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Use mdy dates|date=August 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Gretchen Parlato| image = Gretchen_Parlato.jpg| alt =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_date = 1976cite web |url=https://jazzhistoryonline.com/Gretchen_Parlato.html |last=Cunniffe |first=Thomas |title=Gretchen Parlato: Finding The Essence |work=Jazz History Online |accessdate=August 17, 2011| death_date =| origin = Los Angeles, California | instrument = Voice| genre = Jazz , pop, Brazilian| occupation = Musician, songwriter| years_active =| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.gretchenparlato.com/| notable_instruments =Gretchen Parlato is an American vocal jazz|jazz singer . She has performed and recorded with musicians such as Lionel Loueke , Wayne Shorter and Kenny Barron .
Parlato's 2009 sophomore release, In a Dream was positively reviewed by NPR , Jazz Times , the Village Voice , and the Boston Globe . Billboard magazine hailed it as "the most alluring jazz vocal album of 2009".cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/artist/gretchen-parlato/chart-history/231476#/new-releases/gretchen-parlato-in-a-dream-1004006191.story |title=Review: Gretchen Parlato, In a Dream |last=Ouellette |first=Dan |date=August 25, 2009 |work=Billboard |accessdate=August 17, 2011 |quote=With her second release, In a Dream , Parlato's time has arrived. So far, the set is the most alluring jazz vocal album of 2009.
Early years
Parlato was born in 1976 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Dave Parlato, bass player for Frank Zappa on many albums including Zoot Allures , also working with Al Jarreau , Don Preston , Barbra Streisand , Henry Mancini , Paul Horn (musician) , Gabor Szabo , Buddy Rich , Don Ellis and recording for TV/film. http://www.united-mutations.com/p/dave_parlato.htm dave parlato. United-mutations.com (March 19, 1970). Retrieved on August 31, 2011. http://www.sfys.org/staff.html SFYSA | Staff. Sfys.org (September 1, 2010). Retrieved on August 31, 2011. Her grandfather was Charlie Parlato, trumpet player in Kay Kyser Big Band, and singer and trumpet player for Tennessee Ernie Ford and Lawrence Welk . http://www.welkmusicalfamily.com/welkbios5.html MUSICAL FAMILY BIOS 5. Welkmusicalfamily.com. Retrieved on August 31, 2011. Growing up in the 1980s, Parlato says she was a Valley girl . Parlato attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts , then earned a bachelor's degree in Ethnomusicology/Jazz Studies at University of California, Los Angeles .
In 2001 she was accepted into the Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz#College Program|Institute of Jazz Performance by a panel of judges including Herbie Hancock , Terence Blanchard and Wayne Shorter . Parlato was the first vocalist ever admitted into the program.
Move to New York City
In 2003, Parlato moved to New York City. A year later, she won the first place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. by a panel of judges: Quincy Jones , Flora Purim , Al Jarreau , Kurt Elling , Dee Dee Bridgewater and Jimmy Scott . In 2005 she released her self-titled first album, Gretchen Parlato . It was named No.& nbsp;5 Best Progressive Jazz CDs of 2005 by Jazz Nation and got 5 stars in Down Beat 's Blindfold Test by Richard Bona . In August 2007 she was named No.& nbsp;3 Rising Star Female Vocalist in DownBeat 's 55th Annual Critics Poll. In September 2007 she performed with jazz legend Wayne Shorter at La Villette Jazz Festival in Paris. In June 2008, a live recording of Gretchen performing in New York was aired by Japanese NHK network television.
Relationship with ObliqSound
In July 2008 Parlato signed a recording contract with independent record label ObliqSound . In Spring 2009 Gretchen was featured in The Documentary Channel's 4-part series "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense". In August 2009 she released her second CD, In a Dream , on the ObliqSound record label, with Lionel Loueke on guitar and vocals, Aaron Parks on piano and Fender Rhodes, Derrick Hodge on acoustic and electric bass and Kendrick Scott on drums. The album was produced by Michele Locatelli . It was named No.& nbsp;1 Best Vocal Jazz Album of 2009 by the Village Voice Critics Poll and was listed in the Top 10 Albums of 2009 in JazzTimes, Boston Globe, Washington City Paper, Hot House and NPR.
In Spring 2010 she was nominated for Female Singer of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association . In June/July, Parlato performed at Stockholm and Healdsburg Jazz Festivals, and sold out jazz festival performances in NYC, Montreal, Paris, North Sea, Copenhagen, Stuttgart and Molde, Norway, with Taylor Eigsti , Alan Hampton and Mark Guiliana . In August, she was voted No.& nbsp;2 Rising Star Vocalist in Downbeat 's Annual Critics Poll.
In 2011 she released her 2nd album for Obliqsound , "The Lost and Found" with Taylor Eigsti , Derrick Hodge , Kendrick Scott , Dayna Stephens, Alan Hampton, with associate producer, Robert Glasper . On this album, she wrote lyrics to Eigsti's "Without a Sound;" Ambrose Akinmusire's (trumpet) "Henya," and Stephens' "Lost and Found . She also sings a duet on the track "Still", with Hampton. "Alan created such a meditative and deceptively simple groove I wanted to write lyrics that were like a mantra. Something that in its repetition becomes extremely powerful. What better theme than love? ".
