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Gretchen Parlato 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 2014 CD/DVD release, ''Live in NYC'', received a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album, also receiving 4.5 stars in Downbeat Magazine, the DVD hitting #1 iTunes best music video upon release. Her 2011 release ''The Lost and Found'' received over 30 national and international awards including Jazz Critics Poll #1 Vocal Album of 2011 and iTunes Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. Her 2009 sophomore release, ''In a Dream'' was Jazz Critics Poll #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. == Early years == Parlato was born in 1976 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Dave Parlato,〔 bass player for Frank Zappa on many albums including ''Zoot Allures'', also working with Al Jarreau, Don Preston, Barbra Streisand, Henry Mancini, Paul Horn, Gabor Szabo, Buddy Rich, Don Ellis and recording for TV/film.〔(dave parlato ). United-mutations.com (March 19, 1970). Retrieved on August 31, 2011.〕〔(SFYSA | Staff ). Sfys.org (September 1, 2010). Retrieved on August 31, 2011.〕 Her grandfather was Charlie Parlato, trumpet player in Kay Kyser Big Band, and singer and trumpet player for Tennessee Ernie Ford and Lawrence Welk.〔(MUSICAL FAMILY BIOS 5 ). Welkmusicalfamily.com. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.〕 Growing up in the 1980s, Parlato says she was a Valley girl.〔 Parlato attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, then earned a bachelor's degree in Ethnomusicology/Jazz Studies at University of California, Los Angeles.〔 In 2001 she was accepted into the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance by a panel of judges including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard and Wayne Shorter. Parlato was the first vocalist ever admitted into the program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gretchen Parlato」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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