photo by David Bartolomi
Fri
4/13/2012
9:30pm
Jazz
Gretchen Parlato
9:30
- $30 Assigned Rows 1-2
- $20 Assigned Rows 3-5
- $15 General Admission
- $10 Student
- Gretchen Parlato, vocals
- Taylor Eigsti, piano
- Burniss Travis, bass
- Jamire Williams, drums
Event Details
On April 13th, don't miss this extraordinary opportunity to behold the artistry of what the Boston Globe is calling "the most original jazz singer in a generation" at one of DownBeat Magazine's top 150 jazz venues!
"The evidence is piling up that young Ms. Parlato is the most original jazz singer in a generation." - Steve Greenlee, Boston Globe
The evidence is piling up indeed:
Album of the Year
— Last Call, KIOS-FM
Album of 2011
— Tom Schnabel, KCRW
50 Favorite Albums of 2011
— NPR
"Her approach is so unique she stands to create a jazz vocal genre unto herself."
"75 years ago, nobody sang like Billie Holiday -
today, nobody sings like Gretchen Parlato."
"...her voice is a conflux
where hope,
sensuality
and tragedy
all merge."
Gretchen Parlato
Gretchen Parlato's 2009 sophomore breakthrough, In a Dream, signaled the arrival of an incredibly inventive modern jazz singer. Her follow-up, The Lost and Found, demonstrates that she has staying power. In a Dream garnered international acclaim with Billboard magazine hailing it as "the most alluring jazz vocal album of 2009"; it also made it onto the top year-end polls for Jazz Times, the Boston Globe, the Village Voice and NPR. The Lost and Found shows immediate weight and intensity, exposing a greater dynamic range. "I feel like I stepped out of my own way and allowed myself to be more revealing and vulnerable through the music," reflects Parlato.
An alumni of the Thelonious Monk Institute, Parlato 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 with BBC Radio proclaiming, "Star over London...A star is born!" Her 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.