Parlato also composed many songs on the album such as "Winter Wind," "How We Love," "Better Than", and "Circling". "Circling" was a major piece on the record because "'Circling' plays with the idea of cycles in our lives. The ones we have no control over like birth and death as opposed to the cycles we do control, behavior patterns that we get ourselves into." In addition to her compositions, she reinvented popular R& B songs by Mary J. Blige , Lauryn Hill , and Simply Red . The album "The Lost and Found" shows that Parlato possesses the ability to alter and compose songs into something meaningful and interesting.
"The Lost and Found" placed in the top 10 in over thirty radio station, publication and internet polls in the US and Europe.
Some of the most notable 2011 awards:
Featured vocalist on Terri Lyne Carrington's Grammy Award winning album, "The Mosaic Project"
Parlato has been a guest vocalist on over 60 recordings and projects, including three Esperanza Spalding 's albums 'Radio Music Society', 'Chamber Music Society and Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding album)|Esperanza '', Kenny Barron 's album The Traveler , Lionel Loueke 's album Virgin Forest and Terence Blanchard 's album Flow (Terence Blanchard album)|Flow , and Terri Lynne Carrington 's album, The Mosaic Project , singing lyrics as well as more instrumental-sounding wordless vocals.
Discography
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Gretchen Parlato, The Lost and Found, Obliqsound Records, 2011
Gretchen Parlato, In a Dream, Obliqsound Records, 2009
Oddlogik, Modern Authenticity, Dtuck's Music, 2007
Marko Djordjevic, SVETI Where I Come From, 2007
Crystal Top Presents, Crystal Top Music, 2007
Kendrick Scott Oracle, The Source, World Culture Music, 2006
Walter Smith III, Casually Introducing Walter Smith III, Fresh Sound Records 2006
Francis Jacob, Side-by-Side, 2006
Patrick Cornelius, Lucid Dream, 2006
Greg Lamy Quartet, What Are You Afraid Of? , 2006
Self-Scientific, Tears-2 Step, Angeles Records, 2006
Hironobu Saito, The Sea, Fresh Sound Records, 2006
Ballads 2006: Tomorrow's Jazz Classics, Nagel-Heyer, 2006
DJ Nerstylist Forward Listing, FMG Vinyl, 2006
CD Baby: Top Sellers of 2005 Compilation, 2006
Terence Blanchard, Flow, Blue Note, 2005 *** Grammy Nominee
Self-Scientific, Change, Angeles Records, 2005
More or Less Jazz Volume 2, Wave Music, 2005
Daisuke Abe, On My Way Back Home, Nagel Heyer Records, 2005
Janek Gwizdala, Mystery To Me, 2004
Seeing Other People Original Soundtrack, 2004
A World of Happiness , Walt Disney Records, 2004
The Sugarplastic, Resin, Escape Artist Recordings, 2000
Guilherme Vergueiro, Amazon Moon, The Music of Mike Stoller, Windham Hill, 1998
Guilherme Vergueiro, Encontro Rio Bahia, Del Sol Records, 1997
The Sugarplastic, Bang, The Earth Is Round, Geffen Records, 1996
The Unquenchable Flame, A Musical Drama, Gina & Russell Garcia, 1996
Moog, Lifelonglife Records, 1994
References
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External links
West, Michael J.. (December 24, 2009) http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/12/24/the-top-10-jazz-albums-of-2009/ The Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2009 Arts Desk. Washington City Paper. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://jazztimes.com/articles/25461-critics-picks-top-50-new-albums-and-top-10-historical-releases Jazz Departments: Critics Picks: Top 50 New Albums and Top 10 Historical Releases By JazzTimes Jazz Articles. Jazztimes.com. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/12/20/steve_greenlees_top_jazz_albums_for_2009/ Steve Greenlee's top jazz albums for 2009. The Boston Globe (December 20, 2009). Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
Jackson, Josh. (December 11, 2009) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=121271694 2009: The Year Of Living Improvisationally. NPR. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
Morrison, Shaunna. (December 23, 2009) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=121781979 The Year In Jazz, From WDUQ. NPR. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/10/16/parloto/ Jazz singer Parlato mesmerizes with dream-like voice. The Boston Globe (October 16, 2009). Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
West, Michael J.. (February 10, 2011) http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/37752/breath-analyzer-gretchens-parlatos-emin-a-dreamem Breath Analyzer: Gretchen's Parlato's In a Dream. Washington City Paper. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
Murph, John. (July 20, 2009) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=106761748 Gretchen Parlato: Jazz From Soul. NPR. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://www.jazz.com/music/2009/8/24/gretchen-parlato-butterfly Gretchen Parlato: Butterfly Jazz.com | Jazz Music Jazz Artists Jazz News. Jazz.com (August 24, 2009). Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
Ratliff, Ben (June 7, 2009). http://www.gretchenparlato.com/press/reviews/gretchen-parlato-nytimes0609.html Impassioned Singer and Bandleader. New York Times . Gretchen Parlato. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
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http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/7149/117/ Interview with Gretchen Parlato. Jazz Police (July 24, 2007). Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://www.obliqsound.com/newsb/2008/07/02/obliqsound-signs-vocalist-gretchen-parlato ObliqSound News » ObliqSound signs vocalist Gretchen Parlato. Obliqsound.com (July 2, 2008). Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=lgQ8tvh7L00 Lionel Loueke Virgin Forest. YouTube. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://www.gretchenparlato.com/epk/pressbio.html Bio. gretchen parlato (March 15, 2011). Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://www.obliqsound.com/artists/bio/gretchenparlato.html Gretchen Parlato. Obliqsound.com. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
http://www.welkmusicalfamily.com/welkbios5.html MUSICAL FAMILY BIOS 5. Welkmusicalfamily.com. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
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