Gretchen Parlato

Gretchen Parlato
Gretchen Parlato. Foto von Jalylah Burrell
Gretchen Parlato beim Healdsburg Jazz Festival 2010, mit ihrem Quartett aus Taylor Eigsti (Piano), Alan Hampton (Bass) und Kendrick Scott (Schlagzeug)

Gretchen Parlato (* 1976 in Los Angeles) ist eine US-amerikanische Jazzsängerin.

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Leben und Wirken

Gretchen Parlato wurde 2001 für ein Studium im College-Programm des Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz von einer Jury aus Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard and Wayne Shorter ausgewählt; 2004 gewann sie den ersten Preis des Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition. 2005 erschien ihr Debütalbum, das mit fünf Sternen vom Down Beat ausgezeichnet wurde; im selben Jahr trat sie mit Wayne Shorter beim La Villette Jazz Festival in Paris auf. 2009 folgte das Album In a Dream, auf dem sie R&B-Songs interpretierte, die von Robert Glasper arrangiert wurden.[1] 2010 konzertierte sie beim Stuttgarter Jazz Open. Als Gastvokalistin wirkte sie bei Produktionen von Esperanza Spalding, Kenny Barron (The Traveler), Lionel Loueke und Terence Blanchard (Flow) mit.

Diskographische Hinweise

  • Gretchen Parlato (2005)
  • In a Dream (2009)
  • The Lost and Found (2010)

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Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Informationen bei NPR

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