Gretchen Parlato Nominated for Best Female Singer by 2010 JJA Awards
We’re thrilled to share the great news that ObliqSound recording artist Gretchen Parlato has just been nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) for Best Female Singer of the Year in their annual awards contest.
Parlato, whose album “In A Dream” won top honors of Best Vocal Jazz Album of 2009 in the Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll, is nominated with the likes of Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roberta Gambarini, Sheila Jordan and Cassandra Wilson.
ObliqSound artist and harmonica phenom Gregoire Maret, and Blue Note Recording artist Lionel Loueke, who guests on “In A Dream” and recorded three albums with ObliqSound, are also nominated, among others.
Jazz and music publications around the USA happily reported on the nominations for the JJA’s annual awards, presented in a broad range of categories covering the music as well as those who cover and present the music. The awards will be given out at a special gala event held at City Winery in New York City on the afternoon of June 14, 2010. The event will be emceed by Terrance McKnight of WQXR-FM.
Read more information and full list of nominees on the JJA Jazz Awards website.
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