Gretchen Parlato
Description
Jazz has always had its share of early bloomers, but Gretchen Parlato shows up everyone on her new disc, In a Dream, which includes playful, rhythmically confident snippets the singer recorded at the precocious age of two. That might just explain why Parlato, winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition in 2004, sounds like such a seasoned professional at just-past 30. From early on she held her own alongside Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock; In a Dream, her second album and first for the ObliqSound label, proves that she’s also a superb bandleader, more intent on mixing it up with her collaborators than simply soaring over them.
When
Nov 4 2009 9:30pm