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Gretchen Parlato Awards & Credits (Pg 1) gretchen parlato awards & credits (pg 1) 2016 Tillery - Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens: 4 1/2 stars, Downbeat Magazine 2015 Live in NYC: 57th Grammy Awards Nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album 2014 2014 Nightlife Awards: Outstanding Female Jazz Vocalist Live in NYC: 4 1/2 stars, Downbeat Magazine 2013 #2 Best Female Vocalist - Downbeat Critics Poll #3 Best Female Vocalist - JazzTimes Readers Poll Judge for 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Live in NYC: #3 - Best Vocal Release - JazzTimes Readers Poll #8 - Top 10 of Festive CDs of 2013, Jazz Breakfast 2012 Best Female Vocalist Award - Jazz Journalists Association #2 Best Female Vocalist - Downbeat Critics Poll 2011 #1 Female Vocalist - JazzTimes Critics Poll #1 Rising Star Female Vocalist - Downbeat Critics Poll ASCAP Eunice & Hal David Award of Merit for Songwriting Best Female Vocalist Nominee - Jazz Journalists Association Featured on Grammy Award winning Best Vocal Jazz Album, Terri Lyne Carrington, The Mosaic Project The Lost and Found: #1 Vocal Album of the Year - iTunes Jazz #1 Vocal Album of the Year - Jazz Critics Poll #1 Best Album of the Year - JazzFM.com #1 Album of the Year - Tom Schnabel, KCRW #1 Album of the Year - Last Call, KIOS-FM #1 Best Jazz Album of 2011 - Angelika Beener, Alternate Takes #1 Best Vocal Jazz Album of 2011 - Radio TSF-Jazz Paris #2 Top Selling Jazz Album - Billboard Magazine #2 Best Jazz of 2011 - NPR A Blog Supreme #2 Best Jazz Album of 2011 - Amazon Music #2 Best Jazz Albums of 2011 - Nextbop gretchen parlato awards & credits (pg 2) #2 Festive Fifty of 2011 - Jazz Breakfast #3 Best Female Vocalist - Downbeat Readers Poll #4 Album of the Year - John Fordham, The Guardian #4 Best Selling Album 2011 - iTunes Jazz Music Chart Top 5 Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011 - LA Weekly #6 Most Read CD Review of 2011 - All About Jazz #7 Album of the Year - Jazzwise Magazine 10 Best Concerts and Releases of 2011 - The Star, Toronto Top 10 New Releases of 2011 - KMHD Jazz Radio Top 25 Albums of 2011 - North Bay Bohemian Top 40 New Releases of 2011 - JazzTimes 50 Favorite Albums of 2011 - NPR Top 50 of 2011 - CMJ Jazz Radio Play Chart Best of the Year - eMusic Jazz Favorite Jazz Albums of 2011 - AllMusic.com Best Jazz CDs of 2011 - Jim Wilke, Jazz After Hours Jamie Cullum Favourites of 2011 - BBC Radio Best Recordings of 2011 - DC Examiner Best Albums of 2011 - Aspen Times Los mejores discos de 2011 - Ocio La Bocina, México 2010 Best Female Vocalist Nominee - Jazz Journalists Association #2 Rising Star Female Vocalist - Downbeat Critics Poll 2009 Best Female Vocalist Nominee - Jazz Journalists Association Rising Star Female Vocalist - Downbeat Critics Poll In a Dream: #1 Vocal Jazz Album of the Year - Jazz Critics' Poll #4 The Top 10 Jazz Albums - Washington CityPaper #4 Top 10 Killer Covers - JazzTimes 5 Top CD Picks - A Blog Supreme, NPR #6 Steve Greenlee's Top Jazz Albums for 2009 - Boston Globe #8 Critics Picks: Top 50 New Albums - JazzTimes #9 Best Music of 2009 - The Year of Living Improvisationally, NPR #10 Best Music of 2009 - The Year In Jazz From WDUQ, NPR Best New Music of the Month - Jazz.com "Weak": Song of the Day - NPR 2008 Rising Star Female Vocalist - Downbeat Critics Poll Gretchen Parlato: CD Baby Top Seller 2007 Rising Star Female Vocalist - Downbeat Critics Poll Gretchen Parlato: CD Baby Top Seller 2006 Gretchen Parlato: "In a Dream/Footprints" - NPR Song of the Day CD Baby Top Seller 2005 Gretchen Parlato: 5 Best Progressive Jazz CDs, Jazz Nation, KPR CD Baby Top Seller debut CD release date July 15 2004 First place winner - Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition (Judges: Kurt Elling, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones, Flora Purim, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jimmy Smith) 2003 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance Graduation 2001 First vocalist admitted into Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (Selection committee: Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Terence Blanchard) 1998 Ethnomusicology/Jazz Studies, UCLA - B.A. Degree 1994 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts - Diploma.
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