Gretchen Parlato

vocals · 1976 · Los Angeles

Born in Los Angeles in 1976, Gretchen Parlato studied ethnomusicology and jazz at UCLA, then in 2001 became the first vocalist admitted to the Thelonious Monk Institute. Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition in 2004, she then recorded for ObliqSound and later Edition Records.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese
• Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide)

Landmark tracks

• In a Dream (2009)

Sources

• Source

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