Flor
Gretchen Parlato (vocals)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd April 2021
In a stroke of arranging genius, one of Roy Hargrove’s greatest tunes, ‘Roy Allan’, from his 1995 Verve album Family, is transformed into a mesmerising samba, its preludial opening of voice...
Flor
Gretchen Parlato (vocals)
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd April 2021
In a stroke of arranging genius, one of Roy Hargrove’s greatest tunes, ‘Roy Allan’, from his 1995 Verve album Family, is transformed into a mesmerising samba, its preludial opening of voice...
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Grammy-nominated Gretchen returns after a six-year focus on motherhood with Flor: a project celebrating her love and admiration for Brazilian music. Flor weaves new sonic textures of guitar, cello, and percussion/drums, exquisitely complementing the intensity and delicacies of Gretchen's signature voice. Highly anticipated release!!
Contents and tracklist
1. É Preciso Perdoar
2. Sweet Love
3. Magnus
4. Rosa
5. What Does a Lion Say?
6. Roy Allan
7. Wonderful
8. Bach, JS: Cello Suite No. 1 BWV 1007 Minuet I II
9. No Plan
Spotlight on this release
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Gretchen Parlato - Flor
23rd Apr 2021
After a short hiatus, vocalist Gretchen Parlato returns with her first studio recording in five years, with an album that reflects both on her own past and her newfound motherhood.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week23rd April 2021
April 2021
In a stroke of arranging genius, one of Roy Hargrove’s greatest tunes, ‘Roy Allan’, from his 1995 Verve album Family, is transformed into a mesmerising samba, its preludial opening of voice and percussion featuring the great Airto Moreira suddenly bursting forth in a glorious blast of choral colour and warmth. It is, without question, one of the greatest feats of musical alchemy you’ll hear this year.
23rd April 2021
Flor is not just an arresting listen but a brilliantly diverse one at that, and Gretchen really makes the material her own.
