The singer/songwriter updates wistful, brooding jazz.
Melody Gardot: Love Songs
The most romantic late-night tunes.
Melody Gardot: Chill
Lean back and relax with some of the mellowest cuts.
About Melody Gardot
Artist Biography
Jazz vocalist Melody Gardot started performing in Philadelphia piano bars at age 16 and earned her big break after a local radio DJ played her music.
∙ Gardot wrote and recorded her first EP, 2005’s Some Lessons, as a form of musical therapy while recovering from a head injury.
∙ Verve Records offered her a deal after the label heard her 2006 self-released album, Worrisome Heart.
∙ Her sinewy, horn-driven 2009 single “Who Will Comfort Me” reached No. 6 on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz Songs chart.
∙ She hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz Albums chart with 2012’s The Absence and 2015’s Currency of Man.
∙ Currency of Man, her 2015 LP, was nominated for a Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award.
∙ In 2020, she collaborated with Sting on the Latin-influenced duet “Little Something.”
Hometown
New Jersey, United States
Genre
Jazz
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