Upcoming GP Performances —
May 26 - Atlanta Jazz Festival, GA
Jun 8 - Burlington Jazz Festival, VT
Jun 9 - Capital Jazz Festival, DC
Jun 26 - Rochester, NY

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Jazz Setlist: Gretchen Parlato
Michael J. West, Washington City Paper
Mar 7, 2012

"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." » more

Interview | Gretchen Parlato on her life, lessons, and how to define timeless music in three easy steps
Giovanni Russonello, Capitalbop
Mar 6, 2012

"It´s hard to find a jazz singer that has captured more people´s attention and curiosity in the past five years than Gretchen Parlato. In a smoky voice that somehow twines soft and sibilant exhalations with a crackling percussiveness, she drapes ennui and desire over bossa nova, jazz standards, her own originals, and compositions by contemporaries.

It´s that last category that Parlato likes most to talk about: She´s part of an energized, free-spirited generation in jazz, one that´s as proud of its interwoven community as it is of its collective autonomy. These women and men don´t wait to bend the jazz tradition..." » more
GP will perform at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Saturday.

Gretchen Parlato at Rockwood Music Hall, NYC
By Nicky Schrire, JazzHistoryOnline.com, 12/06/2012

"It is no small feat for an artist to grow and innovate while paying homage to the jazz tradition. These opposing traits have led to recent debates on the nature and definition of jazz. While the vocalists who channel their inner Billie Holiday tend to be more easily received by audiences and critics, it takes a certain amount of courage and audacity to stretch the boundaries of jazz and charter unknown territory. One vocalist whose creativity excites and inspires me is Gretchen Parlato, a singer well known for her lilting, soft-toned vocal stylings and her blend of jazz, hip hop, pop and R&B genres into a unique concoction of groove-driven, melodious jazz. This week, she performed two shows at New York City´s Rockwood Music Hall as she recorded a live CD and DVD. Rockwood´s plush red interior and Parlato´s phenomenal lineup set the scene for an intimate and spirited performance." » read article

NYC fans & friends!
Join us Dec 5 & Dec 6

2 exclusive shows & live recording
Rockwood Music Hall


Wed Dec 5, 7 - 9p   SOLD OUT
GP with Taylor Eigsti, Burniss Earl Travis and Kendrick Scott

Thurs Dec 6, 7 - 9p   SOLD OUT
GP with Taylor Eigsti, Burniss Earl Travis and Kendrick Scott
& special guests : Alan Hampton & Mark Guiliana

"Lightning struck Manhattan last night. A good kind of lightning. The kind that sparks magic. It struck at the City Winery, scene of our first-ever benefit concert in New York. And it was breathtaking."
» see the concert photos   » read article

Jazz for Obama!
Tues, October 9
7:30pm


Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
NY, NY

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

» more info @
symphonyspace.org

My Three Would Be...
Gretchen Parlato

"Every Week as part of Dani Elwell's "Sunday Afternoon Jazz," Dani asks notable personalities from all walks of life what their top three jazz tunes are.

This week's "My Three…" belongs to the wonderfully talented Gretchen Parlato. Her most recent album The Lost and Found is still getting play in many a jazz fans´ world. Her appearances on the Grammy winning The Mosaic Project from Terri Lyne Carrington and on Marcus Miller´s Renaissance, prove that she is an in-demand, unique vocalist.

Gretchen Parlato…. Your three?" » more at http://www.jazz.fm

Gretchen Parlato:
Musical Immersion
Aug 2012, Downbeat Magazine

"DownBeat had the pleasure to chat with Parlato about her promising career as a young vocalist, the various influences that inspired her, including her family, and how she began to finally hone her skills as a composer."
» more

Gretchen Parlato JazzStories Podcast
Available Now

""I don't think I had a clue that I would ever be able to write anything when I recorded the first CD... But then it was time to reveal myself as a composer... It wasn't planned, it's not like there's a certain set time to make such a transition."

Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a familiar touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalist competition, she has released three albums including 2011's highly-acclaimed "The Lost and Found." From this JALC Listening Party, she discusses the writing process and her transition from interpreter to composer. "
» hear preview at JazzStories
» hear podcast at iTunes

Sunday, August 5th, 2012
- with special guest Becca Stevens

"It's like we are two voices completing each other. Gretchen is my musical soul mate." » more info

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JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION:
"Shout it from the rooftops!
Gretchen Parlato has just been honored
as the Best Female Vocalist!"
» see JJA 2012 Award Winners

#2 Best Female Vocalist
Aug 2012 Downbeat Critics Poll

Gretchen Parlato - Best Female Vocalist!
Jazz Journalists Association & JazzTimes Critics Poll

I'm humbled and grateful for this recogition...

