The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum

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Jamie Cullum showcases his love of jazz, featuring live sessions and special guests

Jamie Cullum showcases his love for all types of jazz and music rooted in jazz, from its heritage to its future. Featuring live sessions and guests from around the world

The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum: Gretchen Parlato Interview

Gretchen Parlato Interview

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Jamie’s guest is the revered composer and jazz singer from Los Angeles

Jamie’s joined by the jazz singer and composer Gretchen Parlato to talk about her new album Flor, early musical roots and her love for Brazilian music

Jamie’s guest on the show this week is the revered composer and singer Gretchen Parlato!

The Grammy nominated vocalist from Los Angeles is said to have one of the most distinctive voices in jazz - a quality that has seen her feature on over 85 records in the past two decades. Over several of her own studio albums, she has developed a reputation for being musically adventurous - and left fans eagerly anticipating new material.

Their wait is over with Flor, a record which celebrates Gretchen’s deep passion for Brazilian music - mixing standards and sambas with original works that lyrically dive into her experience of motherhood over the past 6 years. 

She has called the album “a blossoming, an opening, an offering, a return” - which feels very fitting given that ‘Flor’ means ‘flower’ in Portuguese.

Gretchen talks to Jamie about her early love of bossa nova, writing new material for Flor and how time away from releasing music has become a key part of her story.

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