Vocalist Gretchen Parlato returns to the music world with 'Flor'
After a six-year hiatus, the jazz vocalist announced her return with a new album
Last updated 29th Sep 2020
Grammy-nominated singer Gretchen Parlato has announced her return to the music business and jazz world after a six year break to focus on her family.
Coupled with the announcement of her return, the vocalist also announced that she has signed with British label Edition Records and will released her long-awaited new album Flor in Spring of 2021.
Her new project Flor will celebrate her love and admiration for Brazilian music.
“In Portuguese, flor means flower. The title represents a blossoming, an opening, an offering, and a return.” says Gretchen. “Flor is the nostalgia of something familiar and the breath of something new. It is detail, it's listening; it's rooted, yet growing and giving. It's both simple and mysterious.” Gretchen continues, “My art has always reflected my life. These days, I’m finding the balance between artistic creativity and nurturing motherhood. My purpose now has both a higher and deeper meaning, and this project is a musical representation of that journey.”
Since the early 2000’s Gretchen Parlato has justly earned her reputation as one of the most inventive and mesmeric vocalists of her generation. Featured on over 85 albums, four as a leader, Gretchen received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Live in NYC (2013).
Flor features the superb trio of Marcel Camargo on guitar, Artyom Manukyan on cello, and Léo Costa on percussion and drums, with special guests Gerald Clayton, Mark Guiliana, and legend Airto Moreira.