Best Female Vocalist - Jazz Journalists Assoc
#1 Female Vocalist - JazzTimes Critics Poll
#1 Vocal Album of the Year - iTunes Jazz
#1 Rising Star Female Vocalist - Downbeat Critics Poll
#1 Vocal Album of the Year » 2011 Jazz Critics Poll
#1 Best Album of the Year - JazzFM.com
#1 Album of the Year - Tom Schnabel, KCRW
#1 Album of the Year - Last Call, KIOS-FM
#1 Best Jazz Album of 2011 » Angelika Beener, Alternate Takes
#1 Best Vocal Jazz Album of 2011 - Radio TSF-Jazz Paris
#2 Best Jazz of 2011 » NPR A Blog Supreme
#2 Best Jazz Album of 2011 - Amazon Music
#2 Best Jazz Albums of 2011 - Nextbop
#2 Festive Fifty of 2011 » Jazz Breakfast, UK
#3 Best Female Vocalist - Downbeat Readers Poll
#4 Album of the Year - John Fordham, The Guardian
#4 Best Selling Album - Musicchart: iTunes jazz
Top 5 Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011 » LA Weekly
#6 Most Read CD Review of 2011 - All About Jazz
#7 Album of the Year » Jazzwise Magazine, UK
Top 10 New Releases of 2011 » KMHD Jazz Radio
10 Best Concerts and Releases of 2011 » The Star, Toronto
Top 25 Albums of 2011 - North Bay Bohemian
Top 40 New Releases of 2011 - JazzTimes
50 Favorite Albums of 2011 » NPR Music
Top 50 of 2011 - CMJ Jazz Radio Play Chart
Best of the Year » eMusic Jazz
Favorite Jazz Albums of 2011 - AllMusic
Best Jazz CDs of 2011 » Jim Wilke, Jazz After Hours
Jamie Cullum Favourites of 2011 - BBC Radio, UK
Best Recordings of 2011 - DC Examiner
Best Albums of 2011 - Aspen Times
Los mejores discos de 2011 » Ocio La Bocina, México
Eunice & Hal David Award - Songwriting - ASCAP Awards
Featured on Terri Lyne Carrington's Grammy Award winning
The Mosaic Project

Gretchen Parlato is honored to receive
The ASCAP Foundation
Eunice & Hal David Award

ASCAP Awards Ceremony
Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
Wed, Dec 7

Gretchen Parlato — #3 Best Female Vocalist
Downbeat Magazine Readers Poll - December 2011 issue.

Gretchen Parlato —
#1 Rising Star Female Vocalist !!
Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll - August 2011 issue.
» critics poll winners

Female Singer of the Year nominee
Jazz Journalists Awards
Sat, June 11 » LIVE webcast 1pm edt

bestnote iTunes Best Music:
iTunes #music_jazz #23 song: Holding Back the Years - GretchenParlato © 2011 ObliqSound

    iTunes
Top Jazz Album!

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  @ gp's store

» download it
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Gretchen has been selected to be a recipient of the American Masterpieces Past Midnight Tour by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. » more info

GP has been nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for Female Singer of the Year!

Howard Mandel, president of the JJA: "The finalists for 2010 Jazz Awards reflect the depth of talent and breadth of styles that jazz encompasses today. Highly creative octogenarians... are celebrated alongside new-generation musicians...
» more info & full list @JazzTimes

"...no better example of whom is Gretchen Parlato...
» more @ JazzHouston

— Soul Matters Magazine » more

In a Dream in top 25 albums » more @ The Wire

In a Dream #1 - 2009 Jazz Critics Poll
Best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year! » more

In a Dream #4 - Washington City Paper
The Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2009 » more

In a Dream #6: Boston Globe
Top Jazz Albums for 2009 » more

In a Dream #8: JazzTimes Critics Picks
Top 50 New Albums of 2009 » more

In a Dream #9: NPR Best Music of 2009:
The Year Of Living Improvisationally » more

In a Dream #10: NPR Best Music of 2009:
The Year In Jazz, From WDUQ » more

In a Dream: NPR's Ten Great Moments
From Jazz Recordings In 2009 » more

In a Dream: Jazzhouse Diaries Top 3 Vocal Jazz
Best Jazz Discs of 2009 » more

Bob Boilen talks with WBGO's Josh Jackson, host of Live At the Village Vanguard, on NPR's All Songs Considered, and select "In a Dream" as one of 2009's top standout albums.

» Listen to "I Can't Help It"
on NPR's pics of the
year's best new jazz