Jazz Club with Gretchen Parlato

Gretchen Parlato's entrance on the music scene signaled the arrival of an incredibly inventive modern jazz singer.  She has been turning heads ever since she won the 2004 Thelonious Monk Institute International Vocal Competition with which she displayed a musical individuality loaded with paradoxical powers.  Her sultry, intriguing voice and unique, rhythmically agile phrasing came with inescapable centripetal force; the more intimate and understated she sang, the more she drew listeners in. Since then she has toured worldwide to sold out audiences. 

Parlato’s originality captivates musicians as well, prompting invitations to appear on over 50 recordings with the likes of Terence Blanchard, Kenny Barron, Terri Lynn Carrington, and Esperanza Spalding. Her breathtaking performances have been captured on television in Europe and Japan and she has become a sought after clinician on vocal styling.

This tour engagement is funded through Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s American Masterpieces program with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.