Gretchen Parlato, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gretchen Parlato

American singer

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1976

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: singer, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Gretchen Parlato (born February 11, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American jazz singer.
She has performed and recorded with musicians such as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Barron, Esperanza Spalding, Terence Blanchard, Marcus Miller and Lionel Loueke. Parlato's Live in NYC (2013) received a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album, also receiving 4.5 stars in Downbeat Magazine, with the DVD hitting No.
1 on the iTunes best music video list.
The Lost and Found (2011) received over 30 national and international awards, including Jazz Critics Poll No.
1 Vocal Album of 2011 and iTunes Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.
Her 2009 sophomore release, In a Dream, was Jazz Critics Poll No.
1 Vocal Album of 2009 and hailed by Billboard as "the most alluring jazz vocal album of 2009."As of 2013, Parlato is a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music.