"Often praised for her subtlety, Gretchen Parlato is a singer-arranger of consummate control and slow-burning intensity. The L.A. native lives at the crossroads of sensuous and spiritual, singing from deep within hypnotic grooves with enormous rhythmic sophistication. Her approach, inspired in part by early exposure to João Gilberto, might be summed up as "sing softly and carry a killer rhythm section".
