister musically. It's almost like we're reading each other's minds. From the beginning we had a real connection, a natural chemistry. She's the only singer that I never have to account for or change the way I play; the guitar and the voice are so well balanced that no one is ever out in front. We complete each other." Lionel Loueke
"Gretchen Parlato has proven herself to be exactly the type of driven, inspiring, and creative artist that I knew she would be the first time I met her. She came to our school program with a style all her own. I am very proud of her and look foward to working with her someday, and also hearing from her in the future. She is something special." Terence Blanchard
"...the musical director for the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, mentioned Parlato as one of the two concerts during the festival that he was most looking forward to"
About her album release „In a Dream“ in October 2009:
"It’s one of the best vocal jazz albums I’ve heard in a long time (at least since Parlato’s debut), and as such is worth buying. Parlato’s voice is incredible; she uses it’s smoky timbre to full advantage and sounds sexy without sounding over the top, and her interaction with the other band members is brilliant. Absolutely worth a listen for anybody, and worth buying for those who enjoy the music of Parlato or Loueke." www.berkleegroove.com, 20th September 2009
“The most alluring jazz vocal album of 2009.” Billboard Magazine
"Parlato has been blessed with extraordinary talents — an unerring sense of pitch, utterly relaxed rhythmic clarity, an open ear for harmony — what makes her so unique is the imaginative way in which she uses those skills to rove deeply within the instrumental sounds, while still retaining her presence as the vocal center of the music. “In A Dream” belongs in the four or five Grammy nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album." Don Heckman, The International Review of Music
“Her singing is pure sterling silver, accented with just a hint of ethnic shadings and a big helping of modern style. Gretchen Parlato is going to be a major player on the contemporary vocal music scene, jazz or not.” Allmusic.com
“On In a Dream, Parlato impeccably articulating in a voice so ethereal the listener might very well feel that he or she is “in a dream.” Musicremedy.com
“Gretchen Parlato is easily living up to the hype surrounding her 2004 victory in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocalists Competition. Parlato uses her voice with both great restraint and relaxed spontaneity, creating an ambient, sometimes whispering quality as if gently telling a bedtime story that nevertheless is filled with animation and sound effects.” Jazz Police
"So deserving of all of such awards as the prestigious 2004 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition, Gretchen has the uncanny ability to move and mold the mood and emotion of any song and remake it into a stunning part of her growing catalogue …The entire program is a compilation of soothing renditions and songs that are a mental massage for a time wrought with stress." Blogcritics/Music
